NASA's Rover Lifts Off Today In Search of Martian Life

What produced a spike of methane on Mars and what can humans do to prepare for life on the Red Planet?

NASA's Perseverance Rover to Search for Signs of Ancient Martian Life   By Patrick J. Kiger The Perseverance rover will explore Mars' Jezero crater, gathering rock samples that may yield evidence that life once existed on the red planet. Read more >> More About the Red Planet What Are the 'Blueberries' on Mars? These Martian blueberries are more puzzling than appetizing. What exactly are they? Read more >> Lava Tubes on Earth Could Prepare Us for Life on Mars Could these lava tubes provide shelter on other planets? Read more >> Good News, Mars Colonists: Pure Water Ice You Can Dig Up With a Shovel   Mars colonists will need a plentiful supply of water, and accessing one may not be as hard as we thought. Read more >> Mars Has an Actual Lake But don't buy your lakefront property just yet. Read more >> Something Produced a Surprising Spike of Methane on Mars But what? Read more >>   Earth and Mars Experience Mysterious Mega-avalanches   Scientists have figured out why two historic avalanches happened on the same unlikely slopes within weeks of one another. Read more >>   Copyright © 2020 HowStuffWorks, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website howstuffworks.com Our mailing address is: HowStuffWorks 1501 Main St Suite 101 Venice, CA 90291 Want to change how you receive these promotional emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

What Are Hot Dogs Made Of?

Plus stories of the other Underground Railroad and the Andean condor.

7 Puritan Myths We Should Stop Believing We often think of Puritans as American pilgrims who just loved long church services and burning witches. But the truth is far more interesting. Read more >> Bill Nye Says the U.S. Is Failing Science Literacy Bill Nye quit his job at Boeing to engage young people in science literacy; he's still fighting that fight. Read more >> Who Decides Which Americans Lie in State? Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, lies in state beneath the Capitol Rotunda, an honor bestowed on only a few people. Read more >> What Are Hot Dogs Made Of? You know you love them, but do you know what's actually in them? Read more >> The Andean Condor: 100 Miles, 0 Flaps of Its Wings The energy efficiency of the Andean condor is the avian embodiment of the phrase "work smarter, not harder." Read more >> Saltwater Underground Railroad Took Slaves From Florida to Freedom This little-known coastal escape route let American slaves find freedom in the British-controlled Bahamas. Read more >> Copyright © 2020 HowStuffWorks, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website howstuffworks.com Our mailing address is: HowStuffWorks 1501 Main St Suite 101 Venice, CA 90291 Want to change how you receive these promotional emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list