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Auk Mini Review: Start Your Own Seeds, Scandinavian Style

In my ongoing quest to put as many of the popular indoor hydroponic garden systems as I can through their paces, I have noticed something irritating. Many, if not most, of these systems require—or at minimum, strongly suggest—ordering proprietary seed pods, inserts, or capsules from the company itself. You can jury-rig, of course, but usually at your own hassle and failure risk. If you order through the companies, not only can the excess packaging be wasteful, the costs add up quickly (competit

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NASA Says This Martian Rock Holds Potential Signs of Life. Here’s What Must Happen Next

For four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has searched for possible signs of ancient life on the surface of Mars. It has found myriad interesting features in its travels, including a rock with strange spots, discovered inside Mars’ Jezero Crater. Dubbed “Cheyava Falls,” the 2024 discovery immediately caught the attention of scientists on Earth, as its spots indicated it may hold a potential biosignature—a sign of life. The rover went to work. The bot analyzed the rock’s composition and surface

Perseverance Rover Finds Potential Sign of Ancient Life in Martian Rock

Today, NASA officials unveiled intriguing new findings from “Sapphire Canyon,” the 25th geological sample collected by the Perseverance Mars rover. This rock core has captivated scientists ever since Perseverance extracted it in July 2024, as it may help them determine if microbial life ever existed on the Red Planet. Now, NASA has revealed that the initial analysis of the Sapphire Canyon sample could not rule out a biological origin for its distinctive features. “This very well could be the cl