Collaborate Disseminate
An audacious planetary defense mission reached a historic crescendo today, with a NASA probe spectacularly crashing into the asteroid Dimorphos, obliterating itself in the process. The world-first attempt to bounce an asteroid off course has been haile… Continue reading NASA probe smashes into an asteroid in historic test for planetary defense
It’s the stuff of sci-fi disaster films. What do we do if an asteroid is on a collision course with our home planet? One option might be the use of brute force, sending a spacecraft to intervene in the asteroid’s trajectory to simply knock it off cours… Continue reading The unpredictabilities of NASA’s wild plan to ram an asteroid off course
Plans are afoot for a magnificent new open air lagoon in Canada that will be kept at balmy temperatures year round through a “huge Thermos” heating system underneath. Designed to be the largest of its type in the world and blend in with the natural lan… Continue reading World’s largest geothermal lagoon planned for Canada
A new United Nations report has delved into the widening gap between our aspirations in fighting climate change and the reality of the situation, and reinforced the notion that we are very much headed in the wrong direction. The report also warns of da… Continue reading UN climate report projects path into “uncharted territory of destruction”
Though we have much to learn about the health impacts of exposure to tiny plastic particles, studies continue to shed important light on how they might behave in the human body. The latest findings in this space center on liver and lung cells, which la… Continue reading Study shows plastics disrupting metabolism of lung and liver cells
The Ocean Cleanup has a huge task on its hands in ridding the seas of plastic waste, but a sleek new video offers a compelling look at its latest plan of attack. The animation shows massive trash-collection barriers sweeping through the Great Pacific G… Continue reading Ocean Cleanup video artfully depicts demise of Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Leatherman’s multitools are built to last, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t do with a polish and tune up from time to time. The company’s new Maintenance Kit is a one-stop-shop for these types of tasks, packing everything needed to keep your multito… Continue reading Leatherman’s new Maintenance Kit will keep your tools shiny and sharp
The relationship between sugar and human health is a complex one, but new research has added some valuable new detail around the habitual consumption of the sweet stuff. The study suggests that drinking two or more servings of sugary drinks each day ca… Continue reading Two or more sodas a day linked to increased risk of death from cancer
Israeli startup Eviation introduced its all electric aircraft Alice at the Paris Air Show in 2019, and has been edging toward its first flight ever since. The company has this week taken an important step toward this milestone, breezing through some hi… Continue reading Electric Alice plane tears down the runway in high-speed taxi test
As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area, by tweaking th… Continue reading Engineered dental coating exceeds hardness of natural tooth enamel