Daily Archives: Dec 12, 2025

A daunting reality faces every astronaut: six months in space can remove up to 9% of bone in major skeletal areas, even with daily exercise and meticulous planning. As human beings plan for longer trips to the Moon, Mars, and beyond—the issue of safeguarding the human body in space...

Is it possible to run a space agency on a shoestring and still keep astronauts safe? NASA’s latest internal revolt suggests the answer is far from simple. As the agency faces sweeping budget cuts, controversial leadership changes, and the dismantling of diversity initiatives, hundreds of scientists and engineers have...

On the wind-blown pinnacles of the Tibetan Plateau, where the Yarlung Tsangpo etches the world's deepest gorge, a venture of awe-inspiring audacity and debate is emerging a dam so gargantuan it has the potential to redesign not just the terrain, but also the geopolitics of South Asia. 1. The Geopolitical...