Space & Physics

Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand

Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 46

Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 If you read this blog very often, you ...

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will i...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 49

Two more people in the US have tested positive for a bird flu virus called H5N1,...

Instructions for Aliens

Instructions for Aliens

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 46

The golden records placed aboard Voyager 1 and 2 each have a cover with special ...

GLOBE Eclipse and Civil Air Patrol: An Astronomical Collaboration

GLOBE Eclipse and Civil Air Patrol: An Astronomical Col...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 49

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a volunteer organization that serves as the offici...

NASA, Smithsonian Open New Exhibit to Showcase Our Dynamic Earth

NASA, Smithsonian Open New Exhibit to Showcase Our Dyna...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 45

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined the director of the Smithsonian’s National...

40 Years Ago: STS-41G – A Flight of Many Firsts and Records

40 Years Ago: STS-41G – A Flight of Many Firsts and Rec...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 49

The 13th flight of the space shuttle program and the sixth of Challenger, STS-41...

Perseverance Matters

Perseverance Matters

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 67

It is an important and exciting juncture in Mars exploration and astrobiology. T...

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 57

A pair of ctenophores, or comb jellies, can fuse their bodies together, merging ...

Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will live to 100

Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 77

While the 20th century saw rapid rises in average life expectancy at birth, more...

Hackers can turn your smartphone into an eavesdropping device

Hackers can turn your smartphone into an eavesdropping ...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 51

Motion sensors in smartphones can be turned into makeshift microphones to eavesd...

Mark Sonoda: Leading NASA’s Path to the Commercialization of Space

Mark Sonoda: Leading NASA’s Path to the Commercializati...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 46

With over 34 years of experience in human spaceflight, Mark Sonoda has witnessed...

Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA

Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovere...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 58

The 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gar...

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what...

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 52

For years, it seemed MDMA-assisted therapy would revolutionise PTSD treatment. B...

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 43

There are no current openings. Please check back later for opportunities to join...

Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane Helene?

Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane ...

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 73

Hurricane Helene hit a quartz mine in North Carolina that is key to global semic...

Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 87

Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the ...

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