Debate Continues Over the Age of the Universe

*Debate continues over the age of the universe<br />New observations by the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope have now placed the age of the universe at 13.77 billion years -- give or take 40 million years.<br />*Signs of a new ocean opening up in Africa<br />Scientists say a 60 kilometre long crack in the Ethiopian desert which first opened up in 2005 with the equivalent of several hundred years of tectonic plate movement in just days -- will continue spreading -- eventually forming a new ocean within the next five to ten million years.<br />*Japan and China launch separate missions to Mars <br />Japan and China have each launched separate missions, within days of each other -- bound for Mars.<br />*The Science Report<br />Scientists develop a new drug which could eradicate COVID-19 from lungs in a matter of days.<br />The world's polar bears to be extinct by the end of the century due to climate change.<br />Paleontologists have discovered a new species of sauropod dinosaur in northern Switzerland.<br />Remember your pets when you go back to work – they could suffer separation anxiety.<br />There’s been a drop in vaccination rates in Australia in recent months.<br /> <br />For more SpaceTime visit  <a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com</a> (mobile friendly). <br />For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: <a href="http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes" rel="noopener">http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes</a><br />Get immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary" rel="noopener">www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary</a> or Supercast - <a href="https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/" rel="noopener">https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/</a><br />RSS feed: <a href="https://rss.aca