Sarah Scoles
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Mars Needs Insects
If humans are ever going to live on the red planet, they’re going to have to bring bugs with them.
Nuclear War Could End the World, but What if It’s All in Our Heads?
Some experts want to apply recent neuroscience research to the decision making that could lead to doomsday.
NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Was Mostly for Show, Study Says
A review of archives suggests that efforts to protect Earth from contamination by any organism brought back from the lunar surface were mostly for show.
NASA DART Spacecraft Successfully Smashed Asteroid Into New Orbit
The DART mission proved more successful than expected in adjusting the trajectory of Dimorphos, suggesting that a deadly space rock could be deflected in the...
To Prevent a Martian Plague, NASA Needs to Build a Very Special Lab
The likelihood is low that bringing rocks to Earth from the red planet will make us sick, but the space agency isn’t taking any chances.
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