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magnetoplasmadynamic electric propulsion thruster

NASA Tests Prototype ‘Magnetoplasmadynamic’ Electric Propulsion Thruster Designed to Power Future Trips to Mars

language

Universal Patterns Emerge in Human Languages, Revealing “Four Surprising Laws” Behind Their Evolution

Linear Elamite

A Mysterious 4000-Year-Old “Lost” Writing System Has Finally Been Decoded, in a Modern “Rosetta Stone” Breakthrough

UFO

“Shooting Down Souls… Good Luck with That”: Some Paradoxical Thoughts on the UFO Phenomenon from a Historian of Religions

Jeffrey J. Kripal, Ph.D.·February 16, 2024
Historian of religions Jeffrey Kripal, Ph.D., looks at a few of the paradoxes that arise in the study of the UFO phenomenon.
Deep-DRAM

Revolutionary AI Tool, “Deep-DRAM,” Opens Door to Discovering Unprecedented Metamaterials with “Unusual Properties”

Tim McMillan·February 16, 2024
Deep-DRAM, an groundbreaking AI tool allows for the crafting of durable, customizable metamaterials with unprecedented functions.
James Webb

James Webb Space Telescope Has Discovered an Enormous Remnant of the Early Universe That Astronomers Say Shouldn’t Exist

Micah Hanks·February 16, 2024
The James Webb Space Telescope has made an 11-billion-year-old discovery more massive than the Milky Way, and it shouldn't exist.
moon

This Strange Phenomena Could Place NASA’s Lunar Landers At Risk

MJ Banias·February 16, 2024
NASA has embarked on the Electrostatic Regolith Interaction Experiment (ERIE) to combat the hazards posed by lunar dust.
cyber attacks

The US Government Wants to Combat Cyber Attacks with Psychology

MJ Banias·February 15, 2024
The U.S. Government has launched a program that will attempt to leverage psychology in defending against future cyber attacks.
volcanic eruption

Fiery Satellite Images Reveal New Insights on the Latest Volcanic Eruption That Has Rocked Iceland

Micah Hanks·February 15, 2024
Recent satellite images are offering a glimpse of the latest eruption in Iceland, along with other unique insights into the ongoing volcanic activity.
space force

Space Force Will Take Command of Future Live Target-Tracking Satellites

MJ Banias·February 15, 2024
The U.S. Space Force is set to take command of a new fleet of satellites that will provide real-time monitoring of ground targets around the globe, offering unprecedented surveillance capabilities. 
one-way glass

Scientists Have Designed the World’s First True ‘One-Way Glass’ Using the Magic of Metamaterials

Christopher Plain·February 15, 2024
A team of materials scientists say they have designed a novel optical NME metamaterial that could be used to build true one-way glass.
quantum phenomena at room temperature

A Breakthrough in the Control of Quantum Phenomena at Room Temperature Has Been Achieved, Researchers Say

Micah Hanks·February 14, 2024
The control of quantum phenomena at room temperature has been achieved, according to the findings of a pioneering new study.
heart-shaped features

These Natural Heart-Shaped Features Top Our List of the World’s Most Romantic Locations

Micah Hanks·February 14, 2024
Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are several of the most striking natural heart-shaped formations found anywhere in nature.
Space Force

The U.S. Space Force is Celebrating Valentine’s Day by Launching a Mysterious Classified Mission into Orbit

Micah Hanks·February 14, 2024
The U.S. Space Force is celebrating Valentine's Day by launching a classified national security mission from Cape Canaveral.
Greenland

Stunning Images Reveal How Melting Ice is Making Huge Parts of Greenland Live Up To Its Name

Christopher Plain·February 14, 2024
As ice sheets and glaciers melt away, huge portions of Greenland are becoming covered in wetlands and vegetation.
rare artifact

12,940-Year-Old Rare Artifact is the Oldest of Its Kind Ever Discovered in the Americas  

Micah Hanks·February 13, 2024
A rare artifact has been discovered at a mammoth kill site in Wyoming, believed to be the oldest of its kind ever found in the Americas.
LITENING

U.S. Air Force Prepares to Unleash ‘LITENING’ with Its New Large Aperture Targeting Pod

Micah Hanks·February 13, 2024
The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to equip its new LITENING targeting pod with enhanced electro-optical and infrared capabilities.
solar sail

Innovative Solar Sail Propulsion System Could Soon Drive Spacecraft for Science Missions, NASA Projects

Micah Hanks·February 13, 2024
NASA says it cleared a “key technology milestone” last month that could help move the agency toward future use of solar sail technology.
SETI Ellipsoid Technique

