Science news articles about 'human presence'

... , say California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists.   At least on a cosmic scale, the presence of life may increase longevity for planets. In traditional thinking, a billion years from now ...

... Orbiter, or LRO, set to lift off this week, will orbit the moon in search of potential landing sites and useful resources, such as water ice, that would facilitate a long-term human presence. [More]

... Banjar Panji-1 well; evidence of the oldest human presence yet discovered along Egypt's ... Service, gsaservice@geosociety.org. Predynastic human presence discovered by core drilling at the northern ...

... enthusiastic greeting. Pacific iguanas have almost disappeared as the result of human presence. Two species were eaten to extinction after people arrived nearly 3,000 years ago. The ...

If NASA is going to successfully establish a permanent human presence on the moon, it must be able to accurately track and direct its crew members and exploration vehicles, and the space agency has ...

... researchers to quantify the full scope of change in at least this one marine ecosystem, from before human presence to the present day, and makes the findings more relevant to policy makers, who plan ...

Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence ... Australia until much later, despite a human presence. In sub-Saharan Africa the situation ...

... for detecting explosives and drugs and carbon dioxide probes and heartbeat monitors to detect a human presence. Cargo scanners currently in use at seaports and airports only generate information on ...

... remains from early human occupations. Continued exploration, Adovasio said, will be geared toward assessing a human presence on the now submerged beaches and intersecting river channels. "There's no ...