Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?

— Bob Monkhouse

Astronomy

How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry to Get around Menthol Bans

Scientific American.com - Mon, 06/03/2024 - 9:00am

Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the tobacco industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles

Categories: Astronomy

Periods are starting younger and we're struggling to pin down why

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/03/2024 - 8:00am
Menstruation is occurring earlier and earlier in life for younger generations in the Western world, but researchers are puzzled as to why
Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Mon, 06/03/2024 - 8:00am

It's back.


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft begins sampling on far side of the moon

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/03/2024 - 7:38am
The Chang’e 6 moon lander touched down on 2 June and began collecting lunar rock for China’s second sample-return mission
Categories: Astronomy

Snares are wiping out South-East Asian wildlife – what can be done?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/03/2024 - 4:00am
Efforts to remove animal traps and discourage poaching in Vietnamese protected areas have been partly effective, but conservationists say other approaches are needed to safeguard threatened species
Categories: Astronomy