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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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NASA to launch rescue mission July 2 to save Swift space telescope
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket mated to the L-1011 Stargazer carrier aircraft. | Credit: U.S. Space ForceUpdate for July 3: NASA and its partners are now targeting...
Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Like plenty of local boys before him, Neil has come home to the stretch of Australian coast where he was born. Unlike most of them, he trails fame, fans and property damage in his wake. He is also a 1,000 kg (2,200 pound) elephant...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from California
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. | Credit: SpaceXSpaceX...
SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship’s engines ahead of 13th test flight (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.SpaceX conducts a static fire test with Ship 40, the upper-stage spacecraft slated to fly Starship's 13th test flight. The company posted this imagery on X on July 2,...
Satellite rescue mission to NASA orbiting observatory postponed
By Joey Roulette and Steve GormanWASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S. satellite observatory into a safer orbit using...
Planet found orbiting a dead star could preview what will happen to our solar system
New observations may offer fresh clues into how a giant exoplanet survived the violent death of its host star — and came to closely orbit its stellar remnants.The findings could serve as a preview of the fate that may await our solar system’s largest planets — such as...
Apollo 11 landing site, a cosmic Eagle and a blue-white star: 4 night sky targets to celebrate America 250
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The Milky Way arches into the skies over Nevada. | Credit: Photo by DAVID BECKER/AFP via Getty ImagesThe United States' 250th birthday is almost here, so why not take...
Researchers launch study on Ebola treatments as Congo outbreak worsens
Researchers began a highly anticipated study of two possible Ebola treatments on Thursday in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak in eastern Congo, as the World Health Organization announced the enrollment of the first participant.The virus causing this...
How to invade planet Earth: An alien’s guide to bringing the human race to its knees
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros.It looks there for the taking, doesn't it? The third rock from the sun just sitting there, all...
Barcelona introduces heat-monitoring bracelets for its outdoor workers
(Clarifies the worker died after her shift, not during, in paragraph 6, corrects gender of speaker in paragraph 9)By Horaci GarciaBARCELONA, July 2 (Reuters) - With Spain already sweltering under successive heatwaves that caused more than 1,000 excess deaths in...
‘Flying saucer’ arrives at NASA for Artemis 3 moon mission in time for World UFO Day | Space photo of the d…
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The weather cover for the Artemis 3 SLS core stage arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. | Credit: NASA/Amber Jean NotvestDid a flying saucer just land at NASA? It...
“Once-in-a-generation” expedition launched to survey 2 legendary shipwrecks
Canadian researchers will begin a "once-in-a-generation" expedition to survey two legendary shipwrecks, which belonged to an iconic pair of polar explorers, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society said.The organization is due to send human-occupied and remotely...