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Why Dangerous Asteroids Heading to Earth Are so Hard to Detect
The technology needed to extract material from an asteroid and send it back to Earth could equally be used to alter the orbit of that asteroid.
It’s Wrongheaded to Protect Nature With Human-Style Rights
We risk only having respect for things insofar as they resemble human experience and characteristics.
Is Bigger Always Better, or Will the Tiny Inherit the Earth?
The advantages conferred by large body sizes are dependent on ecological or anatomical conditions.
Satellites Reveal a New View of Earth’s Water From Space
Satellites hundreds of miles overheard are helping scientists to predict drought, track floods and see how climate change is changing access to water resources.