Published Aug 5th, 2023 9:01AM EDT Finding the origin of life on Earth has been a goal for scientists for decades. However, like anything, it’s always based on theories and possible evidence, which can often change and evolve as we learn about our world and the universe we are part of. According to a new...
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Replay Boomer
Imagine 2200, Grist’s climate fiction initiative, publishes stories that envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress, imagining intersectional worlds of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. [Sign up to receive new Imagine stories when they publish] 1963 Breakfast is interrupted by a crash that shakes the house to its foundations. Out the window, the...
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Jellyfish have been roaming the seas for at least 500 million years
Despite lacking blood, a heart, or a brain, slimy jellyfish are one of Earth’s most ubiquitous sea creatures and various species live in all of the planet’s oceans. They are some of the Earth’s oldest animals, having been around for roughly more than 500 million years (that’s 250 million years older than the earliest dinosaurs)....
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Did big expectations doom the tiny house movement?
This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. In 1997, Jay Shafer built his first tiny house: a miniature country chapel with tastefully weathered wood, a high-pitched roof, and tall, crimson-trimmed windows. The exercise...
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What’s New on Prime Video and Freevee in August 2023
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Screenshot: Red, White & Royal Blue trailer/Prime Video (Fair Use) Last year, Universal Studios released Bros, widely touted as the first mainstream queer romantic comedy, and it flopped…hard. Co-writer and star Billy Eichner blamed straight audiences “in certain parts of the country” and “homophobic weirdoes”...
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Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine | Science
HomeScienceVol. 381, No. 6656Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African MedicineBack To Vol. 381, No. 6656 Full accessBooks et al.Podcast Share on Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African MedicineScience27 Jul 2023Vol 381, Issue 6656p. 382DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6160 PREVIOUS ARTICLEVenturing into the unfa……Read More
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One person’s trash: Another’s treasured education | Science
HomeScienceVol. 381, No. 6656One person’s trash: Another’s treasured educationBack To Vol. 381, No. 6656 Full accessLetterPast as Prologue Share on One person’s trash: Another’s treasured educationXiangkun Elvis Cao [email protected]Authors Info & AffiliationsScience27 Jul 2023Vol 381, Issue 6656p. 384DOI: 10.1126/science.adi4884 PREVIOUS ARTICLEKeep the Salween River free-flowingPreviousNEXT ART……Read More
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NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026
Home News Spaceflight Artist’s concept of the DRACO (Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could be used for future NASA crewed missions to Mars. (Image credit: DARPA) NASA and the U.S. military plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Earth orbit...
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Was Napoleon Bonaparte an enlightened leader or tyrant?
Published July 25, 2023 20 min read The year was 1802. France’s wealthiest colony, Saint-Domingue, on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola—today shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic—was in turmoil. As former slaves battled their French overlords, an alliance of Black and mixed-raced generals fought to restore order under the French flag. Then came news...
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Iceland has entered a new volcanic era
Published July 24, 2023 5 min read For centuries, the country’s western volcanic peninsula has been dormant, but a new era of volcanic activity could be on the horizon. The Fagradalsfjall Volcano, a raised crater of bubbling lava—glowing bright yellow in an expanse of dark gray—is the latest eruption heralding Iceland’s new period of volcanic...