Nuclear Rockets Could Take Us to Mars in Half the Time. NASA Plans to Fly One by 2027.
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade—but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey…
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Dusty Snow on Mars Could Harbor Life According to a New NASA Simulation
Water is the essence of life. When scientists discovered permafrost ice caps on Mars’ north pole in 1976, the news…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 19)
SPACE SpaceX Catches Returning Rocket in Mid-Air, Turning a Fanciful Idea Into Reality Stephen Clark | Ars Technica…
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This DeepMind AI Helps Polarized Groups of People Find Common Ground
In our polarized times, finding ways to get people to agree with each other is more important than ever. New research…
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Autoimmune Diseases Stopped in Their Tracks by ‘Phenomenal’ Donor Cell Therapy
For the first time, an off-the-shelf CAR T cell therapy has been used to treat potentially life-threatening autoimmune…
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AI Has a Secret: We’re Still Not Sure How to Test for Human Levels of Intelligence
Two of San Francisco’s leading players in artificial intelligence have challenged the public to come up with questions…
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Are We Reaching the Limit of Human Longevity? A New Study Says Yes
Human life expectancy dramatically increased last century. Compared to babies born in 1900, those born at the turn of…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 12)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI’s Penicillin and X-Ray Moment Matteo Wong | The Atlantic “When the Swedish inventor Alfred…
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