Silicon Valley’s quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Long read: How nature is fighting our attempts to use biohacking to live forever.
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Why do so many men get away with rape? Police officers, survivors, lawyers and prosecutors on the scandal that shames the justice system
In England and Wales perpetrators of one of the gravest violent crimes, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, are very unlikely to receive any punishment at all
‘Grit’ and relentless perseverance can take a toll on brain health − particularly for people facing social stresses like racism
Perseverance helps people achieve goals and is linked with well-being. But combined with chronic societal stressors, it can lead to cognitive overload that puts a strain on brain health.
Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.
As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about the red planet from meteorites found on Earth
NASA’s successful Mars landing will reveal yet more secrets from the red planet. But there is much we already know from Martian fragments that found their way to Earth.
The Perseverance rover is collecting rock samples from Mars to bring back to Earth
Sophisticated equipment on the Perseverance rover is helping answer some of the many questions researchers have about Mars’ geology over time.
NASA’s big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home
This summer, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.
Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it
Australian scientists have been working on NASA’s latest Mars mission for years.
‘7 minutes of terror’: a look at the technology Perseverance will need to survive landing on Mars
Perseverance follows in the tracks of Curiosity. The latter’s touchdown on Martian soil in 2012 marked the first successful use of several pioneering space technologies.
NASA’s search for life on Mars: a rocky road for its rovers, a long slog for scientists – and back on Earth, a battle of the budget
Determining whether or not life exists on another planet is an extraordinarily complicated – and expensive – scientific endeavor.
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