First Pictures: Viking 1 on Mars – July 20, 1976 – 50 Years Ago

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics that explains how matter and energy behave at the atomic and sub atomic scale. Developed in the early 1900s by pioneers including Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger, it has become one of the most successful scientific theories ever created. The theory accurately describes a…

When we think of Mars as the “Red Planet”, the image that comes to mind is just that – a lot of red. That comes from the oxidization of the dust and rocks that cover the planet’s surface, but there are some instances where the Red Planet still has a few visual tricks up its…

image:  Seema Khurana, Moores Professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston view more  Credit: University of Houston University of Houston biologists have contributed to a potential breakthrough in treating Crohn’s disease by shifting the clinical focus from symptom management to addressing a primary underlying cause of the condition. Crohn’s disease, a chronic…

Science word of the day: Cenozoic Pronunciation: See-noh-ZOH’-ihk What it means: The ascendency of mammals, the birth of the Himalayas, the diversification of birds ‪—‬ Earth’s in its Cenozoic era, baby! The Cenozoic is the geological era happening right now. It started 66 million years ago with the abrupt mass extinction known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene…

What happens to our body in space?  The Hindu

The Mandalorian and Grogu’s inability to make an impact at the box office has raised all sorts of questions. Is Star Wars no longer a tentpole franchise? What does its failure mean for franchise filmmaking as a whole? Why did all of Jeremy Allen White’s lines sound like they were recorded while he was half-asleep?…