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Von Science Fiction zu Science Fact

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Im Film Der MarsianerDer Charakter Mark Watney, ein Astronaut, der nach einem Missgeschick von seinen Besatzungsmitgliedern auf dem Mars gestrandet ist, erwacht und muss sich den Problemen des Überlebens allein stellen. Er pflanzt Kartoffeln in Marserde, gemischt mit Erde, die er von der Erde mitgebracht und mit seinem eigenen Abfall gedüngt hat. Dank Mut und Intelligenz überlebt er, bis die NASA zurückkehrt, um ihn zu retten.

Mann kniet auf einem Feld mit Pflanzen und bewegt sich noch (© Cinematic/Alamy Stock Photo)

Im Film Der MarsianerMatt Damons Charakter Mark Watney pflanzt Kartoffeln in

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Covid guru Sir Patrick Vallance claims experts were used as ‘human shields’ for Government and officials ‘cherry-picked’ science to justify decisions

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Experts were used as ‘human shields’ for the Government, whose officials ‘cherry-picked’ science to justify Covid-19 decision-making, Sir Patrick Vallance’s pandemic diaries claimed.

The Chief Scientific Adviser, who regularly addressed the nation alongside ministers during Covid press conferences, wrote that Downing Street sought to justify its actions by claiming they were ‘following the science’.

And he accused an unnamed official of ‘completely rewriting’ scientific advice on social distancing, the Covid-19 inquiry in London heard today.

Sir Patrick’s previously undisclosed contemporaneous

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The science behind deep brain stimulation for depression

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Electricity Saved My Brain

This is the third part in a series on deep brain stimulation for depression. Read from the beginning.

Early in the morning on August 22, 2022, Jon’s medical team told him that neurologist Helen Mayberg would check in with him just before his deep brain stimulation surgery. “Everybody is like, ‘Dr. Mayberg is going to come in and give you a pumped-up speech.’” She’d explain how everything ought to go and what the team needed from

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‘Crossings’ explores the science of road ecology

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Crossings
Ben Goldfarb
W.W. Norton & Co., $30

Nearly 65 million kilometers of roadway crisscross the Earth — enough to encircle the planet more than 1,600 times — and that number will likely double by 2050. These roads have intruded into even the most remote corners of the world, and that has come at a cost: Vehicles are responsible for a staggering number of animal deaths. For instance, 1 million vertebrates are thought to die daily in collisions in the

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Laut Urban Science die besten Neuwagenverkäufe bei Händlern seit 2019

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Laut dem Halbjahresbericht Automotive Franchise Activity von Urban Science werden US-Händler im Jahr 2023 voraussichtlich mehr Neufahrzeuge verkaufen als in den vergangenen drei Jahren.

Die durchschnittliche Zahl der von US-Händlern verkauften Neufahrzeuge, der sogenannte Durchsatz, wird im Jahr 2023 schätzungsweise auf 842 steigen, was einem Anstieg von 83 Fahrzeugen gegenüber den 759 im Vorjahr entsprechen würde, sagte Urban Science.

Trotz des erwarteten Anstiegs ist die Schätzung nach Angaben von Urban Science immer noch niedriger als im letzten Jahr vor der

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Why It’s So Hard to Forecast Wildfire Smoke

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Picture the boreal forest, in northern Quebec, on the morning of June 1st. Bears, moose, and wolves roamed, circling its unusually dry lakes, bogs, rivers, and creeks. In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens. Lightning struck the ground repeatedly. A hundred and twenty-three fires were lit in a single day. The peat and duff of the forest floor began to

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18 Months of War in Ukraine

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Ukraine will soon mark the passing of 18 months since Russian forces launched their invasion in February of 2022. In recent weeks, the frontline battlefields in eastern and southern Ukraine remain punishing arenas of trench warfare, drone attacks, and artillery battles. Heavily mined and fortified Russian positions are slowing Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive. Russia’s military continues to launch missiles into all parts of Ukraine, attacking infrastructure and other targets, while Western countries continue to supply Ukraine with ammunition, equipment, and training.

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NASA: Scientists baffled as Mars is mysteriously spinning faster and faster | Science | News

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Mars’ rotation is slowly but inexorably increasing — shortening the length of the planet’s day by a fraction of a millisecond each year.

This is the conclusion of researchers who studied data collected by NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which spent four years studying the Red Planet before running out of power last December.

By sending a radio signal from Earth to InSight’s radio apparatus and back, the team were able to determine

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Fiery ‘meteor’ in skies over Australia ‘probably a Russian rocket’, say scientists | Science | News

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Spectacular footage has shown an unidentified object burning up in the skies over Australia – with scientists believing it was most likely a Russian rocket.

Footage shows the object briefly illuminating the night sky over Melbourne yesterday, prompting some to speculate that it was a meteor.

A statement issued by the Australian Space Agency said: “We have determined the flashes of light seen across Melbourne skies overnight were likely the remnants of a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.”

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Scientists suggest unearthed skull could belong to new species of ancient human | Science | News

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Scientists may have identified a new species of human after investigating a skull belonging to an ancient child.

A new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution has attempted to shed light on the fossilised remains recovered from Hualongdong, China, in 2019 that did not appear to fit with any known human lineage.

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilised leg, skull and jawbone, with the latter two items proving the most puzzling.

They said the features exhibited by the skull and

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