The Voyager Golden Record Finally Finds An Earthly Audience
For 40 years, the record's interstellar message to extraterrestrials remained mostly unheard by human audiences — until a Kickstarter campaign brought a new vinyl box set to the public. Read more on NPR
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What Would Aliens Make Of NASA's Voyager?
Forty years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft into space with images and recordings from Earth. To test whether aliens would be able to hear them, scientists ran the messages by animals, as proxies. Read more on NPR
Flee A Cataclysm, Or Cling To A Doomed Home? Why People Stay May Surprise You
"You must leave now," thousands of Americans from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Florida, Montana, Texas and beyond were told, as floods, fire and wind threatened their lives. Some said no. Read more on NPR 3-D Printing for Space Exploration By CHRIS CARMICHAEL, JEAN YVES CHAINON and KAITLYN MULLIN Branch Technology is developing a 3-D printing process that can build structures on Mars. Step into their Tennessee workspace in 360 degrees. Published: September 29, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2fFrFbg The Perils of Peanut Butter By C. CLAIBORNE RAY How clean does a jar for your sandwich spread need to be for recycling efforts? Published: September 28, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2xJ5K7N
Animals, Plants Rafted Across The Pacific After Japan's 2011 Earthquake
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Greg Ruiz, a marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, about nearly 300 Japanese marine coastal species that traveled across the Pacific Ocean. Read more on NPR
Can Consciousness In Brain-Injured Patients Be Restored?
Facing unresponsive brain-injury victims is a real-world example of the fact that we are locked out of the minds of others — but new research shows promise in restoring consciousness, says Alva Noë. Read more on NPR The Elusive Giant Coconut-Cracking Rat of the Solomon Islands By JOANNA KLEIN A chance encounter with a falling tree let scientists finally confirm the existence of a legendary rodent species in the South Pacific. Published: September 28, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2yf9ZLi
An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites
A 2014 EPA climate report warned that Superfund site cleanup and monitoring processes needed updates to prepare for more severe floods. That report is no longer located on the current agency website. Read more on NPR Rosetta’s Lost Picture From Moments Before It Struck a Comet By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR One year after the spacecraft dived into Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it gave scientists a gift from beyond the grave. Published: September 28, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2fXKJhX |
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