July 2020
Life in the universe – common or not?
... emerged within the framework of science, and that complicated biological information may have emerged by step-by-step evolution from an abiotic world. However, no such convincing path of abiogenesis has been found. Recently it has been shown...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... space economy and what roles do both the government sector and commercial space have to play in their evolution? For a successful economic ecosystem to thrive, two things must be present - supply and demand. Supply in a deep space...
January 2020
Old rocks, new tricks - a lunar link to modern volcanology
...the crystals within those rocks, and how the Moon’s comparatively simple evolution, and lower gravity, provides a test of a new idea ... hot and fiery one. The vast majority of lunar evolution occurred in the first billion years of its existence. During...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... for Germany. At the same time, the Moon is a nearby location where we can gain knowledge about the evolution of the Solar System and is also a potential platform for space exploration. ESA German astronaut Alexander Gerst...
September 2017
Spaceflight studies support geriatric health on Earth
... as by the action of breathing. Additionally, the weight-bearing bones and anti-gravity muscles have adapted during evolution to ensure adequate support during standing. Thus humans can stand up without any real problems. The real...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... room. A text starts to run on the screen: ‘Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus 6 phase - a being virtually identical to a human - known as a Replicant. The Nexus 6 Replicants were superior...
