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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog Some people who are blind have been able to forego a walking cane by using echolocation instead to visually sense their world. Now in a new study, scientists discovered that sighted individuals can also gain this ability through training. Scientists found that our brains haveContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog A voyage in this kind of spacecraft — while still conceptual — would take multiple lifetimes, crossing unimaginable gulfs of interstellar space. The theoretical exercise puts aside technical problems, including the propulsion system, and focusses on the design of the habitat and society. Theoretical exercise putsContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog The U.K. based aerospace company, Space Solar, plans to launch its space-based solar power plant by 2030 to deliver clean energy to Iceland, which is already a renewable-energy powerhouse. Harnessing sun’s energy from space could capture over 100 times more solar energy than from theContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog Aerospace company aims to offer a transformative ‘perspective’ for future explorers to get close to the edge of space with their high-altitude balloon and spaceship capsule Space Perspective successfully demonstrates its air balloon space system in unmanned test flight Bob McDonald · CBC Radio ·Continue Reading

Quirks and Quarks20:09Using the sea to soak up our excess carbon dioxide Beneath the smokestacks of the power plant that tower over Halifax harbour, Will Burt, chief ocean scientist at Planetary Technologies, leads a tour around Planetary’s site. The site — which consists of a shipping container housing an arrayContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog SpaceX is leading the way in making space flight more affordable with their low cost reusable rockets. SpaceX dominates the rocket launch market, representing 45 per cent of all the rockets launched in 2023 Bob McDonald · CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 18, 2024 6:12Continue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog A new study of ancient rocks on Mars reveals how the planet was likely uninhabitable — at least on the surface — after much of the water that once at the surface disappeared. Evidence from NASA’s Curiosity Rover provide new insights into Mars’ water pastContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Q&A Gary Ruvkun says microRNA, which are molecules that control how genes form our cells, could be the key to improving how humans fight diseases, and finding extraterrestrial signs of life.  Gary Ruvkun awarded Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of microRNAs, which regulate genetic activity Amanda BuckiewiczContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks A new study by the scientist who discovered microplastics is looking back on 20 years of research and looking forward to what we need to solve the problem, once and for all. New study says we have more than enough data on harms to know we needContinue Reading