Science Curiosity rover finds more evidence of ancient watery regions on Mars Curiosity will soon celebrate its 10-year anniversary By Shawn Knight, June 24, 2022, 11:13 AM 7 comments
Science Software Mars Express probe receiving update for software developed in Windows 98 A million miles away and almost two decades after launch By Rob Thubron, June 24, 2022, 5:15 AM 8 comments
Science NASA awards three contracts to design a nuclear power plant for the Moon NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon By Shawn Knight, June 22, 2022, 10:08 AM 11 comments
Science Tech Culture Researchers develop plant-based, spray-on food wrap to replace harmful plastics Biodegradable spray-on coating could replace plastic in food packaging By Shawn Knight, June 21, 2022, 9:43 AM 8 comments
Science NASA begins switching off Voyager instruments after almost 45 years Probes can hopefully survive into the next decade By Daniel Sims, June 21, 2022, 6:55 AM 27 comments
Science Alien life confirmed? China says it could have detected evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations Don't get too excited/terrified just yet By Rob Thubron, June 15, 2022, 5:14 AM 29 comments
Science Scientists create robot finger with 'slightly sweaty' living skin that can self-heal Remember this day when the robots take over By Rob Thubron, June 10, 2022, 9:55 AM 16 comments
Science NASA is assembling an independent team to study unidentified aerial phenomena NASA's report will take approximately nine months to complete and will be shared publicly By Shawn Knight, June 10, 2022, 9:28 AM
Science James Webb telescope gets hit by a larger-than-anticipated micrometeoroid Micrometeoroid strikes are unavoidable By Shawn Knight, June 9, 2022, 9:16 AM 23 comments
Tech Culture Science Bill Gates urges creation of $1 billion per year GERM team to deal with next pandemic The billionaire thinks we got lucky with Covid-19 By Rob Thubron, June 9, 2022, 6:15 AM 93 comments
Science Tech Culture This smart basketball hoop ensures you never miss a shot It's more impressive if you can miss By Shawn Knight, June 7, 2022, 10:42 AM
Science Tech Culture Elevators in skyscrapers could be used to generate electricity Would the benefits outweigh the tradeoffs? By Shawn Knight, June 3, 2022, 11:54 AM 30 comments
Electronics Science Japan researchers break another data speed record with 1.02 petabits per second fiber optic transfer The four-core cable is compatible with existing infrastructure with a little retrofitting By Cal Jeffrey, June 2, 2022, 5:01 PM 15 comments
Science Toyota shows off portable, swappable hydrogen cartridges Toyota envisions a future filled with portable hydrogen tanks By Shawn Knight, June 2, 2022, 12:17 PM 29 comments
Science First full-color images from James Webb Space Telescope are coming July 12 Webb is ready to shine By Shawn Knight, June 2, 2022, 10:27 AM 16 comments
Electronics Science Researchers build world's smallest remote-controlled walking robot Tiny robot crab uses no electricity or hydraulics By Shawn Knight, May 26, 2022, 12:01 PM 15 comments
Science Tech Culture Startup wants to store Earth's important data on the Moon Saving Earth's data, one byte at a time By Shawn Knight, May 23, 2022, 2:38 PM 12 comments
Electronics Science Isotopically pure silicon nanowires could lead to smaller and faster microchips Pure silicon nanowires conduct heat 150% better than natural silicon variants By Shawn Knight, May 19, 2022, 12:33 PM
Science Dust-covered solar panels force NASA to end Mars InSight lander mission NASA InSight lander will cease science operations this summer By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2022, 9:30 AM 27 comments
Science Researchers powered a computer for six months using nothing but algae Algae, nature's PSU By Rob Thubron, May 16, 2022, 9:25 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture Science Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon for the first time Paving the way for extraterrestrial agriculture By Tudor Cibean, May 13, 2022, 8:58 AM 14 comments
Science Astronomers share first image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Sagittarius A* is roughly 27,000 light years away from Earth By Shawn Knight, May 12, 2022, 10:06 AM 11 comments
Science NASA shares images from Webb Space Telescope's coldest instrument Webb makes previous images look like mush By Shawn Knight, May 10, 2022, 9:54 AM 8 comments
Science Astronomers discover neutron star devouring its brown dwarf companion in "black widow" binary system The pair of stars have a record-breaking orbital period of only one hour By Cal Jeffrey, May 5, 2022, 2:48 PM 14 comments
Science Here's what it looks like to get flung from a centrifuge at 1,000 mph BYOBB --- Bring your own barf bag By Cal Jeffrey, May 4, 2022, 2:42 PM 27 comments