The Cold War that defined the latter half of the 20th century lives on; it has just moved roughly 250 miles straight up into low Earth orbit. Only this time, the cold adversary is Communist China. Its lunar probe continues …
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More than a hundred years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell made the case for the existence of canals on Mars designed to redistribute water from the Martian ice caps to its lower, drier latitudes. This necessarily meant the existence of Martians …
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Arkansas Architect Wins NASA Design Competition for Mars Housing
by Tyler Haleby Tyler Haleby Tyler Hale One Arkansas architect’s team recently won a NASA competition designing virtual habitats for Mars. Architect Trey Lane of Rogers and his two teammates –Team Zopherus – were awarded first place in the NASA competition, in which 19 …
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UA Takes Students on ‘Virtual Field Trip’ to Learn Biotechnology
by Kim Laneby Kim LaneMore than 2,000 students signed up for this morning’s “virtual field trip” offered by the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Over 62 schools comprising 39 counties from around the state attended the field trip by …