Boaters report tree push over and scream 40 miles NW of Campbell River (Report 80009)

Class B; September 2009; British Columbia Go to Source

Could we actually terraform Mars? A new scientific roadmap lays out the blueprint—and the risks

Reading the “Mars Trilogy” by Kim Stanley Robinson brings the benefits and pitfalls of efforts to terraform the red planet into sharp relief. Since the 1970s, when Carl Sagan first suggested the possibility that we could make Mars more Earth-like, that...

Ex-NYPD officer gets 3 to 9 years in prison for throwing cooler that caused fatal crash

Former NYPD sergeant Erik Duran was convicted of manslaughter after throwing a cooler that caused the 2023 death of Eric Duprey Go to Source

Artemis II crew will endure 3,000°C on re‑entry. A hypersonics expert explains how they will survive

After successfully completing their mission to the moon, the Artemis II crew are about to return to Earth. Go to Source

A Mercury rover could explore the planet by sticking to the Terminator

The closest planet to our sun, Mercury, experiences extreme temperature variations. Since the planet has no atmosphere to speak of, it is in a constant cycle where one side is extremely hot and the other extremely cold. On the sun-facing side, temperatures reach a...