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Seismic Activity Detected on Mars
We've been studying Mars for decades, first through telescopes from Earth and then through data sent back by a series of rovers. As our closest galactic neighbor, the red planet could hold secrets to the formation of our little blue dot. Until the InSight lander...
How Your Cad Drawings Can Be Viewed with Altium Software
Getting an idea out of mind, into the real world is the biggest challenge an engineer faces. How ideal will the situation be if one software can take all your woes concerning viewing, printing and probing your big idea? Altium software is a broad software which...
Jack the Ripper’s Identity Believed to Be Revealed Thanks to DNA Testing
Jack the Ripper’s killing spree in the autumn of 1888 remains as one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. However, the mystery can finally be put to rest, or at least that’s the case according to a self-proclaimed “armchair detective” and molecular biologist by...
Better Removing Rust from Your Home
Rust is common in households especially from iron oxides. It mainly occurs when a metal is exposed to air moisture or water and is oxygenated to form the oxides. It affects metal items and metallic surfaces in the home, and is a corrosion of iron spoiling and ruining...
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A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat
LOLA YA BONOBO, Congo (AP) — Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so.The 1-year-old's chances are good, with motherly affection, milk from a bottle and frequent play with other...
SpaceX’s Starship V3 megarocket finally has a debut launch date. Here’s when it will fly
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.SpaceX's advanced new Starship megarocket will fly for the first time a week from today, if all goes to plan.SpaceX is targeting May 19 for the debut launch of its...
What the (rather brief) history of hantavirus reveals about its spread
Scientists think the hantavirus, the deadly pathogen that has infected 11 passengers on a Dutch cruise ship, could be as old as humans. But much of their understanding of human cases comes from a handful of outbreaks within the past century.The first known outbreak...
Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Could Uranus and Neptune be full of rocks? One new study thinks so.Uranus and Neptune are two planets that have historically been classified and thought of as "ice...
Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Cowboy Space Corp. has raised $275 million for a satellite "stampede" ahead of its first planned launch later this year.The company itself isn't new, but its name is;...
‘Cannibal stars,’ AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here’s how
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Using artificial intelligence and data from the groundbreaking Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists are reconsidering our knowledge of "standard candles" in the...
DNA reveals identities of 4 sailors from doomed 1845 Franklin expedition
Researchers have identified the remains of four members of a doomed 19th century expedition in the Arctic by matching DNA to the sailors’ living descendants — and solved a case of mistaken identity along the way.The four sailors were part of Sir John Franklin’s 1845...
Watch SpaceX launch 6,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.[embedded content]SpaceX will launch its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station this evening (May 12), and you can watch the action live.The...
NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars on May 15: Here’s what to expect
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche mission is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15). The spacecraft, which is on its way to an asteroid also called Psyche,...
Mesmerizing vortexes swirl near an Antarctic volcano | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The Von Kármán vortex streaks across the snowy tundra nearby Peter I Island in Antarctica on February 11, 2026. | Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala GarrisonThe...
Genome sequencing is rewriting the history of disease outbreaks – but without social context, it can tell only part of the story
Fingerprinting transformed police investigations by making it possible to place a suspect at a crime scene with physical evidence. Similarly, genome sequencing has changed how disease detectives study outbreaks by allowing them to read a pathogen’s genes as a...
SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (photos)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11) from California's foggy central coast.A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from...