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SpaceX Just Aced A Critical Air Force Test Of Its Falcon Heavy Rocket

SpaceX had a lot on its plate with Tuesday morning's Falcon Heavy launch. Once again, the company recovered the two side-mounted Falcon 9 first stage boosters at a landing site along the Florida coast.

Mars Curiosity Detects High Methane Levels Which Could Be Life

Microbial life is an important source of methane on Earth, but methane can also be created through interactions between rocks and water.

Two Quintillion Tons Of Metal Or Dense Oxides Found On The Moon

Computer simulations of large asteroid impacts suggest that, under the right conditions, an iron-nickel core of an asteroid may be dispersed into the upper mantle (the layer between the Moon’s crust and core) during an impact.

Cryptocurrencies Are Back

Bitcoin is trading around $11,000 and other major cryptocurrencies like ethereum are also up.

More Cost Overruns Realistically Means Space Launch System Requires Congress To Reauthorize

SLS will cost over a billion per launch and is using side booster and some other technology from the 1980s space shuttle system.

Atomic Clock Will Help Navigation For Mars Missions

An atomic clock small enough to fly on a space mission but precise enough to give accurate directions could eliminate the need for 4-20 minute two-way communication delays for Mars missions.

Speed Breeding Lets Us Develop Six Generations Of Crops Instead Of Two Each Year

This will make it easier to increase crop yields to feed more people. Although we already have test fields with two to three times the yield of crops. So getting another double would mean we could feed more than 20 billion people.

US Congress Pushes For Renewables To Have Same Private Investment Incentives As Fossil Fuels

"Clean energy technologies have made tremendous progress in the last several decades, and they deserve the same shot at success in the market as traditional energy projects have experienced through the federal tax code"

Anti-aging Compound From Pomegranates Proves Promising In Human Clinical Trials

Since aging is a key driver of many diseases, targeting that process could be a handy catch-all for treating a range of diseases and improving quality of life for pretty much everybody.

Rigorous Study Explains How A Single Gut Bacteria Species Can Eat Parkinson’s Disease Drug

The striking study offers a new insight into why medicines do not work the same way in every person, and better understanding these mechanisms may suggest ways to significantly improve the efficacy drugs we have already developed, instead of producing entirely new ones.

PTN Interviews Elizabeth Parrish Founder And CEO Of BioViva Sciences

Liz is a humanitarian, entrepreneur, author and innovator and a leading voice for genetic cures. She is the Founder and CEO of BioViva Sciences USA Inc. BioViva is committed to extending healthy lifespans using gene therapy.

Lab-Grown Patch Could Repair Your Heart After A Heart Attack

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US for both men and women.