2020-04-02_Science_Illustrated

the end of January: “A wonderful family day,” reported the Mayor, “gingerbread houses, sheep, and green grass in the main arena. ...

their replacement, known as GRACE-FO. These new satellites can measure the microwaves that reveal water motion in the ground far ...

Water is so weird it should not exist Its boiling point is 140 degrees higher than for other similar molecules. And unlike all o ...

ARE C Water molecules bind to each other 3 The positively-charged hydrogen atoms attract negatively-charged oxygen atoms of othe ...

The desalination plant in Carlsbad, USA, uses inverted osmosis to provide 400,000 people in San Diego with pure drinking water. ...

The salty oceans of the world are huge potential drinking water reservoirs for mankind, but technologies for desalinating ocean ...

processes. That Sydney bulletin also explained that the cost of desalination would necessitate a 6% increase in water usage char ...

and other larger molecules. If only water molecules get through, pure water results. Efficient graphene membrane Reverse osmosis ...

The Pipe is a floating desalination plant, designed to remove both dirt and salt from ocean water in a process known as electrom ...

Faeces is dried 1 The sewage sludge is carried into a drying oven in which the sludge is boiled dry of water. The water vapour f ...

In 2030, a radio signal packed with music bites from Earth will reach a remote exoplanet that could include life, for the first ...

By Mikkel Meister Targeted signals sent to remote planets are renewing interest in beings that might answer the call. CLAUS LUNA ...

W ow!, writes Jerry R. Ehman in red on the printed read-out in front of him. It is August 1977, and the astronomer is reading da ...

1 1.008 H Scientists translate universal message Previous messages to aliens focus on culture and symbols. The METI organisation ...

MESSENGER Twitter messages reach dwarf star in 2031 In 2013, private individuals were able to send tweets from the US Jamesburg ...

NEIGHBOURING STAR RECEIVES SIGNAL 2 The reach of the laser is up to 20,000 light years, but it is most accurate over distances s ...

SPACE ALIENS Human secrets travel through empty space Astronomers have warned against revealing our location, but it is already ...

Cartoon is a guide to Earth’s biology The Arecibo Message from 1974 was the first radio signal with a specific destination outsi ...

4.2 light years is the distance to the closest potentially-inhabited planet, Proxima Centauri b. Large underground detectors cap ...

DESTINATION 3 signals aimed at intelligent life New telescopes are discovering more destinations where intelligent life might ex ...