Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Science
12/02/2021
Light-powered soft robots could suck up oil spills
A floating, robotic film designed at UC Riverside could be trained to hoover oil spills at sea or remove contaminants from drinking water.
12/02/2021
What Could Go Right? “Not the Andromeda Strain”
Omicron, inflation, and the Great Barrier Reef is reborn
11/23/2021
British man given 3D printed eye in world first, hospital says
Steve Verze, who is 47 and an engineer from Hackney, east London, was given the left eye on Thursday and first tried it for size earlier this month.
11/23/2021
This Ink Is Alive and Made Entirely of Microbes
Scientists have created a bacterial ink that reproduces itself and can be 3D-printed into living architecture.
11/18/2021
NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse
Our planet is vulnerable to thousands of “city-killer” space rocks. If—when—one is found on a collision course with Earth, will we be ready to deflect it?
11/16/2021
NASA Astronaut to Be First Black Woman to Join Space Station Crew
Jessica Watkins, who joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 2017, is scheduled to fly to the orbital outpost in a SpaceX capsule in April.
11/23/2021
What Could Go Right? Gen Z, optimism evangelists
Plus, the case for giving birth in spite of eco-anxiety, and an international deal is bringing a huge solar farm to the Jordanian desert.
11/18/2021
What Could Go Right? Reversing paralysis and other “mad” science
Plus, a dramatic sanitation solution, more "reasons for hope" emerge from COP26, and Covid vaccines and pills move closer to poorer countries.
11/11/2021
Scientists reverse paralysis in mice, seek human trials
Scientists in the United States say they may have found a breakthrough treatment for reversing paralysis in humans after successfully administering a new injectable therapy in mice.
11/08/2021
New Heinz Marz Edition ketchup has implications that go far beyond flavor
First came the billionaires, then the movie stars -- now ketchup is making its mark on the space race. Heinz revealed its first "Marz Edition" ketchup with tomatoes produced on Earth in Mars-like conditions.
11/06/2021
The secret lab making the most sustainable food in the world
We cannot keep producing food the way we do now. While we currently produce more than enough food to feed the world — making hunger, maddeningly, a problem of access, not abundance — that abundance comes at a steep environmental cost.
11/04/2021