Sequencing the last 8% of the human genome has taken 20 years and the invention of new techniques for reading long sequences of the genetic code, which consists of the nucleotides C, T, G and A. The … [+14333 chars]
NASA recently conducted a presentation to announce the second round of Human Landing System choices, which will construct a second lunar lander to augment the SpaceX Lunar Starship, which would trans… [+4331 chars]
When it arrives on Mars, the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover will join a growing fleet of robotic rovers, landers, and orbiters dedicated to searching for life on Mars. As part of the Exomars program, … [+5002 chars]
This article by Guy Plint, Western University and Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University originally appeared on the Conversation and is published here with permission. Giant crocodiles once roamed … [+3786 chars]
We have been following the James Webb Telescope very closely since it first took off into space last December. Every step of its unfurling while it heads into its final form has been reported on and … [+2391 chars]