April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... an open-ended future of expansion into the rest of the universe, and by doing so help to ensure the security of life on Earth as well. There are, however, two problems with this rosy vision. The three-acre Biosphere 2 research...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... technology-dependent world are still only paid cursory attention, despite the disruption it could cause to daily life on Earth. According to financial risk manager Calogero Nicosia it is a threat that should be taken seriously and not only by those...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... understand the multiple threats posed to our planet and life on Earth from such things as climate breakdown, solar storms,...but none should be considered more important than saving Earth, human life, and the global economy from real and tangible ...
February 2020
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms
...in realising such a system in space. However, one important aspect is how the human vestibular system, adapted to our life on Earth responds to the rotational environment needed for sustained artificial gravity, and in particular the role of the semi...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
...six million years of human evolution that optimised us for life on Earth will stand in the way of our ability to ...have developed DNA replication and repair capabilities optimised for life on Earth. Epigenetic changes - that is changes in a ...
March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... spectrum - the keyword for this recent field of investigation is ‘multiwavelength’ astronomy. Fortunately, from the perspective of life on Earth, our atmosphere blocks a large part of harmful radiation from space. This however is not such good news...
