FUTURISM – 21 Jan 2019 – Dan Robitzski – About 800 light years away, a massive exoplanet is having a hard time keeping itself together. And we mean that literally —
ESA – 17 January 2019 – Navigation software destined for the ExoMars 2020 mission to the Red Planet has passed a
BBC – 21 January 2019 – A lunar eclipse, which some are referring to as a “super blood wolf moon”,
(THEJOURNAL.IE) 3 December, 2018 – FAMED BRITISH NATURALIST Sir David Attenborough has issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders to take the
(ARS TECHNICA) 30 July 2018 by Beth Mole – A 2013 measles outbreak rooted in a vaccine-refusing community in Brooklyn,
(NEW SCIENTIST) 31 July 2018, By Leah Crane – The International Space Station (ISS) is barrelling towards its expiry date, and NASA isn’t ready. Federal funding of the ISS might
(NEW SCIENTIST) 31 July 2018, By Alison George – A boy who had a large portion of his brain removed to relieve
(ESA) – 20 June 2018 After a nearly twenty-year long game of cosmic hide-and-seek, astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory have
(NEW SCIENTIST) – 21 June, 2018. By Chelsea Whyte. The chances of a large asteroid ending up on a collision course with
(NASA) – 21 June, 2018. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space,
(NASA) 06 May 2018 – NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions
(GIZMODO) by Tom McKay – YouTube Kids, the supposedly child-friendly version of YouTube that’s been shown to often play host to troves of slop
(NASA) – The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of visionary physicist Stephen
(HUFF POST) – Most days we’re lucky if our printer can get by without a paper jam, running out of
(HUFF POST) – Think your 4K TV is sharp? Well scientists are working on a radical new screen technology that
(WIRED) – THE LAST TIME the Pentagon directed all of its bases to raise their threat level, the danger came
(GIZMODO) – 7 May 2018 – By Tom McKay – The eruption of the Mount Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has continued to progress, with massive lava flows pouring out of
(AV CLUB) by William Hughes – After decades of being confined to little plastic eggs (and the occasional, usually Japan-only
(TECHCRUNCH) 19 March 2018, by Connie Lozios – According to a new report from Raleigh, N.C. television affiliate WRAL, Google might have quietly helped
(NEWSHUB) – A Perth amateur cycling team posted a photo of their mapped ride – and the 202 kilometre ride
(SPACEX) – We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip
(RTÉ News) – German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called ‘My Friend Cayla’ that can chat with children, warning
(HUFF POST) – Tech giant Sony has joined the race to develop digital contact lens technology. Sony has plans for
(BLOOMBERG) – Saudi Arabia is kicking off its $50 billion renewable-energy push as the world’s top crude exporter turns to
(SPACE DAILY) – In an important step toward a new era of advanced, cost-effective robotic capabilities in space, DARPA has
(ZDNet) – An expansion of powers that would have allowed the government access to Americans’ browsing history and email records
(RTÉ News) – Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global
(REASON.COM) – Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase has been scrupulously compliant with government demands, until the IRS asked for millions of innocent
(SCIENCE DAILY) – Plastic is famous for its unyielding durability, making it perfect for consumer products but a unique and persistent menace to the natural environment. For the loggerhead sea
(NEW SCIENTIST) – 3 MAY 2018 – By Jessica Hamzelou – Some people have adapted to live in cold polar climates, but
(NASA) – 30 April 2018 – pair of new spacecraft that will observe our planet’s ever-changing water cycle, ice sheets,
(NATIONAL GEORGRAPHIC) by Elaina Zachos – Hundreds of millions of years ago, Antarctica was carpeted with prehistoric greenery. Now, scientists
(ARS TECHNICA) by Kiona Smith – When times got tough, early humans got craftier, more social, and eventually brainier. Three
(NASA) – NASA successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
(SCIENCE DAILY) – A study finds that ending overfishing would stop the population declines of endangered bycatch species about half
(NASA) – Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth on Tuesday after
(SPACE DAILY) – A breakthrough by CSIRO-led scientists has made the world’s strongest material more commercially viable, thanks to the
(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) – Scientists hope the chimera embryos represent key steps toward life-saving lab-grown organs. By Erin Blakemore In a
(NANOTECH NOW) – In research that could one day lead to advances against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, University
(HUFF POST) – Salmonella is one of the most common forms of food poisoning, leaving victims bedridden with some pretty
(BBC) – A newly unearthed essay by Winston Churchill reveals he was open to the possibility of life on other planets. By Paul Rincon In 1939, the year World War
(BBC) – Actor Peter Capaldi is stepping down from the lead role in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. Capaldi
(ATLAS OBSCURA) – Almost 600 feet deep, in the bottom of Loch Ness, a robot named Munin has found the
(ZD NET) – So, how is everyone’s anxiety doing? Are all our coping mechanisms firing on all cylinders? Are we
(Waypoint) – Inmates at a Colorado’s maximum security prison use Dungeons & Dragons to collaborate and exercise their creativity… all
