Lunar Water: A Game-Changer for Moon Life?
Chinese scientists just cracked the code to extract water from lunar soil ! Using samples from the Chang'e-5 mission, they melted moon dirt at over 1000°C with concave mirrors, squeezing out 50mg of H2O per gram. That’s enough to fill 100 water bottles from 1 tonne of soil—enough for 50 people’s daily needs! This could be a giant leap for future moon bases
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Universal Flu Vaccine: One Shot for All Strains?
Goodbye, annual flu shots? A Cleveland Clinic trial in mice showed promising results for a universal vaccine covering multiple strains, including scary ones like H5N1. But viruses are sneaky
—researchers are racing to start human trials in 1-3 years.
Dinosaur Highways: Prehistoric Road Trips
Before continents split, dinos trekked between Africa and South America! Scientists found 260+ matching footprints in Brazil and Cameroon, revealing ancient migration routes. These tracks are time machines, showing how dinos moved and what climates they thrived in
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Raindrop Evolution: How Life Got Its Start
Proto-life needed rain to evolve! U.S. researchers found rainwater helped create early cell walls 3.8 billion years ago. Without them, RNA would’ve cloned endlessly—no mutations, no evolution. This discovery rewrites the origin story of EVERYTHING
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Science Saturday: Lunar exploration, flu vaccine, and origin of life
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