India could be the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface (Credit: ISRO)
India’s space agency is prepping for their first soft
landing on the Moon today.
The mission, called Chandrayaan-2, would make India the fourth
country to reach the Moon’s surface -- behind the United States, Russia, and
China.
The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-2
mission consists of several parts, including an orbiter to observe the Moon for
a year, the ...read more
A study asking men to infer emotions by looking at the others concluded that testosterone does not affect empathy levels. (Credit: El Nariz/Shutterstock)
Testosterone often gets a bad rap. The hormone responsible for male sexual development has been linked in studies to aggression and a lack of empathy.
People with autism – a developmental condition that can lead to anxiety and trouble interacting with others – also have a hard time empathizing. Since the condition is four time ...read more
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On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for his crimes.
Defense attorneys argued that Hinckley was insane, and they pointed to a trove of evidence to back their claim. Their client had a history of behavioral problems. He was obsessed with the actress Jodie Foster, and devised a plan to assassinate a president to impress her. He hounded Jimmy Carter. Then he ta ...read more
Subsurface water on Jupiter's moon Europa is one place humans plan to search for life. This artist's concept shows a massive plume of underground water erupting from the moon's surface. (Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI)
As humans explore the solar system, the tantalizing possibility of discovering extraterrestrial life continues to pop up. But the goal of most scientists is to discover existing life on another world, not to accidentally bring it there from Earth. Whether travelers are ro ...read more
Through November 1, students can submit their ideas for naming the Red Planet rover currently known as Mars 2020. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Pathfinder. Opportunity. Curiosity. NASA’s iconic Mars
rovers have a history of lofty names. But for the Mars 2020 rover, that iconic
name is still missing. Now students have a chance to be a part of the naming
process by submitting their name ideas.
U.S. students in grades K through 12 are eligible to enter their ideas in the “Name the R ...read more
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