Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans
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9 of the Best Flops on Display at the Museum of Failure
The Juicero, Cyberpunk 2077, and Google Glass. The Museum of Failure has it all.
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‘Tall Nose’ Gene in Humans Was Inherited From Neanderthals
Researchers have identified a gene that is associated with taller noses in humans and found it likely comes from Neanderthals, an extinct hominin group intimately related to our own species.
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Proposed Mission Seeks to Resurrect Retired Spitzer Space Telescope
For more than three years, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been idly coasting around the Sun while locked in a retirement safe mode, while its successor, the Webb Telescope, took over its cosmic observation duties. An upcoming servicing mission, however, could give the old telescope a new purpose: protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids.
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Crypto Billionaire Wants to Launch First Commercial Space Station With SpaceX
The International Space Station (ISS) hasn’t been retired yet, but private space companies are already vying for a spot in low Earth orbit to take its place. A California-based startup wants to be the first to put a commercial space station in orbit, assigning SpaceX as its launch partner.