News August 31, 2024
Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
This article discusses the potential for a lunar biorepository to protect endangered species from climate change. The author explains that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which is located in the Arctic Circle and is designed to store seeds for crops, has become vulnerable due to rising temperatures. The author suggests that a similar repository could be built on the moon, which would be colder than any other location on Earth and would not require human maintenance. The article highlights the potential of cryopreserving living cells in this repository, which could potentially allow for the recovery of DNA and entire organisms in the future.
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for August 31
Connections is a word game that requires players to find common threads between words. Each puzzle features 16 words and players must group four words into four categories. The categories can include book titles, software, country names, etc. Players have up to four mistakes until the game ends. Connections is played on both web browsers and mobile devices and can be shared on social media.
Today’s Connections puzzle features the following categories:
- Yellow: Opinion is one
- Green: Branch is one
- Blue: Caesar is one
- Purple: Tails!
The solution to today’s Connections puzzle is:
NEWSPAPER SECTIONS - ARTS, BUSINESS, COMICS, SPORTS TREE FEATURES - BARK, CROWN, RINGS, ROOTS KINDS OF SALAD - CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE SEEN ON BACKS OF U.S. COINS - EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH
NASA’s huge spacecraft will soon launch to alluring ocean world
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is set to launch in October 2024 and will fly by Jupiter’s moon Europa for five years, providing unprecedented observations of the moon. The spacecraft is the largest ever built by NASA for a planetary mission, with solar-array wings that provide electricity and a full payload of science instruments, communications equipment, a computer, and an entire propulsion system. The mission will study Europa’s surface, subsurface, and atmosphere, searching for signs of life and the composition of its ice. The observations will be unprecedented, and even more exploration could follow with a potential follow-up mission called Europa Lander.
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