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Why Mars as a Backup Planet Isn’t a Good Idea

Why Mars as a Backup Planet Isn’t a Good Idea

You’ve probably heard the rallying cry: “There is no planet B.” But maybe you are thinking Mars could make a nice new home if Earth becomes uninhabitable. If so, you should spend the next six minutes watching astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz‘s TED Talk. Walkowicz, who works on NASA’s Kepler mission, which has discovered thousands of potential […]

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    Superbug Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Found in the UK

    Superbug Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Found in the UK

    Following the discovery in the UK of bacteria that resist the most common antibiotic of last resort, a leading British expert is warning it is “almost too late” to stop a global superbug crisis. News outlets reported Monday that UK government scientists have found a gene, known as mcr-1, that gives bacteria resistance to colistin, […]

    Michael Mann: How Close Are We to ‘Dangerous’ Planetary Warming?

    Michael Mann: How Close Are We to ‘Dangerous’ Planetary Warming?

    In the wake of the COP 21 UN climate summit in Paris, a number of important questions still remain unanswered. Take for example the commitment reached by the 197 participating nations to limit warming below the “dangerous” level of 2C relative to pre-industrial time (neglecting for the time being the aspirational goal of a substantially […]

    Rio’s Museum of Tomorrow Illustrates Humans’ Impact on the Earth

    Rio’s Museum of Tomorrow Illustrates Humans’ Impact on the Earth

    Rio de Janeiro’s newest attraction, Museu do Amanhã, or the Museum of Tomorrow, opened to the public Saturday. The $54 million museum focuses on the relationship between human activity and environmental health. Exhibits cover hot topics in science and technology, ranging from the cosmic origins of life on Earth to humanity’s role in climate change. Rio de Janeiro’s newest attraction, […]

    How Sea Level Rise Impacts the Rotation of Our Planet

    How Sea Level Rise Impacts the Rotation of Our Planet

    Scientists may be about to resolve one of the trickiest—and least obvious—questions of climate change: its effect on the rotation of the planet and therefore on the length of the day. That doesn’t mean scientists have an answer, and if they get one, it is likely to be measured in units of time that are […]

    Deepak Chopra: Are You Getting Enough of the Right Kind of Sleep?

    Deepak Chopra: Are You Getting Enough of the Right Kind of Sleep?

    You’ve heard it a million times: “Are you getting enough sleep?” But have you ever wondered why exactly sleep is so important? In this video from Big Think, holistic health expert Deepak Chopra explains why getting adequate rest is critical for our minds and bodies, and how “we actually clean out the sludge from our brain” […]

    2015 Hottest Year Ever Recorded … Until 2016, UN Weather Agency Reports

    2015 Hottest Year Ever Recorded … Until 2016, UN Weather Agency Reports

    The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced today that 2015 is likely to top the charts as the hottest year in modern observations, with 2011-15 the hottest five-year period on record. With two full months still to add in, the global average surface temperature for January to October in 2015 was 0.73C above the 1961-1990 average. […]

    Massive Space Junk Crashes Into Earth’s Atmosphere

    Massive Space Junk Crashes Into Earth’s Atmosphere

    Today is Friday the 13th, so it’s fitting that a giant chunk of space junk hurtled towards Earth. “An object the size of a car slammed into Earth’s atmosphere early this morning,” Paul Cox, host of Slooh, said. The international organization of robotic telescopes. But don’t go crawling into your doomsday bunker just yet. The object, called […]