Category: 9. Sci-Tech

On March 11, while exploring near the Jezero Crater’s edge, NASA’s Perseverance rover encountered a peculiar rock located at Broom Point. The oddly textured rock is covered with hundreds of millimeter-sized dark gray spheres, some featuring…

Scientists have recently uncovered a wondrous and vibrant underwater world, previously hidden beneath a massive glacier in Antarctica.

The UN and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have sounded the alarm over the accelerating melting of the world’s glaciers, warning that preserving these water reserves is now a matter of survival. On March 21, the UN declared this…

Despite being part of our own solar system, Neptune has long been a cosmic mystery. It’s the most distant planet from the Sun and also one of the least explored. Only one spacecraft—Voyager 2—has ever flown by it, and even our…

NASA is set to shut down the Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument on Voyager 2 as part of efforts to conserve power and extend the spacecraft’s mission life. This instrument measures ions, electrons, and cosmic rays from the solar system…

Kluge states: “The elimination of tuberculosis is not a dream, it is a choice. Unfortunately, the current burden of tuberculosis and the worrying increase in the number of tuberculosis-infected children remind us that progress in tackling…

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing…