Scientists have finally come face-to-face with an ancient human ancestor called Little Foot. A new digital reconstruction reveals the visage of one of our oldest close human relatives, researchers report March 2 in the journal Comptes…
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Hardware is no longer the problem holding back space-based data centers — the supply chain is
Orbital and lunar data centers are often framed as engineering challenges or launch economics problems. Those matter, but they are not the limiting factor. The real bottleneck is the absence of a procurement and logistics architecture capable of…
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Platforms for charging wireless cars now fit on a bench, no test track needed
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised a rotating tabletop device to study wireless charging in electric vehicles. Testing on real tracks takes up vast areas at significant cost. The team not only built a prototype but used…
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'Old Mother Goose' challenges a 14-million-year lineage story in New Zealand
The discovery of a rare fossil goose in an ancient Central Otago lake shows the evolutionary history of Aotearoa New Zealand birds is much more dynamic than once thought, a University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researcher says. Associate…
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Neanderthal DNA Is Missing From Our X Chromosome. This Could Be Why. : ScienceAlert
NEW YORK (AP) – Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why.
A new genetic analysis offers some ancient gossip:…
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Real NASA space telescope data creates soundtracks for Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new telescope views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus from this month’s “planetary parade” into striking soundscapes — capturing everything from Jupiter’s crackling auroras to the sweeping arc of…
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Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding
A highly regarded administrator
A former Republican House member from Oklahoma, Bridenstine served a generally well-regarded term as NASA administrator from April 2018 to January 2021 during President Trump’s first…
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Tesla’s Full Self Driving clocks over 8 billion miles cumulatively
Tesla’s advanced driver-assist system (ADAS), marketed as Full Self-Driving (FSD – Supervised), has reached a major milestone this year, clocking over 8 billion cumulative miles. The milestone brings us closer to Elon Musk’s prediction…
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