China Wants to Build a Mega Spaceship That's Nearly a Mile Long

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September 03, 2021

Space Exploration China Wants to Build a Mega Spaceship That's Nearly a Mile Long A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft By Edd Gent,LiveScience

Fossil Fuels New Tech Can Reveal a Vast Network of Methane Leaks But it is unclear if oil and gas companies and their regulators will respond By Anna Kuchment

Evolution These Baby Bats, like Us, Were Born to Babble The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do. By Mark Stratton | 05:16

Animals Many Mouse Studies Happen at the Wrong Time of Day Mice woken at odd hours may skew research results—and most studies don’t track the timing By Jillian Kramer

Arts Summer of Science Reading, Episode 4: Navigating Loss and Hope with Nature In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast miniseries, host Deboki Chakravarti acts as literary guide to two science books that share a beautiful and sometimes deeply resonant entanglement. In this week’s show: In this week’s show: World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald. By Deboki Chakravarti | 21:20

Quantum Physics Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics Ordinary human dilemmas are tougher to solve than the most difficult problems of physics and mathematics By John Horgan

Energy This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices New technology delivers power to electronic devices in a test space By Sophie Bushwick

Animals Why Tiny Tardigrades Walk like Insects 500,000 Times Their Size Animals this small and squishy usually don’t have legs By Mindy Weisberger,LiveScience

Planetary Science The Solar System's Oort Cloud May Harbor an Astonishing Number of Objects from Other Stars Contrary to what we’ve long assumed, this reservoir of comets surrounding the solar system may have more visitors than permanent residents By Amir Siraj

Nutrition You Have Probably Eaten This Natural Food Additive without Knowing It A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science. In this episode, we take a look at something called inulin. By Spektrum,Scientific American Staff

Particle Physics Hidden Particle Interactions Exposed by Peeling Layers of Graphene Ions flowing through atom-thin stacks of carbon confirm classic theories but also yield new surprises By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Policy Abortion Rights Are at the Greatest Risk since Roe v. Wade Was Decided in 1972 The Supreme Court will hear a case in the upcoming term that could officially overturn that historic ruling By Elizabeth Nash

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FROM THE ARCHIVE China Is Set to Launch First Module of Massive Space Station The new orbiting laboratory will host research from Chinese and international scientists By Ling Xin | April 2021

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