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SpaceX Will Take the Next NASA Astronauts to the Moon

SpaceX and NASA are gearing up towards the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA deputy associate administrator Mark Kirasich spoke highly of SpaceX’s progress on Starship in a subcommittee meeting of NASA’s Advisory Council on Monday, October 31, as per an Ars Technica report.

In 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its upcoming Artemis III mission.

Aston University researchers ‘feed’ leftover coffee grounds to microalgae to produce low emission biodiesel

It could decrease reliance on palm oil to produce biofuel. Have you ever guessed that a leftover coffee could turn into biodiesel? Here’s a remarkable development for bioscience.


  • High quality biodiesel produced from microalgae ‘fed’ on leftover coffee grounds
  • Breakthrough in the microalgal cultivation system
  • Could decrease reliance on palm oil to produce biofuel.
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