2019-03-01
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Here’s NASA’s Concept For What a Future Starship Might Look Like
March 19, 2016On September 8, 1966, the first episode in a television series that would come to revolutionize television aired: simply called 'Star Trek', this science-fiction show would change the way stories were told, the way we would view the world, and... continued
Hactivist Group Anonymous Declares War on Donald Trump
March 18, 2016 The hactivist group Anonymous has released a video calling on it's members to launch cyberattacks on Donald Trump's websites, beginning on April 1. “We need you to shut down his websites, research and expose what he doesn’t want the public... continued
Atlantic Ocean off of the U.S. East Coast Rising 3–4 Times Higher than the Global Average
March 17, 2016A study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that waters off of the U.S. East Coast may be particularly susceptible to dramatic level increases, due to the effects of global warming. This study used computer models that tracked... continued
Russian Scientists to Test Upgraded ICBMs as Asteroid Killers
March 16, 2016Earlier this month, Russia's Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau announced it's intention to upgrade intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), to be used against asteroids that could potentially impact the Earth. The proposal comes two years after the high-altitude, 500-kiloton explosion of a... continued
Harsh Winter Storm Hits Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary
March 15, 2016A harsh winter storm has hit the world's largest butterfly sanctuary in southern Mexico, killing upwards of 1.5 million monarch butterflies, ahead of their annual migration north. The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a designated World Heritage Site, has a comparatively... continued
Possible Debris from Flight 370 Found in Mozambique
March 12, 2016Civil aviation authorities in Mozambique have announced that an American citizen that has been independently investigating the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have found a part from the missing aircraft. Mozambique’s Civil Aviation Institute president, Joao de... continued
Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard Declared ‘World’s Happiest Man’
March 11, 2016In 1972, shortly after earning his Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in France, Matthieu Ricard left his life in academia for the Himalayas, to study Tibetan Buddhism. His studies would eventually lead him to become the French... continued
Researchers Train Monkeys to Control Motorized Wheelchairs Using Only Their Thoughts
March 10, 2016Researchers at Duke University have developed a new brain-machine interface that allows a pair of monkeys to control motorized wheelchairs with only their thoughts. This development is intended to provide an alternative method of controlling the mobility devices for physically... continued
A Biotech Company is using Human Neurons to Build Powerful Computers
March 9, 2016The computer industry has been facing an existential problem for a number of years now: because of the physical and quantum limitations of silicon dioxide, the speed of a silicon-based computer processor can only pushed so far before it melts.... continued
Ocean Levels Rose Faster in the 20th Century than in the Previous 2,800 Years
March 8, 2016A new study has highlighted an acceleration in the rise of global sea levels over the past 3 millennia, showing a dramatic increase in those levels over the 20th century. This new study, conducted at Rutgers University, charted sea level... continued