Both too much and too little shut-eye can be associated with health problems
Eat your vegetables – studies show plant-based diets are good for immunity
This is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets Interacting with Each Other
Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way
SpaceX Dragon 2 pulled off nail-biting landing – here’s the rocket science
A fiery Dragon lit up the sky over the Atlantic before cooling off with a watery splashdown on March 8. The SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule is of enormous significance for spaceflight as it has just become the first commercial vehicle to automatically dock with the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth. The spacecraft will now aim to carry astronauts to the ISS in a few months.
“Goldilocks” Stars May Be “Just Right” for Finding Habitable Worlds
Discovery Alert! Kepler's First Planet Candidate Confirmed, 10 Years Later
Moon mining could help meet future energy needs
If you were transported to the Moon this very instant, you would surely and rapidly die. That’s because there’s no atmosphere, the surface temperature varies from a roasting 130 degrees Celsius (266 F) to a bone-chilling minus 170 C (minus 274 F). If the lack of air or horrific heat or cold don’t kill you then micrometeorite bombardment or solar radiation will. By all accounts, the Moon is not a hospitable place to be.
New fuel cell has enough juice for drones and subs
Making sense of how the blind ‘see’ color
'Micro snails’ we scraped from sidewalk cracks help unlock details of ancient earth’s biological evolution
Can robots ever have a true sense of self? Scientists are making progress
Having a sense of self lies at the heart of what it means to be human. Without it, we couldn’t navigate, interact, empathise or ultimately survive in an ever-changing, complex world of others. We need a sense of self when we are taking action, but also when we are anticipating the consequences of potential actions, by ourselves or others.
Hayabusa2 Left a Dark Spot Where it Touched Down on Ryugu. Engineers Aren’t Sure Why
On June 27th, 2018, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency‘s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft rendezvoused with the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Carrying on in the same tradition as its predecessor, Hayabusa2 recently conducted landing operations on the asteroid’s surface as part of the agency’s second sample-return mission from an asteroid.
5 ways life would be better if it were always daylight saving time
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a back-flip
More Evidence that Planet 9 is Really Out There
Lightning could protect power grids from hackers
The Record for the Most Distant Object in the Solar System has been Shattered. Introducing FarFarOut at 140 Astronomical Units
There are missing objects at the fringe of the solar system – new study puzzles astronomers
Complex Life Might Require a Very Narrow Habitable Zone
Since the Kepler Space Telescope was launched into space, the number of known planets beyond our Solar System (exoplanets) has grown exponentially. At present, 3,917 planets have been confirmed in 2,918 star systems, while 3,368 await confirmation. Of these, about 50 orbit within their star’s circumstellar habitable zone (aka. “Goldilocks Zone”) , the distance at which liquid water can exist on a planets’ surface.
