MIT system predicts the best way to deflect an Earth-bound asteroid – TechCrunch
We’re not in immediate danger of any asteroids colliding with Earth – at least not as far as anyone’s aware. But it’s not like it hasn’t happened before, and there...
Biologists stuck cameras on 30 Antarctic whales for this wild footage
Using suction cups, marine biologists recently attached 30 cameras to minke whales swimming through icy Antarctic waters. The vivid footage — which aims to improve researchers' understanding of how the...
Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unknown species
One of the more startling discoveries arising from genomic sequencing of ancient hominin DNA is the realization that all humans outside Africa have traces of DNA in their genomes that...
Car-free streets are the future in vehicle-clogged cities
Manatees, fittingly called “sea cows,” drift languidly through the shallow ocean at 5 mph, munching on plants and fattening up to 1,300 pounds. For much of 2019, the sluggish creatures...
How your favorite airline can slash its colossal carbon emissions
If the airline industry were its own country, it would emit more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than . To quell these prodigious emissions, and to prepare for a...
SpaceX and a new partner announce space tourism launches on Dragon starting as early as 2021 – TechCrunch
SpaceX has a new partner for commercial private astronaut flights aboard its Dragon spacecraft: Space Adventures, a private space tourism company that has already launched private astronauts including Anousheh Ansari,...
Strange signals coming from space every 16 days are puzzling scientists
An odd radio signal is coming from space, starting and stopping in regular 16-day cycles. A team of Canadian astronomers was the first to report finding the source, which they discovered...
Researchers found ‘at least’ 9 gender expressions in the human brain
Humans thrive on simplicity, a black and white existence that helps to define otherwise grey subject matter. When born, a doctor checks a box denoting whether a newborn has a...
New artificial evolution research could finally prove Darwin was right
An international team of researchers may have just figured out why single-celled organisms such as the AIDS virus and cancer cells manage to be so incredibly successful. And, in doing...
SpaceX juuust misses drone ship landing in otherwise successful mission
On Monday morning, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket as part of its fifth Starlink satellite mission — but the landing was a bit rough. With video streaming live,...