US Air Force reveals ‘neighborhood watch’ satellite program
The United States plans to send into orbit a pair of satellites to monitor spacecraft from other countries, as well as to track space debris,...
Category Archives: Science & Space
Hundreds of tiny satellites could soon deliver free internet worldwide
Developers say they are less than a year away from deploying prototype satellites that could someday soon broadcast...
NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids
NASA’s mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a...
Tusk of ice age mammoth uncovered by workers in Seattle
A mammoth tusk from the ice age was found while construction workers were digging in Seattle’s South Lake Union area Tuesday. Workers at 528 Pontius...
Is water flowing on Mars? NASA presents new evidence
Researchers have unveiled new evidence which they say proves water could be flowing on Mars right now –...
Massachusetts physicist claims he solved mystery of how life emerged from matter
The origin of life is often attributed to luck or labeled as some kind of miracle, but one...
34 nuclear missile launch officers implicated in cheating scandal
The Air Force says 34 nuclear missile launch officers have now been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their security clearance,...
Supercomputer models one second of human brain activity
By Matthew Sparkes The most accurate simulation of the human brain to date has been carried out in...
NASA warns of ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
A new, “potentially hazardous” asteroid has been discovered by one of NASA’s recently reactivated spacecraft – and it’s...
US military satellites vulnerable in future space war – Space Command chief
US military satellites could be disabled or destroyed in the event of a war in space, an American...
Japan uses acoustic levitation to move objects in 3D
Japanese scientists have been successful in moving an object in a three-dimensional space through a complex system of acoustic levitation, surpassing previous research endeavors that...
Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field
Several mammalian species spontaneously align their body axis with respect to the Earth's magnetic field (MF) lines in...
The greatest newspaper correction ever written
By Ria Misra In 1920, rocket scientist Robert Goddard wrote up an article postulating how we could use...
Discovered film negatives reveal century-old expedition to Antarctica
By Claudine Zap Talk about cold storage: A cache of negatives that are almost 100 years old that were discovered in a hut in Antarctica...
Watch This Freaky Gyro Cube Balance Perfectly, Defying Gravity
By Kyle VanHemert All Google wants for Christmas is a bunch of scary ass robots. Clearly, the big...
Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab
By Tom Rickey, PNNL Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after...
Study: Earth was warmer in Roman, Medieval times
By Michael Bastasch If you think the Earth is hot now, try wearing plate armor in the Middle Ages. A Swedish study found that the...
China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon
By Paul Rincon China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface...
NASA unveils 6-foot-tall humanoid robot
NASA scientists have been secretly at work for a year on a walking, humanoid-like robot meant to evoke...
Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code
Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists...
Ceiling microphones and inner-body microchips: Google engineer predicts company’s next steps
Google has put supercomputers in the pockets of millions of Americans and plans to have self-driving cars soon navigating the nation’s roads. Naturally, the tech...
200,000 people apply to live on Mars
By Elizabeth Landau If you have ambitions of being one of the first people on Mars, listen up:...
Researchers discover massive freshwater reserves beneath the oceans
By James Fluere According to a news release from Flinders University, researchers have found massive reserves of fresh...
US tests classified spy drone with ‘superior stealth, efficiency capabilities’
The US Air Force is testing a large, top secret drone at Area 51, which outdoes the currently used unmanned aircrafts in terms of stealth...