astronauts

发表于 2019-02-27 astronauts adchoices autonomy

Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. Christopher Intagli…

Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague

发表于 2024-07-16 astronauts pee apollo

We commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, dive into NASA’s groundbreaking Mars habitat simulation and discuss the innovative “stillsuits” …

Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are (Still) Stuck on the Space Station

发表于 2024-08-13 pyramids seine astronauts

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris came to a close on Sunday—and swimmers swam the Seine as promised. The two astronauts sent to the International Space Station …

How Did a Volcano Turn a Brain to Glass? Plus, Measles, Mystery Illness and Microbes

发表于 2025-03-04 astronauts measles microbes

Officials have confirmed the first measles death in an outbreak in West Texas. A meeting to discuss which strains to focus on for next year’s flu vaccines was c…

NASA Astronauts Finally Return, Seals Hold Their Breath, and Penguin Poop Stresses Out Krill

发表于 2025-03-25 krill seals astronauts

Two NASA astronauts are finally back on Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. What kept them up there so long? Meanwhile scientists have discovere…

EPA weakens air pollution rules, cancer survival soars, and NASA evacuates astronauts

发表于 2026-01-20 evacuates dirtier survival

In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial decision to change how it calculates health benefits from regu…