By Heidi Harley

science / science - 6 years ago

Portugal to build satellite launch pad, lab with China

Portugal plans to build an international launch pad for small satellites in the Azores and has agreed with China to set up a joint research center to make satellites on the mainland, its science and technology minister said on Tuesday. The government has received tentative proposals from 14 consor...

science / science - 6 years ago

Save the planet! Save humanity! Befriend an octopus

The 20th-century philosopher Martin Buber believed that humans often miss out on opportunities to make new friends—in the form of the flora and fauna that share our planet. Buber said that people can engage in real dialogue with trees and creatures. He called these exchanges “I and thou”...

science / science - 6 years ago

Superbugs killed 33,000 Europeans in 2015: study

In a study published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, an EU-wide team of doctors examined data on more than a dozen combinations of antibiotic resistant bacteria across the continent, and developed a model for infection and death rates of five types of bug. The mortality burden was hi...