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April 28th 2021

Lava Tube ‘Astronauts’ Are Preparing for Mars on a Hawaiian Volcano

Moonwalking on Mauna Loa. That’s been the name of the game for the astronaut candidates of the HI-SEAS habitat atop the Hawaiian volcano, and today, team members shared the latest updates on their extreme mission at the European Geosciences Union’s general assembly. HI-SEAS, or the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, is a mock extraterrestrial…

Science Isaac Schultz Apr 28 '21

March 24th 2021

Scientists Cook Hot Dogs in Lava From Iceland’s Erupting Volcano

Scientists on-site at Iceland’s erupting volcano near the capitol city of Reykjavik cooked up some hot dogs on Sunday. What were these scientists studying with such a wacky experiment? The lava dogs weren’t part of their experiments, sadly enough. The scientists were just hungry. Video of the cookout was captured by the scientists and published…

Science Matt Novak Mar 24 '21

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