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Parts of San Rafael, a city just north of San Francisco, are sinking about half an inch per year. That might not sound like much, but altogether, it has meant that some neighborhoods — like the Canal ...

Why it matters: Whenever I hear the word "terraforming," I immediately think of sci-fi novels like Larry Niven's Ringworld or games like No Man's Sky, where you can literally dig down or pile up earth ...

It’s one of the most longstanding questions in biology: how did life first arise? Research on the topic abounds, but there’s no one accepted answer. And according to one new paper, the chances that ...

Scientists and futurists debate whether humanity has the tools to transform alien worlds into habitable environments today. Florida man driving a special truck designed to safely absorb the impact of ...

On paper, a smart thermostat sounds like a great deal-- offering potential savings while making home heating and cooling easier to manage through AI and remote sensors. In practice, a worry frequently ...

Terraforming, the act of radically transforming a planet’s climate and environment to make it suitable for human habitation, currently belongs to the realm of science-fiction. But it’s possible, at ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in order to focus on putting humans on Mars. It's mainly a showy, ...

Putting humans on Mars has been a long-term project for both NASA and SpaceX. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has often said he plans to lead the way when it comes to settling on the Red Planet. However, new ...