Category: 7. Science

After reviewing the data, Nasa managers signed off on a second rollout and the next phase of checks, which take place at the pad. If those tests are completed without incident, Artemis II will become the first crewed mission in the programme,…

NASA on Thursday began returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad ahead of a planned flyby of the Moon, after completing necessary repairs.

Artemis engineers began the maneuver, which can take up to 12…

Finding the next reward

From cracking open a cold one at the end of a long day to getting praise from a colleague, reward drives much of what we do. But the same system that motivates behavior can be pushed into overdrive by addictive drugs or…

Newswise — Not all archaeologists study ancient pottery and arrowheads. If you’re a stellar archeologist, you seek the oldest stars in the universe—those born long before our own sun and planet came into being.

A group…

A new evidence‑based…

The Elven abyss tunicate

The closest living relatives of vertebrates are, surprisingly, gelatinous filter feeders permanently glued to the seafloor. These creatures are ascidians — also known as sea squirts or tunicates — shaped…

Newswise — Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample. But most instruments still analyze their molecules one or just a few at a time, an…

Soil is often perceived simply as “dirt,” but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as the Earth’s natural sponge. Unfortunately, common agricultural practices—including deep plowing and the use of heavy machinery—can severely…

Newswise — Methanogens are organisms so tiny that most people never notice them, yet they are nearly everywhere — in lakes and wetlands, wastewater treatment systems and landfills, and even inside the human digestive tract….