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NASA’s Asteroid Detector Was Upgraded to Scan the Entire Sky Every Day
NASA’s ATLAS, a planetary defence system that scans the sky for near-Earth objects, has been upgraded to search the entire night sky — half of it in either hemisphere — once every 24 hours. The surveillance system is vital for tracking objects like asteroids and debris that are on a collision course with Earth.
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Exxon “Cares”
There’re ch-ch-ch-changes at ExxonMobil. On Monday, the oil giant announced major shakeups in how it will do business moving forward — and continued its attempts to convince the public that it’s working towards a brighter climate future. The company is relocating offices, restructuring, and touting a new flashy but dubious “low carbon” division.
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Spider Seen Collecting Water, Possibly to Dunk Its Meal Like a Cookie in Milk
If you’re a person who likes barbecue, few things are more disappointing than biting into tough, desiccated brisket. Now, new scientific observations suggest that some spiders might feel the same way about their nuggets of bugs.
