Year: 2016

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We’ve Become More Ambitious About Reaching Alpha Centauri – What Changed?

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/04/2016

The real innovation powering the idea of Starshot is...

Deden, a teenager whose father says suffers from mental illness, lives chained to a tree under a shelter next to a rice paddy near his family home in Longkewang village in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, March 23, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Beawiharta

Better Mental Health Treatment Would Boost Nations’ Economies: WHO

Alex Whiting 13/04/2016

Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and...

The bright star on the left, Alpha Centauri, is in fact two stars close together: Alpha Centauri A and B. A much dimmer star, circled in red, is Proxima Centauri and is thought to be orbiting the A/B pair. The bright star on the right is Beta Centauri, considered to be a separate stellar system. Credit: Skatebiker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Starshot, a Billionaire’s New Mission to Get to Alpha Centauri in 20 Years

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/04/2016

Yuri Milner announced a $100-million grant to find out...

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NASA Operators Manage to Bring K2 Out of Emergency Mode

The Wire Staff 12/04/2016

The reasons for why it happened aren't yet clear...

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Do Sperm Whales Use Their Heads as Battering Rams?

Janaki Lenin 12/04/2016

Could a 56-ton Moby Dick ram and sink Ahab's...

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How to Make Carbon Markets Work Better

Luca Taschini and Baran Doda 12/04/2016

Carbon markets could play a crucial role in delivering...

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Making a Meal of Invasive Species Can Sometimes be a Prickly Issue

Vasudevan Mukunth 11/04/2016

Can humans solve the lionfish invasion problem by eating...