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Five Obstacles to Landing People on Mars
Getting a six-wheeled car-size rover safely onto the surface of the red planet? Daunting, sure. But NASA did it...
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Affluent Materialists vs. Struggling Altruists in Times of Disaster
In times of turmoil and strife, people seek the support and council of of fellow sufferers. The most recent...
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Antarctica’s Hidden Carbon Stores Pose Warming Risk
Antarctic researchers found as much as 400 billion metric tons of carbon hidden under the ice sheets, with the...
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Mitt Romney’s Energy Plan Is Marinated in Crazy Sauce
Ugh. That’s about the only audible response that I could muster after reading through Mitt Romney’s energy plan, which...
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Plants’ Fungi Allies May Not Help Store Climate Change’s Extra Carbon
Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils...
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Solar Geoengineering May Be Feasible and Affordable
A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight...
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Hundreds Pay Tribute to Neil Armstrong at Kennedy Space Center
As family and friends of Neil Armstrong gathered in Ohio on Aug. 31 for a private memorial service, NASA...
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Neil Armstrong’s Family, NASA Remember First Moonwalker
The late astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, was memorialized in ceremonies around the country on Aug....
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Math Ability Requires Crosstalk in the Brain
A new study by researchers at UT Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan...
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Physicists Measure Photonic Interactions at the Atomic Level
By measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers from Duke University and...