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This Nonprofit Wants to Catapult Material From Incoming Asteroids to Protect Earth
In February 2013, an asteroid about the size of a house punched its way through Earth’s atmosphere and broke apart over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. The blast was so strong, it left a bright streak in the skies and triggered a powerful shockwave, shattering glass and resulting in the injury of over a 1,000…
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This Aussie Research Centre Is Building AI-Enabled Spaceship Tech
I’m afraid I can’t do that.
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Four Volunteers Have Locked Themselves in a Simulated Martian Habitat for a Year
On Sunday, four researchers donned black jumpsuits and entered into a red world where they will spend a year living and working in a simulated Martian environment. NASA’s CHAPEA habitat, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analogue, welcomed its volunteer guests this week, who are set to spend 378 days in the enclosed, Mars-like world…
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A Sugar Substitute Used in Diet Coke and Pepsi Max May Be a Carcinogenic
Aspartame, a sugar substitute that’s used in low-calory drinks, is set to be ruled a carcinogenic by WHO’s cancer research arm.