Conquer Mars
Finding the 'key' for humans to breathe on Mars
Not every new technological device is too sublime, but it is the tiny bacteria.
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Space science
European Space Agency develops equipment to harvest oxygen on the Moon
The European Space Agency plans to deploy a device capable of extracting 70% of the oxygen from the lunar surface by 2030.
Animal world
How do cave fish survive in an oxygen-deficient environment?
For thousands of years, cave fishes have continuously evolved and adapted in a dark underground world that is as obvious as having no eyes and pale colors.
Space science
Rare collision of dead stars may give new life
Like the phoenix, some stars can explode with life and emerge from the 'ashes' of previously passed stars.
Biology
Discover a species of desert bacteria with a unique photosynthetic ability
Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can 'eat' sunlight and 'breathe' oxygen.
Space science
Earth has been subjected to a tremendous amount of ultraviolet radiation, 10 times more than previously estimated
Before the ozone layer was created to protect the Earth from dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation, UV radiation levels could have been terrible.
Scientific application
Japan makes smart gas masks for firefighters
NEC Corporation makes smart respirators that help the wearer see in the dark and provide important information when traveling in smoke-dense areas.
Archeology
The mystery of the 11 mass extinctions on Earth and the prediction of the 12th event
Up to the present time, the doomsday events still contain countless mysteries that humans have not been able to fully discover.
Oceanography
Detecting a series of healthy living organisms that do not need oxygen, light
A creature lurking in the ocean has broken all the rules of life by surviving in an environment with almost no oxygen. They still breathe, by making their own oxygen wit…
Conquer Mars
Algae can survive in a Mars-like environment
New research on algae raises hopes for a future where humanity can turn barren Mars into a planet as green as Earth.
Archeology
The most severe period of extinction is also the time when the Earth is 'strongest'
As it turns out, the deadliest extinction event on Earth in the past also had another feature - it was extremely 'smelly'.
Discover science
Surprise with the most abundant element in the Earth's crust
Earth's crust contains many important elements to support life, but only 1% of the volume of the blue planet.
1001 mystery
Tibetans can bring 'super powers' from another human species
Shocking research from the US shows that our Homo sapiens ancestors in Tibet had two periods of interbreeding with extinct humans called Denisovans, resulting in the pre…
Biology
Strange creatures can survive without oxygen
What powers microscopic organisms instead of oxygen remains a mystery that scientists have yet to uncover.
Space science
China makes new materials for spacecraft surfaces
Chinese researchers have developed a new type of 2-layer polyimide nanocomposite film that can be used to more effectively protect the outer surfaces of spacecraft.