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Terraforming Mars could be as easy as one, two, three, we proclaim, reclined in our cushy very-much-on-Earth armchairs.

Scientists Reveal Easy Three-Step Plan to Terraform Mars

By Frank Landymore

A new study found that we could use metals found on Mars to create particles that would trap heat once released into the planet's atmosphere.

Scientists Propose Low Cost Plan for Terraforming Mars

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk's Mars dreams may have to temper with a harsh reality put forth by equally-frustrating nerd Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Some Serious Beef With Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Jim Green is leaving the space agency after four decades, but says he has plans to terraform Mars and make it habitable with a magnetic shield.

NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of scientists are suggesting that we protect humans on Mars from deadly atmospheric conditions by kickstarting the planet's magnetic field.

Scientists Propose Jumpstarting Mars’ Magnetic Field to Make It Habitable

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Johns Hopkins University political scientist Daniel Deudney warns that space exploration could give rise to a totalitarian empire — and human extinction.

Johns Hopkins Professor Warns of Totalitarian Military Space Empire

By Dan Robitzski

Rand Paul's bizarre tweet suggests that we're not creating climate change on Earth, but perhaps we should be on Mars or some exoplanet.

Senator: Climate Change Is Fake. Also, Let’s Terraform New Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

While the idea of building a space colony or terraforming a new planet for humanity to colonize sounds intriguing, it's not a sustainable goal.

Professor: Terraforming a New Home Planet Would Be Dangerous

By Dan Robitzski

A doctoral candidate has a unique idea for how to colonize Mars: send bacteria to digest the soil and churn out useable raw materials for future settlers.

Unusual PhD Thesis: Let’s Use Bacteria to Colonize Mars

By Dan Robitzski

It may be possible to terraform Mars by blanketing future space farms with a thin layer of aerogel that blocks radiation and heats the ground.

Science & Energy

A Thin Layer of Aerogel Could Make Martian Farming Possible

By Dan Robitzski

A new update to the city-builder video game Surviving Mars allows the player to terraform the Red Planet, turning it green.

Want to Terraform Mars? This Game Gives You the Chance

By Natalie Coleman

Noted science educator Bill Nye thinks people would need to be on drugs to believe we could turn Mars into a place where humans could live.

Bill Nye on Terraforming Mars: “Are You Guys High?”

By Kristin Houser

The Biggest Health Risk for Lunar and Martian Explorers: Tiny Dust

The Biggest Health Risk for Lunar and Martian Explorers: Tiny Dust

By Claudia Geib

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

We Can Now Build Biomolecules From Computer Code — No Humans Necessary

Science & Energy

We Can Now Build Biomolecules From Computer Code — No Humans Necessary

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Bill Nye Answers: If Humans Colonize Mars, How Will We Evolve?