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Mars looks like a dusty wasteland in the first photo from NASA’s InSight lander sent from the surface of the red planet. The image, taken moments after landing, shows the rust-colored surface of Mars from […]

A researcher in China’s Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, has claimed that he has created the world’s first gene-edited designer babies. The claim comes as a surprise, as the ethics and safety […]

Elon Musk: “Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than on Earth.” Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images By Shannon Connellan2018-11-26 02:07:21 UTC Elon Musk has dismissed claims that humans moving to Mars is an […]

NASA’s InSight lander has been hurtling through the solar system for over seven months. Now its time has come.  InSight is set to land on Mars. InSight — sent to observe Martian earthquakes and study […]

[embedded content] You’ve probably seen plenty of impressive rocket launches but you’ve never seen one quite like this, which shows what a rocket launch looks like from space.  The launch of the Russian Progress MS-10 […]

It’s pretty terrifying to realise that we are “the first generation that knows we are destroying the world, and could be the last that can do anything about it,” as the WWF puts it.  However […]

In the early hours of December 16, 2017, hot embers began raining down on the Southern California town of Montecito.  Ominous, orange flames soon appeared on hills above the wooded community as the infamous Thomas […]

Italian researchers recently developed the first functioning quantum neural network by running a special algorithm on an actual quantum computer. The team, lead by Francesco Tacchino of the University of Pavia in Italy, pre-published their […]

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Earth’s natural resources largely determine the global economy’s ebb and flow. As such, the effects of climate change continue to cause concern among economists and environmentalists alike.  In 2018, professors William Nordhaus and Paul Romer […]