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news | Oct 30, 2017 | Science & Education | 4

Scientists from NASA announced a new discovery. Using the artificial satellite MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) it was found that Mars has a unique "magnetic tail". Today there is no...

Missiles for ground flights: Musk won’t stop

articles | Oct 14, 2017 | Tech & Security | 5

Elon Musk continues to prepare humans for interplanetary flights. Recently he announced SpaceX is to create a new ultra-heavy missile Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) during the next five years. It will be used for...

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Return of the Dire Wolf: How Genetic Engineering Resurrected an Ice Age Predator

articles | Jul 10, 2026 | Science & Education

More than 13,000 years after the last representatives of this species trod the lands of North America, humans have decided to bring them back to life. This is how the first genetically modified puppies with the phenotype of the dire wolf were created.

Chinese Cosmonauts Successfully Synthesize Oxygen in Space for the First Time

news | Jun 01, 2026 | Science & Education

The crew of the Shenzhou-19 mission has conducted an experiment that could forever change the rules of the game in space exploration. Chinese cosmonauts have, for the first time in the world, successfully synthesized oxygen and rocket fuel components using artificial photosynthesis directly in orbit.