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Start Mining Asteroids for Faster Data and a Cleaner Planet

Philip Metzger 09/01/2018

An asteroid-mining infrastructure could help to solve a major...

Credit: SpaceX

US Spy Satellite Zuma Failed to Reach Orbit, Assumed Destroyed

Reuters 09/01/2018

The classified intelligence satellite, built by Northrop Grumman Corp, failed...

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Listen: Tribal Astronomy in Ancient India and the Stories in Our Stars

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 09/01/2018

Tribes turned to the heavens when looking for structure...

Students of the Farah Women’s Empowerment Center perform a song at the official dedication of the center, March 10, 2010, Farah, Afghanistan. Caption and credit: isafmedia/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Debate: Why a Test Used to Spot Gender Bias in Science Reports Can Be Myopic

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/01/2018

In countries where women receive more institutional support than...

Shikha Varma. Credit: The Life of Science

Scratching the Surface With Experimental Physicist Shikha Varma

Nandita Jayaraj 07/01/2018

A conversation with a condensed matter physicist about surface...

Baldev Raj. Credit: PTI

Nuclear Physicist and NIAS Director Baldev Raj No More

The Wire Staff 07/01/2018

The fruits of his research have been deployed in strategic...

Nathan Seiberg. Source: ias.edu

Interview: ‘There’s No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It’

Sandhya Ramesh 07/01/2018

An interview with the notable physicist Nathan Seiberg on...