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A team of astrobiologists at the University of Bremen’s Center of Applied Space Technology (ZARM) has grown cyanobacterium at low pressure using only Martian materials, demonstrating future astronauts could grow their own food and other resources on th… Continue reading Bacteria could help feed astronauts on future Mars missions
A research team led by John Nabelek, a professor in Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, has shown that it may be possible to use the songs of fin whales to produce seismic images of the Earth’s oceanic crust.Con… Continue reading Whale songs provide new way to survey the Earth’s crust
Archeologists from University College London (UCL) have found the remains of a stone circle in west Wales, which indicate that part of Stonehenge was made from recycled stones. Excavations at Waun Mawn suggest that bluestones from the Welsh circle were… Continue reading Stonehenge may include recycled stones from another ancient circle
The Coca-Cola Company has announced it will be trialing a paper bottle prototype in a limited run of 2,000 later this year. The test sales of the plant-based beverage AdeZ will be conducted in Hungary through the e-grocery retailer Kifli.hu.Continue Re… Continue reading Coca-Cola to test market paper bottle prototype in limited trial
In anticipation of future space projects involving giant structures in orbit and on the Moon, DARPA has announced the start of its Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D, pronounced “NOMAD”) program. The new in… Continue reading DARPA’s NOM4D program seeks to manufacture large structures in space
Adapting to a world of global pandemics and remote work, Airstream has released a new variant of its Flying Cloud trailer. Called the 30FB Office, it boasts a dedicated office space for those on the road mixing work and pleasure in the age of COVID.Con… Continue reading Airstream Flying Cloud 30FB Office trailer for working really remotely
An environmental disaster may have been averted as images from ESA’s Copernicus fleet of satellites show the giant iceberg A-68a turning away from South Georgia Island and starting to break up into smaller bergs.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: A… Continue reading Giant iceberg misses South Georgia Island and breaks up rapidly
A crewed mission to Mars may be more practical thanks to a new rocket concept developed by Fatima Ebrahimi, a physicist at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), that uses magnetic fields to generate thrust.Cont… Continue reading New magnetic rocket thruster concept could propel astronauts to Mars
Airbus Helicopter’s Flightlab flying laboratory based on the H130 copter has taken to the air for the first to perform a series of platform-agnostic in-flight tests of new systems aimed at ushering in next-generation aircraft technologies.Continue Read… Continue reading Airbus Helicopters’ Flightlab takes to the sky to test new technologies
Fifty years ago today, on January 31, 1971, at 4:03 pm EST, a Saturn V rocket lifted off from Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center carrying Apollo 14 – the Moon mission that would make or break the US space program.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Apollo 14: The mission that saved the US Moon program