Strategic Anomaly Detection Effort Uses SETI Ellipsoid Technique to Scour the Cosmos for Technosignatures

Micah Hanks·February 13, 2024
New research reveals how the SETI Ellipsoid technique could move SETI researchers one step closer to discovering intelligence elsewhere in the cosmos.
massive stone wall

Massive Stone Wall Built More Than 10,000 Years Ago Found Hidden Beneath the Baltic Sea

Christopher Plain·February 13, 2024
Researchers have discovered a submerged, 10,000-year-old massive stone wall that is one of the oldest man-made megastructures ever found.
Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion

Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion Technology One Step Closer as Aerospace Company Looks Toward Prototype Tests

Micah Hanks·February 12, 2024
Aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney says it is advancing toward ground tests of its new Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion prototype.
quantum drive

Breaking: Satellite Failure Scuttles First-of-Its-Kind In-Space Test of Physics-Defying Quantum Drive

Christopher Plain·February 12, 2024
The cancellation of the first in-space test of a controversial quantum drive has been announced due to an electrical failure on its host satellite.
experimental hybrid antenna

NASA Just Tested a New Experimental Hybrid Antenna for Deep Space Laser Communications

Micah Hanks·February 12, 2024
NASA says recent tests with an experimental hybrid antenna were successfully able to receive radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals being dispatched from the Psyche spacecraft on its journey into deep space.
space trash

Searching for Space Trash

Avi Loeb·February 12, 2024
Humanity’s search for interstellar objects, and what might amount to "space trash", could extend well beyond Earth and its atmosphere.
Sol Foundation

The Sol Foundation, Academia’s New UAP Think Tank, Releases Videos of Lectures from Its Inaugural Symposium

Micah Hanks·February 12, 2024
Videos of presentations featured during the Sol Foundation symposium have now been made freely available to the public.
interstellar travel

NASA Needs a “Miracle” to Save Voyager 1

MJ Banias·February 11, 2024
NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object in space, is facing a critical situation following a computer glitch that has compromised its ability to transmit essential telemetry data back to Earth. 
Blueberries

At Long Last, Scientists Have Finally Solved the Mystery of Why Blueberries Are Blue. Seriously.

Christopher Plain·February 11, 2024
For the first time in human history, we finally have a scientific explanation for why blueberries are blue.
DeLorean

This is Heavy, Doc: The DeLorean is Back, With an Incredible New Look

Micah Hanks·February 9, 2024
DeLorean will unveil the Alpha5 this year, a modern take on the famous gull-wing door automobile depicted in the 'Back to the Future' trilogy.
Homo sapiens

Rethinking Human Evolution: New Study Challenges Ideas on Human Innovation and Homo Sapiens’ Leap to Modernity

Tim McMillan·February 9, 2024
New stone tool discoveries are reshaping our understanding of Homo sapiens' gradual evolution into modernity, challenging old beliefs.
suspended animation drug

Harvard Reveals Suspended Animation Drug that “Magically” Mimics Hibernation

Christopher Plain·February 9, 2024
Harvard researchers have announced the successful test of a seemingly magical 'suspended animation' drug that could aid trauma survival and organ transplantation.
energy world record

New Energy World Record Achieved in Final Tritium Experiments at UK’s Massive JET Research Facility

Micah Hanks·February 8, 2024
A new energy world record has been achieved by the Joint European Torus (JET), the latest milestone in the field of fusion science.
NASA's Roman telescope

‘They Are Rare, and Very Hard to Find.’ NASA’s Roman Telescope Could Solve a Cosmic Mystery by Viewing These Weird Celestial Objects

Micah Hanks·February 8, 2024
NASA’s Roman Telescope may soon help unravel one of the greatest mysteries about our universe, with help from a strange cosmic phenomenon.
Midjourney

Whistleblower Who Exposed Midjourney’s Nude Image Generation Banned From Platform

MJ Banias·February 8, 2024
AI platform Midjourney banned a researcher shortly after he blew the whistle on the platform's content filters and the nude images the AI was generating.
Mimas

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Mimas is Hiding a Secret Beneath its Icy Shell. Astronomers Now Say It’s ‘a Prime Candidate for Study’

Christopher Plain·February 8, 2024
An international research team has announced the discovery of an ocean hidden beneath the surface of Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas.
octopuses

New Study Suggests Octopuses Have Individual Differences When It Comes to Problem Solving

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·February 8, 2024
Researchers have discovered that octopuses have individualized differences when solving a task instead of mimicking behaviors from each other.
chicken talk

Look Who’s Clucking! Canadian Researchers Are Using Cutting-Edge Tech to Decode Chicken Chatter

