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Water on the Moon: UK technology will put humans on the Moon by 2050 | Science | News
Water on the Moon will provide future settlers will all sorts of crucial resources, ranging from much need hydration to rocket fuel. By breaking down the bonds between water’s hydrogen dioxide structure (H2O), scientists can create oxygen for breathing and hydrogen for fuel. Before this can happen, however, scientists need to better understand where the …
No-deal Brexit ‘threatens’ UK science industry, says Wellcome Trust
Image caption Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller is chair of the Wellcome Trust The head of the UK’s biggest charitable funder of scientific research has written to the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson backing his vision of a thriving science sector, but warning that leaving the EU without a deal is a “threat to that”. In a …
SDSU Researchers Use New Genetic Technology To Save Sharks
Credit: Associated Press Above: The fin of a great white shark is seen swimming a past research boat in the waters off Gansbaai, South Africa, Aug. 11, 2016. San Diego State University Research labs have developed a new genetic screening method aimed at streamlining shark conservation efforts. “The ‘genome skimming’ method enables fast and accurate …
The world is literally on fire – so why is it business as usual for politicians? | Arwa Mahdawi | Opinion
Do you remember when the weather was a reliable source of innocuous small talk? “Hot today, isn’t it?” you would observe to a colleague as you stood awkwardly in the lift together. They would reply with something about the garden needing rain, then you would go back to ignoring each other. Talking about the weather …
BBC – Future – Sunscreen: What the science says about ingredient safety
Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers. It’s also one that – while still the least common form of skin cancer – is rising in prevalence around the world. Since the early 1990s, rates of melanoma in the UK have increased among every age group. Rates of non-melanoma have increased too. In the US alone, cases …
Women in science: Smashing glass ceilings and glass walls
Image copyright Schmidt Futures/BBC/NovoNordisk/Getty A woman engineer who worked on the moon landing spoke this week of how she was once told the control room was no place for women. Things have changed a lot in 50 years, but not as fast as some had hoped. BBC News spoke to five scientists from different generations …
National Science and Technology Week showcases anti-poverty, pro-growth efforts
“The exhibits you will see here in the NSTW [National Science and Technology Week] showcase our effort to end poverty and other deprivations, while improving health and education, reducing inequality, and spurring economic growth, while, at the same time, tackling climate change and working to preserve our natural resources.” Science Secretary Fortunato T. de la …
Apollo 11: A seismic scientific event that multiplied pace of technology
Fifty years ago, the course of human history changed. The idea that people could leave this planet, travel to outer space, land on another surface, then return to Earth safely was only the domain of science fiction until July 20, 1969. Arguably, it happened ahead of schedule — not the schedule President Kennedy laid out …
End of the world: The date NASA predicts Earth will be swallowed by raging gas ball | Science | News
The sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System – a perfect sphere of hot plasma that is the most important source of energy for life on Earth. Roughly three quarters of its mass consists of hydrogen and the rest is mostly helium. Though it has not changed dramatically for more than four billion …
Moon landing SHOCK: Neil Armstrong admitted it was a sham in 2005 interview | Science | News
Neil Armstrong led NASA’s historic Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago this month, launching into space on July 16, 1969. Just four days later, on July 20, together with astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Armstrong would become the first man to the walk on the Moon. But half-a-century ago when Armstrong, Aldrin and Command Module …
