NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet.
Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, setting endurance and distance records that are years, if not decades, from being broken.
Mr. Eigen was credited with helping to reveal the intimate details of chemical reactions that occur within time periods so brief as to seem all but nonexistent.
Four years ago, an underwater volcano erupted in the South Pacific Ocean, creating a new island. And NASA took notice.
The good news is that there are no pain receptors in the stomach wall. And researchers believe the remnants of the pill would pass harmlessly through people’s systems.
While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.
Brainiac
For 40 years, computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn’t exist
MIT researchers demonstrate that it’s impossible to find a faster way of computing “edit distance.”
A study suggests that tuning into the sound of your own chewing can help you eat mindfully--and therefore less.
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