COVID-19 Leads to U.S. Life Expectancy Dive, Greater Disparities According to Race & Gender

Medicine & Technology Feb 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the U.S. life expectancy to dive by 1 whole year. The new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) collected data from the first half of 2020. Greater disparities can be noted according to different racial groups.

NASA Perseverance Landing Time: Watch Live Stream of Mars Landing

Feb 18, 2021

The NASA Perseverance Mars rover is expected to land on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 3:55pm EST. After a 292.5 million mile journey that began on July 30, the Mars rover will finally touch down on the red planet this afternoon on the U.S. eastern time zone.

Moon Crater Analysis Reveals Significant Insights on Lunar Formation

Feb 18, 2021

In spite of the relative closeness to earth, the moon still contains many mysteries, namely regarding its mantle formation, crater impacts, and volcanic activities. New analysis of the moon's largest crater offers insights into the moon's formation and other developmental details.

Cave Discoveries Suggest Closer Link Between Neanderthals & Homo Sapiens Stone Technology

Feb 17, 2021

Newly analyzed fossils from the Shuqba (or Shukbah) Cave suggests a closer link between Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens. Tools thought to have been exclusive to modern humans may have also been used by the Neanderthals.

New Theory of Dinosaur Extinction Involves Long-Distance Comet from Solar System's Edge

Feb 16, 2021

Dinosaurs were long thought to have gone extinct by a large asteroid slamming against the surface of the earth 66 million years ago. However, a new theory suggests it wasn't quite an asteroid.

NASA InSight 'Mole' Ends Digging on Surface of Mars After Failed Attempts

Jan 22, 2021

NASA's InSight "mole" mission has come to an end. The historic heat probe instrument landed in Mars over 2 years ago. But NASA has called an end to the mission due the harsh innards on the surface of Mars making the spacecraft stuck and difficult to go forward.

NASA Artemis Moon-Landing to Have First Female on the Moon

Jan 19, 2021

The NASA Artemis moon-landing project will select a woman for the team, leading to history's first woman on the moon. NASA is currently holding a training program for the Artemis moon landing project with 18 astronauts. Reports suggest that one of the elite astronauts chosen for the mission may include Dr. Jessica Meir, a graduate of Brown University.