How will we exploit asteroids once we have learned to "capture" them?
Asteroids are out there, and there are many of them, with their load of dangers... and riches. How can we exploit them?
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(Scientific) reflection on the life that passes before dying
What causes the experience, reported for more than a century, of reviewing one's entire life before dying? Here are the studies carried out on the topic.
Mars missions: could seriously damage astronauts
Missions to Mars will be the most difficult of those accomplished in the last 60 years of space exploration. The psychological aspect will be decisive.
The future is fungal: why the “megascience” of mycology is growing
A living organism that can reduce temperature and radiation, become a construction material, dress us, feed us and "open our horizons": mycology studies all this, and Merlin Sheldrake is one of its apostles.
Coronavirus predictions. Li Edelkoort: it will change the face of the planet
The megatrend expert is in self-quarantine in South Africa. Here are her predictions on the coronavirus and the profound transformation it will bring to our world.
Science wants to use mushrooms to reactivate people in a neurovegetative state
Not all of them have disappeared leaving their bodies on a bed: some patients in a neurovegetative state are still there, we don't know how to get them back.
Decades of research confirms: optimism extends life.
A team from Boston and Harvard University concluded after long studies that optimism leads to “exceptional longevity,” beyond 85 years.
Anorexia, a study also reveals genetic causes
Large-scale genomic analysis carried out by as many as 100 academics around the world has identified 8 genetic variants linked to anorexia.
3 Scary technologies that we shouldn't be making
Smile! There are not only technologies that can have a negative impact. There are also scary ones that can have a lethal relapse.
City life ruins mental health in ways that we are only now beginning to understand
Cities are dynamic and stimulating places, but their residents have a much higher rate of mental illness than the rest of the population.
Mars500, astronauts return from 'Mars' today after 520 days.
Technically they never moved, in fact they only opened the doors of this bunker after 1 and a half years: nothing like Big Brother. Last February the simulator recorded the 'landing on Mars' with related spacewalks: the mission had the aim of testing the effects of stress and isolation that a long space journey can cause in the brains of astronauts. Good news: Patrick Sunblad, the ESA specialist who oversaw the mission, says “The team has… Read more
