Thursday, November 4, 2021

The US Army Is Getting Its Most Powerful Laser Weapon Yet

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An illustration of the 300-kilowatt laser weapon system General Atomics and Boeing are developing under a contract for the U.S. Army's R...
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New Research Reveals Redheads May Have Different Pain Thresholds

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Redheads have a genetic mutation which means their melanocytes have a faulty version of a key receptor and therefore can not make dark pigme...

NASA Rules Out A Weekend Launch For A SpaceX Crew Dragon

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft sits atop its Falcon 8 launcher at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 31. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky   Sp...

What Happens When A Baby Takes Its First Breath?

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Care.com   Live Science: What happens when a baby takes its first breath?   Two blood vessels unique to fetuses disappear   Within secon...

U.S. Survey Of Astronomers Puts The Search For Extraterrestrial Life At The Top Of Their To-Do List For The Next 10 Years

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ABC News: Search for life on other worlds tops astronomy to-do list   A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial l...

Why Do Facebook and Instagram keep crashing?

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Technical difficulties: Facebook and Instagram crashed for the second time in a month last night, while a string of banks and other companie...

What Next For mRNA Vaccines?

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The Guardian: Flu, cancer, HIV: after Covid success, what next for mRNA vaccines?   The technology was viewed with skepticism before the ...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Facebook Is Shutting Down Its Facial Recognition System

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  CNET: Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system, affecting over a billion people   The company will delete all of its face...
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What Are The Trojan Asteroids?

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  SciTechDaily: We Asked a NASA Scientist: What Are the Trojan Asteroids?   What are the Trojan asteroids?  These mysterious space rocks ...

Creating Fuel From Thin Air

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  Daily Mail: Scientists create FUEL from thin air and sunlight for the first time, paving the way towards carbon-neutral hydrocarbon fue...

When It Is Launched In December The James Webb Telescope Will Be Facing 'Two Weeks Of Terror'

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So much could go wrong, but the engineering teams believe they have all eventualities covered  BBC : James Webb: Hubble telescope successor ...

'Google' Is The Most Searched Word On Bing

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BBC: 'Google' is most searched word on Bing, Google says   The top entry on Microsoft's Bing search engine is for its rival Goo...

World's Languages Can Be Traced Back To A Single African Mother Tongue

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The World: World's languages traced back to single African mother tongue: scientists   Scientists say they have traced the world's ...
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

William Shatner Describes His Short Trip To Space 'It's Indescribable'"

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  Kotte.org : Captain Kirk Goes to Space: “It’s Indescribable”    Last week, William Shatner finally got a chance to boldly go where he hadn...

Japanese Startup Is Selling A Hoverbike

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In a video grab from Japanese startup A.L.I. Technologies, the "XTurismo Limited Edition" hoverbike is pictured during its demonst...

To Combat Global Warming, The Whitest Paint On Record Has Been Developed

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Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. (Purdue Univ...

The Inside Story Of Mining Bitcoin

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Bitcoin miner Zack Pettit skating on his work break at the SCATE Ventures mining facility in Dallesport, Washington. SCATE Ventures Inc.   ...

Chinese Satellites Have The Capability To Dodge US Surveillance

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Shijian 20, China’s most advanced communication satellite, was launched in 2019. Photo: Weibo   SCMP : Chinese satellite hints at space wa...

Nasa Delays SpaceX Launch To ISS Over A ‘Medical Issue’ With An Astronaut

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The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station for NASA pose for a photo on the gantry to their Crew...

Astronauts Heading Back To Earth From The International Space Station This Month Will Be Without A Bathroom

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The toilet aboard SpaceX's Inspiration4 craft malfunctioned during the crew's three-day journey around the Earth last month, causing...
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