Marketers: Change how you approach social media in the post-COVID-19 world You can’t just unpause your social and expect the same kind of response that you enjoyed pre-pandemic. Read the mood People who are living in the shadow of the coronavirus, adjusting to working from home and deprived of regular social activities interact differently with social media than they did back in January. Initially, there was a massive spike invirus-related news and storiesas people struggled to understand their new reality....

Mars missions could leave astronauts with severe psychological damage — new study Simulating microgravity The new NASA-supported study investigated the effects of microgravity on cognitive performance. But rather than sending their 24 study participants to space, they sent them to bed. That’s because the impact of a certain type of bed rest is analogous to the effects of microgravity – we use it a lot in research. When we are upright, our body and vestibular otoliths are in the same direction as gravity, while when we are lying down they are orthogonal (at right angles)....

It isn’t only the USA and China that are exploring Mars. The UAE has captured new images of the red planet’s discrete aurora, which could deepen our understanding of the interactions between solar radiation, Mars’ magnetic fields, and the planetary atmosphere. Up front:The images were taken by the Mars Hope Probe’s EMUS (EmiratesMarsUltraviolet Spectrometer) instrument, and showa ghostly glow known as the discrete aurora. The pictures fully characterize the discrete aurora phenomenon in Mars’ atmosphere for the first time in history....

Last month, China successfully landed anddeployedthe Zhurong rover on Mars, becoming the second country ever to set wheels on the surface of the red planet. Last year the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China all launched missions to Mars, taking advantage of the relatively short journey time offered by the two planets’ unusually close proximity. Why are planetary scientists so obsessed with Mars? Why spend so much time and money on this one planet when there are at least seven others in our solar system, more than 200 moons, countless asteroids, and much more besides?...

As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to make Chrome your primary browser (it’spicking up speed, haven’t year heard?) theChrome Web Storekeeps bringing us new gems every time we turn around. The latest?Marvel Comics. As sales of physical media continue to slow, surely the comic book industry is not immune. How do you keep your business going strong, then? Bring it to new forms of distribution. While you’ve been able to buy Marvel works on your iOS devices for some time, this will allow you to read them right from your desktop....