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As Japan sends a wooden satellite into space, experts say astronauts could one day live in wooden structures

After Japanese scientists launched the world's first wooden satellite into space last week, experts in Canada are proposing ways in which wood could become a bigger part of space exploration. Made from the...

Blind and sighted people alike can learn to ‘see’ with echolocation, study finds

Many technologies exist to assist people who are blind or have limited vision to manage daily life. But even without technology, people — regardless of whether they could see or not...

Samples from far side of the moon show history of ancient volcanoes

The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just as there were on the near side billions of...

Contest invites teams to design a ‘generation starship’ for a 250-year journey

A public contest has opened to design a so-called generation spacecraft that could take humans to distant planets beyond our solar system. This kind of spacecraft — while still conceptual —...

Iceland looking to add space solar power to its sources of renewable energy by 2030

The first commercial enterprise the energy of sunlight in space and beam it to the ground may happen in Iceland as the country strives toward clean energy production. The irony is that the country...
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