Setting the bar VERY high! US Air Force pilot sends engagement ring into space in out-of-this world marriage proposal Stuart Shippee, from Missouri, proposes to Marie Lisman with weather balloon He attaches an imitation engagement ring to payload and launches it into sky Weather balloon travels more than 90,000ft into atmosphere before it bursts By … Read more
SpaceX has pushed back its fifth launch of Starlinks due to poor weather. The firm announced that although the static fire of its Falcon 9 rocket is complete, the next batch of 60 satellites will not head for low-orbit until Sunday – the initial launch was set for Saturday. The mission is set to kick … Read more
Betelgeuse – a star 700 light-years from Earth that astronomers speculate could be set to explode in a devastating supernova – has been photographed, and the images show it is dimming and changing shape. Astronomers behind the new observations say while the star will go supernova at some point, the dimming is more likely caused by … Read more
Scientists discover a ‘consciousness switch’ in the brain that triggers waking when it is zapped with electricity and ‘could even bring people out of comas’ Brain area called the central lateral thalamus found to activate consciousness Electrode with 50Hz of electricity woke monkeys from general anaesthetic When the electricity was turned off the monkey went straight … Read more
Costly parts may push Sony’s PlayStation 5 to retail at at least $470 – nearly $100 more than its predecessor The PlayStation 5 may end up costing at least $470 due to expensive parts A report suggest Sony may have to pay $450 to manufacture every unit Expensive and in-demand flash memory will contribute to the … Read more
A snake robot that can nimbly slither its way up large steps has been developed by scientists to help search and rescue missions. US engineers studied how the real-life serpents moved and used their observations to make a snake robot that can climb large steps. It is thought that snake robots may some day help … Read more
Boys and girls do NOT run in the family and the chances of having a child of either sex is genuinely random, scientists find It is often thought that the ratio of boys/girls in one’s offspring is a heritable trait However, experts studying the sex of people born in Sweden found the opposite You are … Read more
When our Sun dies it will take the Solar System’s asteroid belt with it. A new study suggests that when a star’s life ends, its luminosity increases ten-thousand-fold – which is strong enough to obliterate the asteroid belt into small dust particles. Researchers believe this event will occur ‘quickly and violently’ with all but the … Read more
An Iron Age temple discovered at Tel Motza, near Jerusalem, calls into question the Biblical claim that Solomon’s temple was alone in the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Solomon’s Temple — which is also known as the First Temple — stood from the 10th Century BC until its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC. According to … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover unveil ‘autonomy ready’ electric shuttle concept that can be configured into a shared car or last-mile delivery vehicle and may be ready by 2021 ‘Project Vector’ is designed to go autonomous but still has a steering wheel It can be configured as a delivery vehicle, share taxi, or regular car The vehicle … Read more