Essays from Pioneer Labs covers the Mars-focused biotechnology lab's progress on engineering microbes that could use Martian regolith, water and air, plus policy proposals for safely sending life to Mars. Readers get the lab's reasoning on terraforming steps, planetary protection, and how Mars soil chemistry is modelled on Earth.
Website: https://blog.pioneer-labs.org
Philip Plait's Bad Astronomy Newsletter covers recent astronomy and space science news, explaining phenomena such as novae, comets and galaxy collisions in an accessible way. Most of each issue is behind a Premium paywall, so the free excerpts show only the opening paragraphs.
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