[ad_1] Contrary to popular belief, China’s massive planted forests are growing faster than natural woodlands, showing accelerated leaf growth and canopy expansion. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons When we look at satellite images of a changing planet, we often think of industrial expansion or environmental loss. We picture urban concrete spreading across historical valleys, long transport…

[ad_1] Quote of the day by Edwin Powell Hubble (Image source: Wikipedia) In a world where new things are found all the time and technology is always getting better, it’s easy to think that science knows everything. Modern science has helped people understand things in ways that were impossible a hundred years ago. For example,…

[ad_1] A replica of the world’s first liquid propellant rocket, PC: Wikimedia Commons On March 16, 1926, on a snowy farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, physicist Robert H. Goddard set up a slim, 10-foot rocket he had nicknamed Nell on a launch frame in an open field. Fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, the rocket climbed…