NASA’s Perseverance rover just notched yet another initially on Mars, one particular that might assist pave the way for astronauts to discover the Crimson World sometime. The rover successfully utilized its MOXIE instrument to produce oxygen from the thin, carbon dioxide-dominated Martian atmosphere for the first time, demonstrating technological know-how that could both of […]
Day: April 24, 2021
Octopus ‘Teachers’ Demonstrate They Feel Emotional Pain
An octopus nestles underneath a rock, but she’s still within just get to of the shark adhering to her scent. The shark bites down on one particular of her arms and rolls about all over again and again, twisting the limb trapped concerning its jaws until finally it detaches. The […]
Scientists Should Never Stop Being Students
My earlier pupils and collaborators are starting to manage a scientific meeting for my 60th birthday to be held about a calendar year from now. Their gesture reminded me of Rabbi Hanina’s words: “I have acquired considerably from my instructors, far more from my colleagues, and the most from my […]
Watch Blood Cells Stream around an Air Bubble–It’s Very Soothing.
Streaming throughout your display are blood cells donated by the videographer himself: Martin Kaae Kristiansen, a self-described “microscopy enthusiast” driving the My Microscopic World task. Kristiansen, a previous biomedical researcher, makes use of his own microscope to doc the tiniest examples of everyday living wriggling close to us. His YouTube, […]
Readers Respond to the December 2020 Issue
LEGACY OF LAUGHTER Every person is hoping that 2021 proves to be a better yr than 2020. But some of the most depressing information I have witnessed was Steve Mirsky’s announcement of the end of his Anti Gravity column in “The Authentic Deal.” In my impression, Anti Gravity was the […]
New shadow professionals and infrastructures around the datafied school: Topological thinking as an analytical device
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