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Is Living on Mars a Future Possibility?
Scientists have long been exploring the possibility of life on other planets and the ability of humans to live there one day too. There may come a time when earth is uninhabitable in many ways and having a backup planet to go to would be beneficial. In particular,...
What Kind of Targets Are Ideal for Rifle Shooting?
No matter what kind of gun you own, chances are you’ll want to head to a range for target practice sooner or later. There are countless types of targets to help you hone your aim with on the market, and many targets are fit for rifle shooting as well as shotgun...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
Scientists in Sweden has made a material that challenges spider silk as the strongest bio-based material
The challenge of producing a bio-based material that can compete with the strength spider dragline silk has since long been pursued, primarily by trying to make fibers synthetically from silk. Now, by using nanocellulose, the component that makes trees and plants...
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Black holes that form in ‘reverse Big Bang replays’ could account for dark energy
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva)Scientists have strengthened the potential connection between dark energy and black holes. New research suggests that as more...
Lost Maya city discovered in Mexico
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.For more than 1,000 years, dense forests in the Mexican state of Campeche concealed the region’s ancient human...
Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia
CALI, Colombia (AP) — Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation.The COP16 summit hosted in Cali,...
Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia
CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues.These include how to finance protections for 30% of the world's plants and animals by 2030, how to establish a permanent body...
Record-breaking prime number containing more than 41 million digits found by former Nvidia programmer
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.For many people, prime numbers have faded into the background since distant grade school days. However, for Luke Durant, a...
Satellites watch devastating floods in Spain from space (photos)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A side-by-side set of Landsat satellite images of Spain, showing the country before and after devastating flooding in October 2024. | Credit: NASA Earth Observatory...
X-class Halloween solar flare erupts from sun, causes radio blackouts (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/SDOThe sun put on quite the spooktacular show on Halloween, firing off an X2.0 solar flare.A sunspot known as AR 3878 fired off the X-class flare at 5:20...
Can we solve the satellite air pollution problem? Here are 4 possible fixes
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Illustration of a satellite burning up during reentry. . | Credit: ESAScientists are sounding alarm bells about the growing number of satellites burning up in Earth's...
Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.The 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in touch with NASA — but not out of the woods — after a technical issue caused...
Satellite Imagery Shows Breadth of Flooding in Spain
Record rainfall flooded parts of Spain this week, killing more than 150 people in the nation’s deadliest natural disaster in decades. New satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency shows the extent of flooding around the coastal region of...
Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechOver the last few decades, planetary scientists have been steadily adding to the list of moons in our solar system that may harbor interior...
Prince of Wales’ environmental roadshow to arrive in Africa next week
LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to...