The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite may be one of the most revolutionary Earth-observing missions that you haven’t heard of. Unlike satellites that have come before, SWOT will provide the first global coverage of Earth’s water cycle with unprecedented scale and accuracy.
Continue ReadingWhat makes humans more complex than plants or bacteria? Surprisingly, it’s not how much DNA we have, but rather how much of our DNA doesn’t encode for protein – known as the non-coding genome.
Continue ReadingFar out in eastern Russia, deep in the Siberian Plateau, lies one of the great waterways of the world. The Lena is the eleventh longest river on Earth. For thousands…
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