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...T-shirts is not a good way to advance anyone’s understanding. It’s time to let go of the past, and embrace Pluto as a fascinating world and the most interesting member of the Kuiper belt. [The Conversation] David Rothery is Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...

...t]he designed aspects include both ‘hardware’ (paths, roads, canals, boats, tools, buildings) and ‘software’ (norms, rules, networks of shared meanings, ‘culture’) that entangle humans with the biosphere. (Anderies & Folke, 2024, p. 4) Even if we are committed to sustainability as designers, human-driven changes to Earth systems – such as atmosphere, oceans,...

...T-type asteroids, as well as carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that originate from asteroids. [Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE instrument] The above image was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, HiRISE instrument. However, Phobos resides in a near-circular equatorial orbit, one which is directly above Mars’ Equator. This is inconsistent with the orbit of a...

...checkpoint inhibitors which overcome the way cancer cells block the immune response. T cell transfer therapy consists of collecting specific immune cells from a patient’s blood (called T cells) and genetically modifying them so they can recognise proteins expressed on cancer cells. They are then transplanted back to the patient in order to boost the immune response against the cancer. Monoclonal ......