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Elon Musk aims to build the first settlement on Mars by 2040, but in order to create the colonies with such a design even on the Earth required a lot...

Like some other families of asteroids, the Eunomia family was formed during the destruction of the parent asteroid as a result of the collision of...

The discovered substance - phosphine (phosphorus hydride, PH₃) - is a colorless poisonous gas that is extremely rare in natural conditions. On Earth,...

Where I grew up (mostly Connecticut and Rhode Island) piles of plowed snow were collected in huge burial mounds at the sides of empty parking lots,...

I was really impressed by her poetry. My son had the same difficulty with "r" as a child, but he overcame it quite young, with professional help....

Maybe she's trying to get it to stay longer?? That brought back childhood memories. It snowed a lot in my hometown. Sometimes the residential...

Hmm, the immunization plan for inmates may move them up the queue for their second dose, depending on conviction / sentencing.

SN-09 Mary @BocaChicaGal Boca Chica Village residents have been asked to evacuate by 8 a.m. tomorrow. I can hardly wait to leave and watch...

I have neve heard of this before in regards to the US. There were a number of "Assisted Passage" schemes for other countries. I assume they were...

Which originally came from minerals eroded from the ground. But rock salt is mostly mined, IIRC.

Thanks, but I’m okay. That said, there are many news stories about it. A typical big storm: Lots of people without power, crews working as fast as...

But it's been sequestered underground for eons. Think of it like the carbon in fossil fuels, which has been sequestered and is being returned to the...

Probably not enough to compensate for the amount of ice melted over recent decades. Also, the rock salt came from the ocean in the first place.

Relatives from the midwest are always surprised at the number of older cars they see here that aren’t all rusted out. People still replace cars here...

And rocker panels. Environmental impacts, corrosion, and not particularly effective. What's not to love?

My truck is still dead. I own it primarily for the purpose of hauling trebuchets to the pumpkin hurling. Which last happened in September, 2019. I...

Boca Chica Road closures! 🚀 Primary: Thursday, January 28 Window: 1000 - 1900 Eastern Secondary: Friday, January 29 Window: 0900 - 1500...

The Trump administration left Biden with a rocket dilemma. "NASA needs to go back and look at what the options are to go to the Moon." The reality is...

I like the "approximately 60". Give or take a few. There was a time, not long ago at all, where they published a book cataloging every satellite ever...

Jan. 30 - Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L17 Launch time: 1224 GMT (7:24 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9...

Likewise, though the "first" modern pizza was made in 19th century Naples, the term pizza dates to the tenth century AD long predating tomatoes in...

What’s happening at Kīlauea Volcano? (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A1fWQkFEnw

U.S. Space Force acquisitions to get fresh look, lawmaker wants hearings. Rep. Jim Cooper said lawmakers are concerned that Space Force programs are...

I'd guess that was the plan, being millionaires and all. But pretending to be employed at the local hotel in a town of only 100 inhabitants was not...

Kinda dumb, weren't they? The vaccine requires two doses, so they'd have to pull the same stunt 3-4 weeks later to get the second shot for the...

Sixteenth century, with the Portuguese. That feeds back into what I mentioned earlier, with reference to vindaloo curry being originally a Portuguese...

I live 20 minutes from the Canada-US border. I've never troubled myself to figure exactly how much screwing around in another country can be done. It...