Welcome to another Science Saturday. Let’s begin: Space.com: RIP Kepler NASA retired the Kepler telescope this week, putting an end to a 9-year mission. Kepler was launched in 2009, and was tasked with identifying other stars in our galaxy that might host worlds that are similar to Earth. The data that the Kepler telescope gathered …
This week’s Science Saturday is going to be a little space-heavy. I usually try to split it up among the major disciplines, but not this time. LiveScience: Aliens Might Be Purple Scientists have been learning how to use green light signatures from exoplanets to determine if they might host life, but have recently begun …
Time for another Science Saturday! Here goes: MIT: Smart Pills Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a way to measure changes in molecular signaling. Theoretically, this could pave the way for creating programmable pills to precisely target a patients individual needs. There’s a lot more research that needs to be done before that …
I’m gonna try my hand at keeping up a new series. Every Saturday I’ll collect some interesting science news articles and link them here. I think it’ll be a good way to remind myself what’s real, and what’s sci-fi. I’ll give some opinions as well, just for good measure. I present: Science Saturday ScienceNews: …