*Answering the question: is anyone out there?
Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life.
*Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Astronomers have found a second alignment plane in the solar system. The findings have important implications for models of how comets originally formed in the solar system.
*School bus-sized asteroid sweeps past Earth
An asteroid the size of a bus has zoomed past the Earth flying just 21 thousand kilometres above the planet’s surface – that’s closer than many Earth orbiting satellites.
*The Science Report
Greenland's ice sheet likely to lose more this century than any time in the last 12,000 years.
A new study has identified 41 areas of genetic code linked to left-handedness.
New research has confirmed that kids really are less likely to get COVID-19.
Early to bed really does help your health.
The Nigerian church that doesn’t turn the other cheek.

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Answering the Question: Is Anyone Out There?