Giant 10-person ‘flying taxi’ passes first flight test in China
A Chinese company successfully flew a 5-ton (4,536-kilogram) electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) in a new feat for electric aircraft. Its makers at...
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Giant string of organic molecules on Mars may be one of the best signs of life yet
Organic molecules discovered within a stone on Mars cannot be fully explained by nonbiological processes, and it’s “reasonable to hypothesize” that living things could have...
Giant ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars contain tiny egg-like structures that scientists ‘can’t quite explain,’ NASA rover reveals
NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped stunning new photos of giant “spiderwebs” zig-zagging across the surface of Mars. One of these images has revealed never-before-seen, egg-like...
Kazakhstan plants tens of thousands of trees in giant effort to reintroduce tigers
Tigers will soon roam Kazakhstan for the first time in over 70 years as conservationists undertake a gargantuan effort to restore part of their lost...
Science news this week: China turns a desert into a carbon sink, a Viking Age grave holds a giant who had brain surgery, real-life inception, and a last-minute Valentine’s gift idea from nature
This week’s science news was filled with astonishing stories about ecological transformations. Topping the list was the finding that China has planted so many trees...
Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a ‘giant’ who’d had brain surgery
Archaeologists have unearthed a Viking Age pit filled with the dismembered remains of 10 people in the outskirts of Cambridge, England. The unusual mass grave,...
Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter’s giant moon Europa, Galileo images hint
Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa appears to have life-friendly molecules on its surface. Al Emran, a researcher with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spotted ammonia on the...