Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the “skin of the Earth”
ROD NICKEL, AYENAT MERSIE, DAVID STANWAY and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on how human efforts to preserve soil are proving no match for increasingly extreme weather, which is damaging the living system and depleting its ability to produce food…
NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in test of planetary defence system
Reuters Hurtling through the solar system at hypersonic speed on Monday, NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed itself into a distant asteroid in a test of the world’s first planetary defence system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. The finale to the suicide spaceflight, humanity’s first attempt to alter the motion of an […]
Sight-Seeing: Why did Jesus live?
NILS VON KALM explains why he’s reflecting on Jesus’ life – as well as His death – this Easter…
Origins: The messy history of our modern, Western calendar
In an article published on The Conversation, scholar MATTHEW S CHAMPION, of Australian Catholic University, look at the rather complicated history of the Western calendar…
Essay: Six ways satellites make the world a better place
In an article first published on The Conversation, CLARA MCGRATH, of the University of Strathclyde, on some of the benefits satellites around the Earth are delivering…
Planets around nearby star are intriguing candidates for extraterrestrial life
Washington DC, USReuters Up to three planets – potentially rocky like Earth – have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system – a planetary system offering astronomers intriguing possibilities in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life. The planets orbit Gliese 887, a so-called red dwarf star half the sun’s mass […]
Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction
ParisReuters One million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction due to humankind’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the devastating impact of modern civilisation on the natural world. Scientists made an impassioned appeal to governments and businesses worldwide to confront “vested interests” they […]
Cleaning up polluted soil is “humanity’s next great challenge”
Thomson Reuters Foundation From Senegalese children killed by lead poisoning to Bengalis dying from arsenic in drinking water, experts called on Wednesday for a new global accord to address emerging health risks posed by millions of contaminated sites. Human activities, such as mining and manufacturing, waste from livestock, industry and urban sprawls, and pesticides and […]
FLAT EARTH?
For centuries humanity believed the earth was flat. Why not? From our tiny perspective it feels pretty flat. FLAT OR ROUND?: The advent of Jesus allowed humanity to see the ‘3D’ nature of God, says Paul Clark. PICTURE: NASA, via Unsplash There were individuals who gave hints that there was more to this situation, but […]
GRAVITY
Gravity is one of those amazing realities that kinda defies logic. If I have an ant walking on a ball, and spin it, the ant goes flying! SPECKS ON A BIG BALL. PICTURE: www.pexels.com Yet here we are, ants walking on a giant ball spinning in space, not being flung into oblivion. Gravity exists because […]