Greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than CO2 is rising in the atmosphere — and fast
Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are not yet bearing fruit.
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A long-lost moon could explain Mars’ weird shape and extreme terrain
Unlike the other planets in the solar system, Mars is distinctly triaxial, meaning it is an ellipsoid with different sizes along all three axes.
Perpetrator likeability and tactics influence accountability in cancel culture
In a recent study published in Sex Roles, researchers examined how a perpetrator’s likeability and the type of tactic used in a sexual assault—whether coercion or force—affect public perceptions of blame and accountability. The #MeToo movement has drawn attention to…
‘Space trash’ will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says
The long-sought evidence of alien life could be lurking in Earth’s oceans, says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Here is his plan to find it.
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035
The first phase of China’s moon base will be completed around 2035 near the lunar south pole, and an extended model will be built by about 2050, if all goes according to plan.
Space photo of the week: Space X’s Polaris Dawn astronauts ‘touch the void’ on 1st-ever private spacewalk
SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronaut Jared Isaacman briefly “touched the void” as he embarked on the first-ever private spacewalk Thursday (Sept. 12).
The surprising connections between dating options and mental health
A new study published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences sheds light on the psychological impacts of perceived sex ratio, or the balance between available men and women, on mental health in young single adults. The research found that the perceived availability…
So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?
Enlarge / Crew Dragon enters Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday morning as recovery boats await. (credit: SpaceX) A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and…
Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
When the brain “juggles” information, things can fall through the cracks.
Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a fundamental problem
Elon Musk recently pronounced that the next Neuralink project will be a “Blindsight” cortical implant to restore vision: “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately may exceed normal human vision.” Unfortunately, this claim rests on…
