Is extracting oxygen from lunar soil the future of space exploration?

A new race to the moon is emerging between the United States and China. Unlike fifty years ago, the goal is no longer just ...

A violent volcanic eruption may have revealed a new weapon to tackle a potent planet-heating gas

When an underwater volcano erupted in the South Pacific in January 2022, it sent a plume of ash, steam and gas nearly 40 ...
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I Asked a Mining Billionaire About His Environmental Philanthropy. It Didn’t Go Well.

Kaplan, owner of the world’s largest private collection of Rembrandts, is redeploying wealth that could have stayed locked up ...

I Survived A Deadly Avalanche On Mount Everest. It Changed My Life In Ways I Could Never Have Imagined.

I never expected to find myself on Mount Everest. For seven years before that climb, I was the primary caregiver for my ...

Kelli Giddish Reveals First Thing ‘SVU’ Costar Ice-T Said to Her

Ice-T made an affirming comment about a hairy situation during Giddish’s first day playing Detective Amanda Rollins.

Gene Roddenberry’s Lost ’70s Sci-Fi Series That Inspired Data From ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

The Next Generation or watching the sentient V'Ger search the cosmos for its creator in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Gene Roddenberry was already fascinated by questions of identity, purpose and ...