Tag: knowledge
Geology: How plate tectonics affects climate
New ocean floor forms much more slowly today than it did 15 million years ago. What this could be related to – and what that means for global warming. source…
Environmentally friendly air conditioners – knowledge – SZ.de
The demand for space coolers is growing – in Germany alone, according to the Federal Statistical Office, by 28 percent between 2019 and 2020. “A/Cs” (air conditioners) have become indispensable…
Oxygen extracted from the Martian atmosphere for the first time – knowledge
Until now, it was only a theoretical concept: extracting oxygen for breathing air and rocket fuel from the thin carbon dioxide atmosphere of the planet Mars. With an experiment on…
Colorectal cancer in men: Ready meals increase cancer risk by 30 percent! | life & knowledge
Ready meals can increase the risk of colon cancer by up to 30 percent. Researchers from Tufts and Harvard University in Massachusetts (USA) found this out. You can read with…
Knowledge: The big flutter – when moths go on a journey
by Andreas Beerlage, photos: Pascal Maitre 09/05/2022, 11:46 am 7 min reading time Every fall, the magnificent monarch butterflies fly thousands of kilometers to Mexico. There they overwinter together, in…
Nasa SLS rocket: how to proceed with the Artemis mission – knowledge
After a first failed attempt last Monday, nothing came of the first, still unmanned flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS) of Nasa into a lunar orbit. And this time…
“Artemis” start aborted again – knowledge
The US space agency Nasa has also canceled the second attempt to launch an unmanned moon mission. The launch director of “Artemis I”, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, canceled the attempt a few…
“Artemis” start aborted again – knowledge
The US space agency Nasa has also canceled the second attempt to launch an unmanned moon mission. The launch director of “Artemis I”, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, canceled the attempt a few…
Research Policy: Solving Difficult Decisions by Chance – Knowledge
As in many areas of life, the problems with research funding are in the middle. There are projects that are so brilliant and innovative, the scientists who propose them so…
Astronomy: James Webb telescope shows exoplanets for the first time – knowledge
That James-WebbThe Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of an exoplanet. It’s not the first such recording at all, already that Hubbletelescope had taken such pictures. Nevertheless, the…