Humans in suspended animation, oxygen on Mars, water on Europa, alien gases, and snakes with legs!
Our top stories from 2018. All the stories we thought particularly interesting, from wombat poop to very hot chilies!
SoT Special 25 – Dr. Morgan Cable
- August 31, 2018
- Tagged as: astrobiology, astronomy, Cassini, Enceladus, Europa, JPL, mars, Morgan Cable, NASA, space
Dr Morgan Cable is a planetary scientist and astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Yanny vs Laurel audio illusion, plumes of water from Europa, the origin of the amphibian-killing fungus, using ice cores to study Ancient Rome’s economy, and clever magpies learn the calls of other birds.
Saturn’s Cassini probe begins it’s Grand Finale, premature lambs incubated in artificial womb, and a proposed Europa mission.
Supervolcanoes that threw rocks, Australia’s hidden volcano track, the origins of life in underwater vents, and funding worries for Europa Clipper.
NASA plans to go to Europa, bacteria that hasn’t evolved, scorpions that lose their tails, slippery plate tectonics and fencing cane toads.