A New Focus
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Jezero Crater
Space + Exploration
This is the landing site for NASA’s 2020 Mars mission. According to NASA, the site “could have collected and preserved ancient organic molecules and other potential signs of microbial life from the water and sediments that flowed into the crater billions of years ago.”
The Most Pressing Questions
Looking Ahead
From the New York Times science section on their 40th anniversary.
- Does the Universe Still Need Einstein?
- When Will We Solve Mental Illness?
- How Did We Get to Be Human?
- Will We Survive Climate Change?
- How Long Can People Live?
- How Will We Outsmart A.I. Liars?
- Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything?
- How Can We Unleash the Immune System?
MIT’s electric plane with no moving parts has made its first flight.
Transportation + Innovation
The design uses electroaerodynamic propulsion to fly. This innovation could prompt the arrival of quieter, lower-emission aircraft.
In a recent paper from Nature, MIT researchers report that they have built and flown the first plane with no moving parts. This 5.4-pound aircraft was directly powered by electricity.
THE NEW kg
Redefine Standards
Recently, scientist from more than 60 countries have agreed to redefine the kilogram.
The new kilogram be measured in terms of the amount of electricity needed to counteract the weight. This quantity that relates weight to electrical current is called Planck’s constant, named after the German physicist Max Planck.
20
Milestones
November 20th marked the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station. More than 220 people from 17 countries have lived aboard the ISS since 2000.
The fact that we do have a vehicle in space — the ISS — and the fact that we do launch regularly to it, serves as an inspiration to young people
Astronaut, Leroy Chiao
Compiled & Designed by Neil Nie ‘19 | Sources: MIT Technology Review, The New York Times, NASA
