A Closer Look At The Surface Of Mars
The nature of many of the rocks and materials on the surface of Mars remains mysterious. Volcanism has played an important role in forming many…
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Yearly Archive: 2018
Hypotheses About The Timeline Of Impacts On The Lunar Surface
Determining the ages of planetary surfaces and events is no easy task. Surfaces are often layered in deposits from more recent activity. This fact is…
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When Rock Meets Life
It all started in 2005 during a trip to the United States, where I went to a famous conference in geochemistry (Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho)….
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Indigenous Peoples’ Right To Land Can Help In Achieving Conservation Goals
Indigenous people make up about five percent of the world’s population, residing in 70 countries with minimum or no management control over their land, resources,…
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How To Be An “Isolated” Researcher In Renewables And Not Die
I am an engineer with a Ph.D. in nuclear technology. I worked in the Argentinean National Atomic Commission for fifteen years, researching fluidized beds, boiling…
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What Is The Red Material Found On Uranus’ Moons?
The seventh most distant planet in our Solar System, Uranus, is orbited by the mid-sized regular satellites Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon (Figure 1)….
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Depression Formation On Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Photographs of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko show its unexpected shape: two ellipsoidal blocks called the Head and Body, connected by a “neck.” On the…
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What Is A German Cockroach?
The German cockroach (Blatella germanica) is a species of cockroach under the order Blattodea commonly found all over the world. Related to the common wood termite,…
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Black Box, White Coat: Rise Of The Machines In Medicine
Machine learning (ML) and its parent, artificial intelligence (AI), hold the potential to transform the way we live and work. For many, AI remains a…
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When Mimicry Matters: Sheep Mimic Important Individuals And Behaviours
Social animals routinely mimic the behaviors of their social partners. This ubiquitous phenomenon is the cornerstone of group cohesion and effective group functioning. After all,…
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A Closer Look at RIPK1-RIPK3 Core Amyloids
Amyloids are fibrillar proteinaceous assemblies whose accumulation is a hallmark of several human diseases. Formation of amyloid fibrils occurs when protein monomers change their structure…
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