Mark ThompsonDiscovery News Latest articles by Mark Thompson Seeing the Milky Way Spiral in a Coffee Cup By Mark Thompson published 13 August 12 How do we know our galaxy is a spiral when we live inside it? Cosmology Why We Don't Need the 'Men In Black' By Mark Thompson published 29 May 12 'Protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe' isn't so hard when you've got the Fermi Paradox on your side. Human Behavior Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck 2'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers3Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery4James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'5'Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That's when the tortoise seizes its chance': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research
Seeing the Milky Way Spiral in a Coffee Cup By Mark Thompson published 13 August 12 How do we know our galaxy is a spiral when we live inside it?
Why We Don't Need the 'Men In Black' By Mark Thompson published 29 May 12 'Protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe' isn't so hard when you've got the Fermi Paradox on your side.
