August 19, 2024

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore upon their arrival at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Difficulty sleeping and the mismatch between Boeing's spacesuits and SpaceX's. The astronauts are still lost in space

NASA faces dilemmas over return of astronauts stranded in space following malfunctions in Boeing's Starliner mission
This visualization shows one of the Carbon Mapper coalition's Tanager satellites, the first of which was launched on August 16. Tanager-1 will use imaging spectrometer technology developed at JPL to measure greenhouse gas emissions from point sources. Credit: Planet Labs PBC.

NASA launches pollutant emission monitoring satellite: Tanager-1 that will locate the causes of the climate crisis

The mission, developed by the Carbon Mapper coalition, is designed to locate and quantify emission sources with high precision, and contribute significantly to efforts to combat climate change. The data from the satellite will help identify excess emissions and promote data-based environmental strategies
From the right: Dr. Shagit Meir, Dr. Eva Heinig, Dr. Nikolai Kuzmich, Prof. Assaf Aharoni, Dr. Shirley Berman, Dr. Yoav Peleg, Hila Hart and Dr. Ilana Rogchev (photographed in the nursery Regev)

Hallucinations of cacti

The secrets of the production of mescaline have been revealed - a natural hallucinogenic drug with therapeutic potential * The drug extracted from the extinct peyote cactus has been used in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. Its effect on serotonin receptors in the brain