Nuclear rockets, lunar ambitions, and the munchies: this week in science
TL;DR
This week’s science roundup spotlights NASA’s plan for a $20 billion lunar base and a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary travel, new findings that zero gravity severely hampers human reproduction in space, and an explainer on why cannabis triggers intense munchies, alongside broader science news including climate implications from the Iran conflict.
- Science news this week: NASA announces nuclear rocket, space reproduction proves difficult, and why weed gives people the munchies Live Science
- Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals Nature
- Sperm Get Lost in Space and Scientists Finally Know Why scitechdaily.com
- Human sperm get lost in space, pioneering study finds Scientific American
- Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests The Guardian
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