Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. NASA has chosen her to personify its path back to the Moon, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface by 2024 – including the first woman and the next man. Artemis 1, formerly Exploration Mission-1, is the first … Read more
Massive flock of birds measuring 180 miles across is captured on a weather radar as they take off near Key West A massive flock of birds was captured on a weather radar Mon around midnight The flock took off from Key West and measured about 180 miles across Experts say this is called ‘roost rings’ … Read more
Hacker creates a $9,000 ‘keyless repeater’ device that can wirelessly unlock any luxury car by creating an extended bridge connection to the owner’s fob without their knowledge A pseudonymous hacker named ‘EvanConnect’ is selling a car hacking tool Called a keyless repeater, it amplifies the low frequency signal from the car that allows it to communicate … Read more
Meet the ‘Thunder reptile’: T-rex’s flesh-eating smaller cousin that lived 90 million years ago is discovered in Argentina Researchers describe both a new genus and new species from fossilised bones Fragments of skull, teeth, ribs, hip and tail were found in central Argentina The new species Tralkasaurus cuyi was a 14-foot-long carnivorous dinosaur By Jonathan Chadwick For … Read more
Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic is a step closer to taking paying passengers into space as it moves its main spaceship to Spaceport America. The spaceship, also known as SpaceShip 2 Unity, was transferred to the New Mexico space launch centre on top of the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve. The flight from the development … Read more
Elon Musk warns AI like the kind made by Tesla should be regulated by international laws Elon Musk tweeted that companies developing AI like Tesla should be regulated The tweet was sent in response to a report on the company OpenAI Musk left his post at OpenAI in 2018 due to conflicts of interest By … Read more
Billions of people could be at risk from droughts, as global warming threatens to shrink a tropical belt providing critical summer rain, warns a new study. Researchers say droughts in Central America result from the contracting of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a critical rainfall belt near the equator. An international team of scientists looked … Read more
It has been over 650 years since the Black Death spread through Europe, but archaeologist are still finding haunting reminders of its rampage. A mass grave of 48 skeletons was recently discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire. The burial contained remains of both male and female adults, as … Read more
The ancestors of modern birds living in Canada 75 million-years-ago became warm blooded very early in their evolution, a study of dinosaur eggshells revealed. Experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University studied the chemical bonds of the shells to find the body temperature of the animal inside. They wanted to discover exactly … Read more
New Amazon patent reveals plan to launch packages into Earth orbit using a 500 mile-long ‘whip’ Amazon’s new patent describes a new way of delivering packages It describes a massive marine vehicle with a cable attached to it The cable would ‘whip’ packages or satellites into Earth’s low-orbit It also describes launching drones with packages out … Read more