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Topic: Mars

50 years of robotic exploration has made Mars a garbage dump

Today, the main concern scientists have about trash on Mars is the risk it poses to current and future missions.

Ancient rocks reveal how Earth’s magnetic field bounced back to save life on the planet

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

ISRO-IISc team develops prototype of bacteria-infused bricks for Martian, lunar soil

New method is proof of concept for sustainable way to make bricks for construction on Mars & Moon using soil found on surface. Study published in PLOS One on 14 April.

Why human speech will sound garbled on Mars & lettuce to help astronauts retain bone mass

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA launches DART mission to crash into asteroid, results could help defend Earth some day

The DART mission will crash a space probe into the asteroid Dimorphos to test human capability to protect the planet against near earth objects.

The Earth’s getting dimmer and a bacteria that could help farming on Mars

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Scientists create ‘concrete’ using blood, sweat, tears of astronauts for construction on Mars

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Water lakes were found at Martian South Pole in 2018. New findings say it was frozen clay instead

In 3 papers published over a month, different teams reanalysed the 2018 Mars Express orbiter data to state that frozen clay, not salt water lakes, produced radar signals.

Gene-editing experiment conducted in space for first time, paves way for crucial research

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

To reach Mars, the human body may need some updates

Human bodies are adapted to life on Earth, and aren’t likely to hold up well during journeys required to settle on the moon & Mars.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.