The U.S. military has a weapon that can create human speech miles away | Big Think
Voices out of thin air…combined with heat…that sounds vaguely familiar…
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NASA may use swarms of robotic bees to study Mars
Marsbees. Swarms of bee-sized robots may be used to expand out knowledge of Mars.
Scientists Found a Galaxy With Almost No Dark Matter. Here’s What That Means.
An odd ‘see-thru’ galaxy may help explain our understanding of dark matter
OpenAI Wants to Make Safe AI, but That May Be an Impossible Task
How do you protect yourself from the unknown? AI researchers are trying to figure that out.
Life Might Exist in the Clouds of Venus
At an altitude of 30 miles, the Venusian atmosphere could support earthly”extremophiles”.
Air-fueled ion thruster could provide unlimited power for space missions
The ESA states that “air-breathing electric propulsion” is no longer a theory.
An Experimental Space Junk Collector Is On Its Way to the ISS
Four different experimental ways to capture and/or deorbit space debris, coming to an ISS near you.
A new test could tell us whether an AI has common sense
When it comes to “common sense” AI’s don’t yet possess it. (Do we?)
Is the speed of light slowing down? | Big Think
Quantum entanglement appears to be faster than light.
Baidu’s pocket translator is a ‘Star Trek’ dream come to life
Right now, these devices are only available at airports and travel agencies…
Hollyweird Science by Kevin R. Grazier & Stephen Cass
Hollyweird Science – The Next Generation shows readers where the film industry got the science right as well as where they got it wrong.
Mystery of ‘alien’ skeleton solved – CNN
Another nail in von Daniken’s coffin: it’s not alien, and it’s not even ancient
Shocking the brain with electricity can prompt people to remember old dreams
Remembering old dreams via electrical shock. Maybe wireheading won’t be too far behind…
Another Star May Have Skimmed the Solar System 70,000 Years Ago – ExtremeTech
70,000 years ago, the sky might have looked like Tattooine’s
A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation
Will we find a lone monument, aka Clarke’s The Star, when we finally get there?
NASA Finds a Large Amount of Water in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
NASA continues to give us hope that life might exist in the atmospheres of gas giants.
Giant moon crater could be great landing spot
Geologists are mapping out the best landing sites inside the Moon’s oldest crater.
A Company Wants to Put a Chip in Your Brain to Cure Disease
An Israeli firm is working on wireless brain implants
The Moon Will Soon Have Its Own Mobile Network
We’re guessing that this all takes place after we start sending clones to the Moon to mine Helium3…
Vision-improving nanoparticle eyedrops could end the need for glasses
Buy your ticket now….
Hawking y la ciencia ficción
Dr. Stephen Hawking and Science fiction: “I read a lot of science fiction when I was a teenager…”
4 Planets in Our Solar System You’ve Probably Never Heard Of | Mental Floss
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets is going to be getting a whole lot longer….
Now Anyone Can Hunt For Exoplanets
Git yourself to GitHub and start searching for homes-away from home!
The Government Has Plans for an Asteroid-Destroying Spacecraft
Don’t know how well this will actually work, but it sure begs for a TV show – The Asteroid Killers! (“monster of the week” format)
NASA wants to change the way we think about the habitable zone
We’re beginning to suspect that Dr. Ian Malcom may be very right: “Life finds a way.”
How Does NASA’s New Mega-Rocket Compare to the Falcon Heavy?
The latest Space Race: NASA cs private enterprise
Scientists Now Know When the First Stars Formed in the Universe
Happy birthday! Suns are now known to have been ‘born’ 180 million years after the Big Bang.
Customized “Exosuits” Will Move With Your Stride
…Tony Stark is considering filing patent infringement cases….
Astrophysicist says space junk, not radio signals, will lead us to aliens
Everything has its uses, even space junk
You could soon be manufacturing your own drugs—thanks to 3D printing
It’s probably a good thing that 3D printed chemistry wasn’t around in the 60’s
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