Here’s why the US military put a light anti-tank weapon on the back of a robotic quadruped. BY KELSEY D. ATHERTON | PUBLISHED OCT 24, 2023 4:46 PM EDT On September 9, Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, strapped a rocket launcher to the back of a commercially available robotic goat as part of […]
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Oops! US Space Force may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere
By Harry Baker published 6 days ago A rocket carrying a Space Force surveillance satellite may have created a hole in the ionosphere as it shot into space. The launch was carried out with just 27 hours’ notice, which is a new record. A rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force satellite into […]
Growing and burying algae in the Sahara is the latest solution for the climate crisis
By Thomas Page, CNN Published 4:36 AM EDT, Fri August 18, 2023 Brilliant Planet’s pilot site in Akhfenir, Morocco, is cultivating microalgae to capture and sequester carbon dioxide. Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been proposed as a necessary step to curb global heating in the 21st century — […]
Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas
The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year. BY ANDREW PAUL | PUBLISHED AUG 10, 2023 4:00 PM EDT Japan’s bullet trains could finally be coming to America. DEPOSIT PHOTOS A new high-speed railway system inspired by Japanese bullet trains could someday carry commuters between Houston […]
Worm Back From 46,000 Year Coma
July 30, 20235:00 AM ET Emma Bowman A Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode is seen under the microscope at the University of Cologne’s worm lab in Germany. Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it […]
The New Frontier Is Here
“A just machine that make big decisions. Programed by fellas with compassion and vision.”Donald Fagen Peter Johnson | Jul 19 2023 – 7:18 am PT Nissan is adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) starting in 2025, the first Japanese automaker to make the move. Nissan EVs will use Tesla NACS in a first […]
Guess What’s Coming To Dinner
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR today Chicken every Sunday is about to take on a whole new meaning. From farm to table-an old wive tale. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of […]
Europe Manufacturing EV Ahead Of Chinese Crush
June 15, 2023 05:07 PM UPDATED 14 HOURS AGO Citroen’s sub-25,000 euros EV will take on Chinese rivals in Europe The e-C3 is Citroen’s answer to low-cost EVs that Chinese brands such as MG and BYD are exporting to Europe. PETER SIGAL The current C3 (shown) was launched in 2016 and […]
The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story
May 21, 20236:01 AM ET Julia SimonLISTEN· 7:03 Deemmeris Debra’e Burns shows the spot on a rural road in Satartia, Miss., where he lost consciousness when a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured, an experience he thinks is a warning for America. Julia Simon/NPR SATARTIA, Miss. – On Feb. 22, 2020, a clear […]
Atoms Seen Like Never Before
MAY 2, 2023 13:51 IST BYAMIT MALEWAR Many earlier experimental cQED studies concentrated on regimes where a few identical emitters interact with a weak external drive, allowing the system to be described by a few efficient, simple models. Despite its significance and potential in quantum applications, the dynamics of a […]