Zero-Point Energy Demystified | PBS Space Time
If you’re not sick and tired of scientists telling us what we can’t do, check out this video.
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Neuroscience Is Helping Us Build a Machine With Consciousness
Conscious robots with the capabilities of human beings are one of the oldest sci-fi tropes; a threatening blend of human and machine that could turn from friend to foe at a moment’s notice. With recent […]
Mars Needs Cash – and other issues with colonizing the red planet
A permanent settlement on Mars would undoubtedly be a testament to our capacity to explore the galaxy. However, it might not make much practical sense. Source: All the Reasons Why Humans Shouldn’t Colonize Mars, According […]
After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers, Predicts Study
Remember those historically hot months we’ve had recently? Well, those might soon be the norm in the United States, Canada, the Mediterranean, and pretty much all of Asia. In the next couple of decades, it […]
Scientists contact Luyten’s star and hope it won’t trigger an invasion of Earth
Stephen Hawking is not happy
We’ve got 234 Problems and Aliens Might be Trying to Contact Us
101 dalmatians, 234 alien species….
Astronomers Find Star That Has Exploded Six Times – ExtremeTech
Astronomers have spotted something that shouldn’t exist–a star that acts as if it’s gone supernova at least six times. Writing in Nature, an international research team discusses the highly unusual case of iPTF14hls, first classified as […]
One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever was Just Discovered
A low-mass exoplanet has been discovered in the orbit of the red dwarf star Ross 128. It’s thought to be Earth-like in terms of size and temperature. Source: We Just Discovered One of the Closest […]
NASA Plans to Develop Mars Drone at Arctic Research Base
NASA plans on testing some flying machines in the most Martian landscape on Earth. Care to guess where?
Another Universe May Have Bumped Into Ours and We Might Have Proof
The Cold Spot in the cosmic microwave background radiation has led astronomers to speculate the possibility of parallel universes.
IBM Announces 50-Qubit Quantum Computer
Quantum computing just got closer with IBM’s announcement of a 50-quantum bit (qubit) machine.
Visualize thousands of distant worlds in the Periodic Table of Exoplanets
Take a gander at the periodic table of exo planets
Larry Niven Predicted it – Iran may have the solution to Organlegging
Legalizing the sale of human organs could save lives.
“Quark Fusion” Produces Eight Times More Energy Than Nuclear Fusion
Quark fusion is a theoretical form of energy that could provide eight times more power than nuclear fusion.
Terrestrial Planet 11 Light Years Away Discovered
The New York Times is reporting the discovery of a terrestrial planet 11 light years away – one of the closest discovered to date A Nearby Earth-Size Planet May Have Conditions for Life – […]
Miner 2049’ers – Mining the Moon
When we’ve mined the Earth for all of the metals we can, will we look to space for more? We altready are.
Dwarf Planet has Ring, Looks like Potato
Rings may be a common feature of objects that orbit outside of Neptune. Then, there’s Haumea…
Hack the Planet! Proposals for Slowing Climate Change
Climate scientists have just published two new studies outlining ways that we could use geoengineering to alter the climate, but neither is without its problems.
20 potentially inhabitable worlds found hiding in plain site
An analysis of data from the Kepler space telescope has revealed 20 promising worlds that might be able to host life.
Giant Ice Blades Found on Pluto – NASA
NASA believes it may have an explanation for the strange formations resembling giant blades of ice on Pluto.
Time Travel in Fiction Rundown – MinutePhysics
How does time travel function in a variety of fictional works? Check it out!
Ancient organism’s genetics may show us how to live for centuries
When it comes to adding years of adult life, we’ve barely moved the needle. But that may be about to change — in part because of one very chilly fish.
Jupiter’s strange auroras are weirder than expected
In a study published in Nature Astronomy this week, astronomers announced that they’d finally been able to observe Jupiter’s southern x-ray hot spot in detail using data from the XMM-Newton and Chandra space observatories in 2007 and 2016. Surprisingly, […]
Redwood Forest – a Radical New Design for a Martian City
A Mars city concept inspired by trees took home first prize in the architecture category of Mars City Design’s annual contest. Source: MIT Has a Radical New Design for a Martian City Kermit WoodallKermit is […]
Time Travel: We Can’t Alter The Flow of Time, But We Can Literally Bend It
Is time travel possible? Maybe…
Newly discovered planet is nearly 25 percent the size of its star
How does a gas giant form near a dwarf star? What does it take to build a gas giant? Building models of planet formation and studying exosolar systems have both provided us with some hints. But […]
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