The cracked, uneven, jumbled landscape seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express forms an intriguing type of terrain that cannot be found on Earth: chaotic terrain. ESA - Published
Portugal is developing the infrastructure for a national spaceport on one of the islands of the Azores archipelago, Santa Maria, a European launch and landing location for small satellites. ESA - Published
Keeping physically active or becoming more active during middle and older age is associated with a lower risk of death, regardless of past activity levels or existing health conditions, suggests a.. Science Daily - Published
Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that at least three.. Science Daily - Published
Nootropics have been getting a lot of press recently, but not always for the right reasons. A lot of companies have been putting these so-called “smart drugs” in all sorts of supplements and making.. Futurism - Published
For the first time, scientists used a mechanical object to produce entangled radiation — a move that could help connect future quantum computers to bigger networks. Like particles, forms of radiation.. Futurism - Published
At what point does a shout indicate anger, does a scream indicate fear of danger? And can the fine line between them be pinpointed by a microphone on the ceiling? ProPublica co-published a detailed.. Futurism - Published
Robots are learning how to navigate rooms better than ever before, thanks to thousands of videos of people doing the viral “Mannequin Challenge” meme, in which they hold a pose as still as possible.. Futurism - Published
Instead of the typical bell-shaped curve, the fossil record shows a fat-tailed distribution, with extreme, outlier, events occurring with higher-than-expected probability. Using the same mathematical.. Science Daily - Published
Viruses in managed honeybees are spilling over to wild bumblebee populations though the shared use of flowers, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. This research suggests commercial apiaries may need to.. Science Daily - Published
How did humans get to be so much fatter than our closest primate relatives, despite sharing 99% of the same DNA? A new study suggests that part of the answer may have to do with an ancient molecular.. Science Daily - Published
Animals learn the hard way which sights, sounds, and smells are relevant to survival. New research in flies shows that the timing of these cues plays an important role in how mental associations arise,.. Science Daily - Published
Researchers suggest a possible cell-based therapy to stimulate lung development in fragile premature infants who suffer from a rare condition called Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), which in the most.. Science Daily - Published
Researchers have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation of the airways. Their results suggest that the synthesis and breakdown of fats plays.. Science Daily - Published
Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in hospitals, but the unintended consequences include water splashing out of a sink to spread contaminants from dirty faucets according to.. Science Daily - Published
Each year, soft robots gain new abilities. They can jump, squirm, and grip. Unlike hard robots, they can handle tomatoes without bruising the fruit, resurface unscathed after being run over by a car,.. Science Daily - Published
A robotic gripping arm that uses engineered bacteria to 'taste' for a specific chemical has been developed by engineers. The gripper is a proof-of-concept for biologically-based soft robotics. Science Daily - Published
We've known for some time that heart disease is prevalent in captive gorilla populations and is a leading cause of death. This is why, in 2010, the Great Ape Heart Project based at Zoo Atlanta.. Science Daily - Published
Imagine if your printer had an 'unprint' button that used pulses of light to remove toner, curbing environmental impacts compared with conventional paper recycling. Science Daily - Published
The world’s first cryptocurrency ATM opened for business in a Canadian coffee shop on October 29, 2013, and by the end of the day, 81 people had visited the novel machine to trade their cash for.. Futurism - Published
Researchers at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab have come up with the latest version of their astonishing Robobee. Introducing: the RoboBee X-Wing — that’s the robot’s nickname. The RoboBee is a.. Futurism - Published
America, Russia, China, and now India, all have the capability to fight a war in outer space, and may have already started to do so. While there’s been no declaration of World War III or anything of.. Futurism - Published
Space: Many of us are fascinated by it, but few of us will ever get to visit for ourselves. The budding space tourism industry notwithstanding, those of us who’ve been bitten by the space bug but.. Futurism - Published
SpaceIL didn’t seem too discouraged after its first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon ended in disaster, announcing just two days later that it would make a second attempt. But now that the.. Futurism - Published
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools -- an important technological advance called.. Science Daily - Published
For the first time, astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence techniques to generate complex 3D simulations of the universe. The results are so fast, accurate and robust that even the creators.. Science Daily - Published
A new study finds that the gene FOXA1 overrides normal biology in three different ways to drive prostate cancer. They refer to the three classes as FAST, FURIOUS, and LOUD to reflect their unique.. Science Daily - Published
One in 11 adults worldwide suffers from diabetes, and the number of diabetes patients is rising rapidly. Diabetes is worldwide one of the most widespread diseases. In the most common form of diabetes,.. Science Daily - Published
Nanowires promise to make LEDs more colorful and solar cells more efficient, in addition to speeding up computers. That is, provided that the tiny semiconductors convert electric energy into light, and.. Science Daily - Published
Scientists discover a connection between lightning strikes and two kinds of gamma-ray phenomena in thunderclouds. The research suggests that in certain conditions, weak gamma-ray glows from.. Science Daily - Published
Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes to 60. Although these lakes are typically smaller than.. Science Daily - Published
Researchers found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration. This is.. Science Daily - Published
Winners were recently announced for a bizarre contest that asked contestants to figure out how humanity could ship out and colonize the entire Milky Way galaxy. The contest, the 10th Global Trajectory.. Futurism - Published
In a landmark move, San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to ban e-cigarettes last night. The bill will go into effect 30 days once the mayor signs it — mayor London Breed has already.. Futurism - Published
A team of French physicists may have finally figured out how to condense hydrogen into a metal. Over the years, many scientists have incorrectly claimed to have pulled off the feat, which could give.. Futurism - Published
Facebook just made a first-of-its-kind deal with France. The social media giant had previously given French courts data, such as IP addresses, to help them identify users suspected of carrying out.. Futurism - Published
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has been closely listening to the activity inside the core of the Red Planet. And something is stirring deep beneath the surface — earlier this year, the rover recorded.. Futurism - Published
On Monday, the city council of Sydney, Australia, unanimously voted to put enter a state of emergency over the looming threat posed by climate change. The decision — making Sydney the first major.. Futurism - Published
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