Hear the Mars Perseverance rover fire 30 laser shots at a rock
Click, click, click. On Wednesday, NASA released the first-ever recording of a laser firing on Mars. The recently landed Mars Perserance rover zapped a rock from 10 feet away. In...
Extreme U.S. freeze in February used to be common
Winters are growing wimpier. In much of the U.S., winter is the fastest-warming season. Though future extreme cold snaps are inevitable — because frigid Arctic air sometimes spills down south...
Where we’re at in the internet space race
Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. By...
Deadpool-like slugs chop off heads to grow new, healthier bodies
In a study at Nara Women’s University in Japan, Ph.D. candidate Sayaka Mitoh showcased sea slugs that used self-decapitation as a survival method. The Elysia marginata and Elysia atroviridis species...
Blue Origin will upgrade New Shepard rocket with the ability to simulate lunar gravity – TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will be providing NASA with a valuable scientific tool ahead of the U.S. space agency’s goal of returning to the Moon: The ability to run experiments...
How light-propelled robots will fly in the wafer-thin atmosphere of Mars
What goes up must come down, but as any aerodynamics engineer will tell you: getting it up is the hard part. On Earth, where our atmosphere is rather dense compared...
Wild, harsh world of the fat bears is revealed in a new wildlife book
When Mike Fitz first arrived at the remote Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve, home to the now internet-famous fat bears, he spied the telltale signs of a...
New clinical trial data from Locus Biosciences shows promise in CRISPR-Cas3 technology – TechCrunch
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest potential threats to global health today. But Locus Biosciences is hoping that their crPhage technology might provide a new solution. Based in North...
NASA named the Mars rover landing site after famed Black sci-fi author
NASA's name for the Mars location where the newly arrived Perseverance rover touched down is the "Octavia E. Butler Landing." The technically informal moniker comes from the Perseverance mission team's...
Asteroid dust helps solve the mystery of dinosaur extinction
More than 99% of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. Most of these just died out quietly. However, in Earth’s history there have been five...