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This Couple Is Driving an EV From the North Pole to the South Pole on a 10-Month Journey
It’ll take 10 months to complete the journey.
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Scientists Weighed The Earth Using Ghostly Particles From Space
Scientists have to use some roundabout methods to weigh the Earth and measure what’s inside it — typically, they’ve used sound waves and the strength of gravity to make their calculations. But one team has weighed the Earth in a whole new way: By measuring mysterious cosmic particles that pass through it.
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Buzz Aldrin’s Doctor Is David Bowie
During a recent trip to Antarctica, where the 86 year old became the oldest man to reach the south pole, second man to walk on the moon Buzz Aldrin suffered from fluid on his lungs. Transferred to a hospital in Christchurch, his treatment is being undertaken by a doctor who happens to share a name…
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Here Is A Rare View Of Mars’ Icy Backside
This is one of the most fascinating images of Mars I’ve ever seen. The perspective — captured by Mars Express — makes it feel like I’m standing under our closest planetary neighbour, looking up at its south polar ice cap and its billion-year-old cratered highlands. In other words, this is Mars’ nether regions.