AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatar2 days agoJeff Bezos's Plan to Build a Space Station Just Passed Some Key Testsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Ellyn LapointeThe International Space Station won't be around forever, and NASA is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its potential replacements. One …
AvatarMarkB SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoWater isn’t normalchemistryworld.com - Derek LoweA chemistry education gradually impresses on you what an odd substance water really is. To start with, there is no other compound with a molecular …
AvatarMarkB SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoEarth Has More Than One Moonscientificamerican.com - Phil PlaitHere’s a trick question: How many moons does Earth have? And to be clear, I mean natural satellites, not human-made ones. I remind you, this is a …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatar5 days agoThe ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth after deathverified_publisherNPR - April DemboskyWhen Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and later, environmental activists from Earth First. "He was a profound environmentalist," his son, Joe …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatarResearchers Solve Mystery of The Sea Creature That Evolved Eyes All Over Its Shellverified_publisherScienceAlert - Clare WatsonSmall, shelled, and unassuming, chitons have eyes unlike any other creature in the animal kingdom. Some of these marine mollusks have thousands of …
AvatarMarkB SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe “Big Bang” turns 75, thanks to its greatest opponentbigthink.com - Ethan SiegelOne of the greatest, most profound questions ever asked by humanity is simply, “Where did all this come from?” For thousands of years, you were …
AvatarMarkB SmithFor First Time, Humanity Is Taking Steps To Remove A Dead Rocket From Earth's Orbitiflscience.comSpace around Earth is polluted. For 70 years, several nations around the world have been sending stuff up, caring very little about what would happen …
AvatarMarkB SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoStar UY Scuti is so big, you could fit 5 billion Suns inside itskyatnightmagazine.com - Colin StuartYou'll often see the Sun described as an average star, but it isn't really. In terms of size, it is in the top 12% of all the stars in the …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatarThis is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal townverified_publisherNPR - Michael Levitt , Tinbete Ermyas , Ari Shapiro , Kat LonsdorfSheila Wagoner is not a fan of the wind farm overlooking Keyser, West Virginia. "I really don't care for those windmills," the 71-year-old says. "I guess I wasn't brought up with that kind of society. Like 50 of 'em together? Who likes all that?" It's not just the visual contrast that Wagoner finds …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatarPhysicists Discover Brand-New Isotopes of Heavy Rare-Earth Elementsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle StarrNever-before-seen ratios of particles making up atomic nuclei have emerged in a landmark experiment involving the fragmentation of heavy elements. By …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatarThe Solar System's Missing Planet Has Only One Place Left to Hideverified_publisherScienceAlert - LAURENCE TOGNETTIA recently submitted study to The Astronomical Journal continues to search for the elusive Planet Nine (also called Planet X), which is a hypothetical …
AvatarMarkB SmithAvatarAvatarMysterious Rings Around Space Rock Might Be Carved by a Secret Moonverified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle StarrThe secret lives of minor planets may be even more complex and fascinating than we thought. Scientists have discovered that a pair of gossamer rings …