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Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
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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America 250: Here’s how to find a star whose light began its journey toward Earth in 1776
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Spica shines in the constellation Virgo 250 light-years from Earth. | Credit: Roberto Mura via Wikimedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.The...
Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever Antarctica dinosaur bone
A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever discovered in Antarctica.The vertebra or backbone was found in 1985 by a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) expedition, but was initially assessed as...
Heat waves push more Europeans to embrace air conditioning
London — Many Europeans have long seen air conditioning as an unnecessary, costly, carbon emissions-heavy indulgence. But as the continent's summers get hotter, claiming more lives as they do, that appears to be changing.Over the last week, 40 people died in France...
NASA aims to save a sinking space telescope with a rendezvous in orbit
NASA plans to launch a mission Tuesday to save one of its workhorse space telescopes.For more than two decades, the agency’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been circling Earth studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, which are...
‘The start of a new era’: Rocket Lab buying satellite-communications company Iridium for $8 billion
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches South Korea's NEONSAT-1A satellite from New Zealand on Jan. 29, 2026. | Credit: Rocket Lab California-based launch company...
Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS’ huge robotic arm during June 30 spacewalk
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA astronaut Jessica Meir waves at the camera during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on March 18, 2026. | Credit: NASATwo...
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer.The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven't yet identified the species it belongs...
What makes a ‘heat dome’ and what does it mean?
These unbearably hot and humid summer months that put millions of people across the globe at risk are typically made possible by phenomena known as heat domes.Heat domes can make already-high temperatures even more extreme and prolonged, and they are worsening in...
After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?
NEW YORK (AP) — For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.If their injuries aren't too severe, victims can survive for a week or more, assuming the weather isn't too hot or cold,...
The full strawberry moon will rise in the night sky this week
The strawberry moon, which will be visible in the sky this week, will mark the first full moon of the summer.On Monday, just days after the June 21 summer solstice, sky-gazers will witness the celestial body light up the night sky with its amber glow.For those in the...
Mars orbiter watches Perseverance rover cross the marathon finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29…
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted Perseverance rover as it completed driving the distance of a marathon (26.2 miles or 42 kilometers) on the Red Planet. |...
Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago, making it one of only a handful of sites from the little-known period accessible to scientists.Located on the outskirts of a town...