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This Man Held His Breath For 17 Minutes.
There’s a science to the skillful way both free divers and performers alike manage to hold their breath…
Engineering Feats: A Modern Sciences Lookback
By its own nature, the field of the engineering sciences is a constant well of new information and…
Earth’s oxygen has varied dramatically over time – here’s how our data could help us spot alien life
NASA Alex Krause, UCL and Benjamin J. W. Mills, University of Leeds Are we alone in the universe?…
The “Early Earth” May Have Been Battered By More UV Radiation Than Previously Thought
With technology constantly improving, we are giving ourselves more and more tools to study our planet. Part of…
Earth’s Oxygen Took a While to Settle In—And We May Have Asteroids to Blame For It
We might take the oxygen in our planet’s atmosphere for granted now, but it certainly wasn’t always there.…
Earth’s Oxygen May Not Last Forever, New Study Reveals
Take a deep breath—breathe in, then breathe out. The gases you took into your lungs just now have…
Perseverance’s MOXIE Generates Oxygen on Mars
It seems the list of “firsts” for NASA’s Perseverance rover keeps scooping up more and more achievements. After…