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Did the snowball Earth give complex life a boost?
Life is complex But when new minerals made their way to the water, what did they actually do? Cycle throughout […]
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab’s news blitz; Starship mishap blamed on vibrations
One Falcon 9 launched an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, an asteroid prospector, and a NASA science probe. Peter Beck, Rocket […]
Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk
Astroscale’s US subsidiary won a $25.5 million contract from the US Space Force in 2023 to build a satellite refueler […]
Study: Hot Vesuvian ash cloud really did turn a brain to glass
According to Petrone et al., usually such brain matter would be “saponified” by the extreme heat—that is, turned to soap […]
The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend
The first lunar lander built by Firefly Aerospace is on quite a trip, and has the selfies to prove it. […]
Single-fiber computer could one day track your health
Imagine heading out for a run on a cold winter day clad in athletic gear with sensors and microelectronics woven […]
Amazon uses quantum “cat states” with error correction
The company shows off a mix of error-resistant hardware and error correction. Following up on Microsoft’s announcement of a qubit […]
Brewing tea removes lead from water
Skip to content High surface area of the tea leaves means they can adsorb toxic metals released by the boiling […]
COVID shots protect kids from long COVID—and don’t cause sudden death
Benefits and a non-existent risk Using an adjusted odds ratio, the researchers found that vaccination reduced the likelihood of developing […]