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Moon Direct: Mars maverick lays out his low-cost plan to set up lunar bases
Mars Society President Robert Zubrin provides a guided tour of future space missions during a talk at the University of Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle)
For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilde...
Happy with a 20% Chance of Sadness
Researchers are developing wristbands and apps to predict moods—but the technology has pitfalls as well as promise-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Has Your Health Insurance Really Got You Covered?
When it comes to making sure patients take their medications as prescribed, the answer is no-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) In research to improve influenza therapies against H7N9 and other influenza strains, Chad Petit and his University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues have detailed the binding site and mechanism of inhibition fo...
Tying the knot: New DNA nanostructures
(Arizona State University) In new research appearing in the journal Nature Communications, Hao Yan and his colleagues Fei Zhang, Xiaodong Qi and others describe a method for coaxing segments of single-stranded DNA into complex 2- and 3D knotted struc...
First Benefit of Knowing Your Genome
The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletion
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The ozone hole that forms in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica each September was slightly above average size in 2018, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today.
Solar Power Is About to Boom in the Sunshine State
Florida has lagged in renewable energy use, but declining solar costs are set to change that-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In Recode Q&A, Elon Musk talks up ‘Blade Runner’ truck, Space Force and Jeff Bezos
Elon Musk speaks at a space conference in 2016. (SpaceX Photo)
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is really psyched about the electric pickup truck he’s got on the drawing board — and he’s also cool with the and Amazon founder Jeff B...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
(University of California - Riverside) A team of physicists and a virologist, led by a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, explains how large virus shells are formed. Their work can also be used also to explain how large spherical c...