2019-03-01
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A Laser-Powered Sail Could Cut a Trip to Mars down to Three Days
March 5, 2016One of the major roadblocks our culture has in regards to space travel is that in order to travel at speeds that could make a trip to a distant planet or star in a reasonable time frame is the application... continued
Indonesia’s Flores Man Isn’t Human, According to a New Study
March 4, 2016A recent study of the bone structure in the fossilized skulls of Flores Man has confirmed that the hominid, nicknamed "Hobbits" due to their diminutive 3'6" stature, are not an ancestor of modern humans, but quite probably a cousin of... continued
January 2016 Breaks Even More Record Temperatures
March 3, 2016The warming trend continues: both NASA and NOAA report that the month of January 2016 was one for the record books yet again. Hot on the heels of the hottest year on record, January broke yet another record for global... continued
Researchers Pack 360 Terabytes of Data into a 1-Inch Glass Disk — to Last 13.8 Billion Years
March 2, 2016One of the big drawbacks of data recorded by our culture is that it's longevity relies on the robustness of the medium that it is encoded on: paper rots, magnetic sectors on hard drives fade, and the plastic and aluminum... continued
China to Displace Thousands in Search for Alien Life
March 2, 2016Construction is currently underway on what will be the world's largest radio telescope, being built in Southwest China's Guizhou Province. As it's name implies, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will be 500 meters (1,640 feet) across, surpassing the... continued
Google Robot Fed Up with Abuse from Human Co-Workers, Walks Out on Job
February 27, 2016Okay, that's not exactly what happened, but Google-owned Boston Dynamics has released a new video of the latest incarnation of their Atlas robot, showcasing it's capabilities for balance, navigating rough terrain, handling objects, and even getting back up after being... continued
British Researchers Granted Approval to Edit Genes in Human Embryos
February 26, 2016In a controversial move, Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulatory body has approved a research application for a London-based laboratory to carry out gene-editing experiments on human embryos. While the proposed experiments are aimed at researching fertility issues,... continued
Dutch Police use Eagles to Hunt Illegal Drones
February 25, 2016As new technologies develop, so does the potential for the misuse of that technology, and accordingly, so does the need for law enforcement to find ways to counter that misuse. One such technology that is seeing more and more widespread... continued
Apollo 10 Transcripts Reveal “Outer-Space-Type-Music” Heard by Astronauts
February 24, 2016Launched on May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 lunar mission sent three men, Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan, into orbit around the moon, the first mission in history to do so. When their command module,... continued
DARPA-Funded Research Develops New Method to Insert Brain Implants
February 23, 2016One of the stumbling blocks being faced by the development of bionic prosthetics is the difficulty of developing a method of controlling an artificial limb, especially in a manner that would seem natural to the wearer. Advances in creating brain-machine... continued