Christopher Plain·February 8, 2024
Researcher from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia say they are using advanced technology to successfully create a Star Trek-style universal chicken translator.
Smart Earrings

Forget Smart Watches. Here Come Smart Earrings

Christopher Plain·February 8, 2024
University of Washington researchers have developed a prototype pair of smart earrings that can monitor a wide range of bodily functions.
lunar exploration

NASA to Conduct Experiment Near the Moon’s Mysterious South Pole That Could Radically Change Future Lunar Exploration

Micah Hanks·February 7, 2024
NASA has announced new plans for an experiment on the Moon that could fundamentally change the future of lunar exploration, the agency said this week.
mega-hurricanes

Study Calls for New Category 6 Mega-Hurricane Classification Amid Climate Change

Tim McMillan·February 7, 2024
New study suggests adding a Category 6 to the current hurricane scale due to increased mega-hurricanes from global warming.
Morpheus Space field emission electric propulsion JOURNEY

Exclusive: Morpheus Space Unveils New Thruster That Uses Liquid Metal as a Propellant

Christopher Plain·February 7, 2024
Morpheus Space has unveiled their new GO-2 field emission electric propulsion thruster that uses liquid metal as a propellant.
lucid dreaming

Lucid Dreaming Breakthrough Achieved as Researchers Report Successful Control of a Virtual Object While Sleeping

Micah Hanks·February 7, 2024
California researchers at REMspace say the first two-way control of a virtual object by participants while lucid dreaming has been documented.
volcanic lightning

Volcanic Lightning Could Have Ignited Life on Earth, New Study Finds

MJ Banias·February 7, 2024
A new study proposes that volcanic lightning may have played a pivotal role in sparking the origin of life on Earth.
Super Earth TOI-715b

NASA Announces Discovery of a Cosmically Close “Super Earth” Orbiting Within its Star’s Habitable Zone

Christopher Plain·February 6, 2024
NASA researchers say they have spotted a Super Earth that is only 137 light years away and orbits within its star's habitable zone.
jade mask

Mysterious Jade Mask and Other Artifacts in 1700-Year-Old Tomb Reveal the Existence of an Unknown Maya Ruler

Micah Hanks·February 6, 2024
Artifacts including a jade mask unearthed in a 1,700-year-old tomb could point to an undocumented chapter in the history of the Maya Empire.
focused ultrasound

Focusing Ultrasound Deep into the Human Brain May Revolutionize the Treatment of Pain

Christopher Plain·February 6, 2024
Virginia Tech researchers say they have successfully reduced pain and its stress-induced effects by targeting focused ultrasound deep into the human brain.
microbes

This Incredible New Tool Can Identify Microbes from Anywhere on Earth in Just Seconds

Micah Hanks·February 5, 2024
Researchers have developed a new tool that will allow microbes in samples from virtually anywhere in the world to be identified in mere seconds.
US space force

U.S. Space Force Reveals Plans to Send One of Its Guardians to Space in a Historic First

Micah Hanks·February 5, 2024
The U.S. Space Force has announced plans to send one of its Guardians to space for the first time, in a mission to the International Space Station.
3D-Printed Brain Tissue

Revolutionary 3D-Printed Brain Tissue Paves the Way for Advances in Neurological Research

Tim McMillan·February 5, 2024
A groundbreaking 3D-printed brain tissue created by UW-Madison scientists offers new insights into neurological diseases and brain function.
Mars methane

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Closer to Solving Mystery of Methane Biosignature on Mars, Aiding Search for Life

Christopher Plain·February 5, 2024
Researchers are closing in the source of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere, upping the chances of finding signs of life on the red planet.

Scientists Succeed in Producing A Durable “Time Crystal”

MJ Banias·February 2, 2024
Researchers have developed an ultra-robust time crystal, and a new method to keep it stable for over 40 minutes.
mysterious polygons

Mars Rover Spots Mysterious Polygons Hidden Beneath the Red Planet’s Surface

Christopher Plain·February 2, 2024
Ground penetrating radar data captured by China's Zhurong Mars rover has revealed the presence of a series of 16 mysterious polygons hidden beneath the planet's surface.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA Just Tested a Crucial Technology That May Soon Help Its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Detect Life on Distant Worlds  

Micah Hanks·February 2, 2024
NASA says it has successfully administered multiple tests to a new instrument on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will allow unprecedented views of planets beyond our solar system.
powered exclusively by sound

This “Magical” Sensor is Powered Exclusively by Sound and can be Activated with a Single Word

Christopher Plain·February 2, 2024
Swiss inventors have created a seemingly magical, patented sensor powered exclusively by sound that could have numerous medical and industrial applications.

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