Mindy Weisberger
Latest articles by Mindy Weisberger
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Tiny Fossils May Be Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth
By Mindy Weisberger published
New analysis of microbial fossils indicates they are the oldest known evidence of life on Earth.
![Repeated reports of UFO sightings along Nevada's State Highway 375 — which is close to the top-secret Area 51 government base — led Nevada officials to dub the route "Extraterrestrial Highway" in 1996.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L2kQJsewLJ6P6dSNnLQmwn-320-80.jpg)
Do You Want to Believe? Government UFO Search Never Stopped
By Mindy Weisberger published
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Earth's Mysterious Hum Recorded Underwater for 1st Time
By Mindy Weisberger published
Our planet is "humming," and scientists are getting closer to figuring out why.
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Watch Earth ‘Breathe’! NASA Explains Stunning Time-Lapse Video
By Mindy Weisberger published
Data gathered by satellites circling Earth since 1997 come together in a breathtaking time lapse of our dynamic planet.
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'MythBusters' Returns, with New Hosts and Sword-Swinging Robots
By Mindy Weisberger published
Science Channel reboots "MythBusters" with a bang.
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'Soonish' Predicts World-Changing Tech: Author Q&A
By Mindy Weisberger published
"Soonish" offers a tantalizing glimpse of emerging technologies, and predicts where they could take us next.
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Why You Shouldn't Expect to See 'Blade Runner' Replicants Anytime Soon
By Mindy Weisberger published
Why don't we have intelligent robots that seem human, like the replicants in "Blade Runner"?
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Machine Dreams: 22 Human-Like Androids from Sci-Fi
By Mindy Weisberger published
Androids are a mainstay of science fiction, compelling audiences to question how we define what makes us human.
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Inferno Down Below: Satellites Reveal Burning California Wildfires
By Mindy Weisberger published
An animation of satellite images shows plumes of dense, gray smoke rising from wildfires burning in multiple locations in California.
![Whether slick and shiny or grimy and pitted, cities of the future can harbor dark and desperate stories.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pYoYrCCrEeoxW9CdurK9sd-320-80.jpg)
End of the World As We Know It: What's the Draw of Dystopian Sci-Fi?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Sci-fi and speculative fiction writers frequently imagine worlds rooted in social disintegration or even total collapse. What inspires these broken futures, and why are they so popular?
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How I Calculated Where the Solar Eclipse and My Plane Would Intersect
By Mindy Weisberger published
I flew cross-country on Aug. 21, and the eclipse view from midair was unsettling.
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On Ray Bradbury's Birthday, Revisit His Rejected Planetarium Script
By Mindy Weisberger published
Museum experts criticized Ray Bradbury's rejected planetarium script, written in 1981 for the National Air and Space Museum, for its unscientific and overly poetic language.
![A midair perspective is captured in this image of the solar eclipse on Nov. 23, 2003.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tjnpvQBMkRFXwtLJrjoM9d-320-80.jpg)
Sky-High Solar Eclipse? Here's What You Might See from an Airplane
By Mindy Weisberger published
If you’re on an airplane flying across the U.S. during the Aug. 21 eclipse, what might you see from midair?
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Eclipse Overload: What If the Sun Were Blocked for Years?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Total solar eclipses don't last very long — and that's a good thing.
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Weird 'Rocks' at Robotics Test Site Turn Out to Be Dinosaur Fossils
By Mindy Weisberger published
Students searching for a Mars-like landscape in a Canadian park took an unexpected detour into paleontology.
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How Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf Birthed Such an Enormous Berg
By Mindy Weisberger published
The calving of a massive iceberg from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf progressed rapidly in recent months, growing from a crack that first appeared in 2010.
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What Were the First Records of Solar Eclipses?
By Mindy Weisberger published
People have been describing and documenting eclipses for thousands of years.
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Monkey-Mapping Satellites Could Identify At-Risk Populations
By Mindy Weisberger published
A diverse range of technologies, including satellite observation, can combine with data collected on the ground to give a more accurate picture of global biodiversity.
![This artist's concept shows a representation of NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) and its six-beam scanning pattern.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HE5eYKnKEsV6CzRTbbdTSA-320-80.jpeg)
Pew Pew Pew! Why Scientists Are Fired Up About Futuristic Space Lasers
By Mindy Weisberger published
Lasers are helping scientists conduct highly precise measurements and observations on Earth, in orbit around our planet and in space.
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Is It Time to Rethink How We Search for Alien Life?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Intelligent, extraterrestrial life could be advanced in ways that would stymie efforts to find them.
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If We Live in a Multiverse, Where Are These Worlds Hiding?
By Mindy Weisberger published
What is the scientific basis for the popular science-fiction convention of multiple universes?
![Astronaut Chris Hadfield was onboard the International Space Station in 2012 and 2013 as part of Expedition 34 and Expedition 35, and served as ISS commander during Expedition 35.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kkcCiUXnHVa8nFMC4yZYYa-320-80.jpeg)
Star Man: Q&A with Astronaut Chris Hadfield
By Mindy Weisberger published
Before taking the stage at Future Con, Hadfield spoke with Space.com about sharing his spacefaring adventures with eager audiences on Earth.
![An amputated flatworm fragment sent to space regenerated into a double-headed worm, a rare spontaneous occurrence of double-headedness.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jbqCkoxZcdFuirtqut4jJJ-320-80.jpg)
Worm Grows 2 Heads in Space, Surprising Scientists
By Mindy Weisberger published
A group of flatworms that recently visited the International Space Station had a few surprises to share when they returned to Earth.