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Climate change may be on everyone’s lips since the recent UN report, but don’t let that fool you. The shifts in climate we’re beginning to see are nothing new, as far as Earth — or our ancestors — are concerned.
But while all the talk nowadays focuses on how to change the course of the climate’s evolution, a study out today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests shifts in ancient we ...read more
Forrester, Anna. Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story. Arbordale Publishing, 2017. 32 pages. Paperback (English and Spanish editions) $US9.95.
Bathala, Neeti, Keats Curtis, Jennifer, & Jones, Veronica V. (Illustrator). Moonlight Crab Count. Arbordale Publishing, 2017. 32 pages.Paperback (English and Spanish editions) $US9.95.
A very young reader!
Looking for some not-so-spooky reads for your little ones? Just in time for Halloween, we learn about bats and crabs tha ...read more
Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShip Two during a flight test. (Credit: Virgin Galactic)
According to Sir Richard Branson, founder of the space tourism company Virgin Galactic, their latest spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, will be in space in a matter of weeks.
“We should be in space within weeks, not months. And then we will be in space with myself in months and not years,” Branson told CNBC on Tuesday in Singapore. “We will be in space with people not too long after that, so w ...read more
Tiny density changes in the crust of Ceres indicate that the dwarf planet’s pole has wandered over time. The path it took suggests a liquid ocean once sat beneath the surface. (Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/ASI/INAF)
NASA’s Dawn mission has uncovered a wealth of information about the largest objects in our asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. Since its arrival at the latter in 2015, the spacecraft has revealed an active icy world full of surprises, one more of which has just ...read more
In the fall of 2008, SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket made spaceflight history by becoming the first such private launch vehicle to reach orbit. (Credit: NASA)
A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation
In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something disruptive comes along – a new technology, business model or service design. The space industry has recently been enjoying all three.
But 10 years ago, none of those innovatio ...read more
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
