Dear readers, Welcome to Quartzs newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: Were looking at a Moon lau… [+6962 chars]
Credit: NASA. On Tuesday, NASA shared a dazzling picture of the dwarf planet Pluto, showing it in a riot of colors. The rainbow-colored world might look like it was splashed by a painter’s brush, b… [+2225 chars]
Food contact materials (FCMs) are challenging to identify because of their complicated matrices and restricted commercial standards. Using tools based on machine-learning algorithms can help identify… [+5797 chars]
On July 25, 2019, an asteroid was barrelling towards the Earth but nobody had a clue. As the asteroid 2019 OK approached the Earth, it was only 30 minutes before the asteroid came closest to Earth th… [+2581 chars]
Protein packed: Neurons (pink, blue) in brain slices from mice lacking FMR1 have large nucleoli (green, left), a part of the cell that increases in size when ribosomes are being produced, and a heigh… [+6917 chars]
We all know that greenhouse gases that cause climate change are released while burning coal or gasoline. But did you know that these gases play a positive role too? They actually help our planet rema… [+2633 chars]
A radio signal emanating from a distant galaxy several billion lightyears from Earth has been detected by astronomers in Canada and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As MIT report… [+2139 chars]
