China has taken another step forward in deep-sea exploration with the successful maiden trial of its newly developed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Haiqin.
The test in the South China Sea on August 23 confirmed that the system can support…
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When ‘Freelancer’ Turns Out to Be a Bot
Wired and Business Insider recently pulled multiple articles penned by a mysterious freelancer named Margaux Blanchard, after discovering they were almost certainly generated by AI—and stuffed with fabricated characters and scenes.
That’s…
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Nuclear Batteries: Energy Storage for Decades
In 1970, surgeons in Paris implanted the first nuclear-powered pacemaker, and over the next five years, at least 1,400 additional people received the devices, mostly in France and the United States. Encased in titanium, the batteries for these…
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Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Messier 96
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacularly detailed image of the asymmetric spiral galaxy Messier 96.
This Hubble image shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy some 34 million light-years away in the…
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China unveils world’s first zero-carbon tower with 24,000 sensors
China inaugurated the world’s first ultra zero-carbon building on Sunday, marking a landmark achievement in the nation’s pursuit of sustainable urban development.
Rising 383.8 feet (117 meters) above Qingdao City, the innovative office…
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York Space delivers 21 satellites for first deployment of U.S. military network
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch the first satellites intended to provide communications services from a low Earth orbit military constellation. The mission, targeted for no earlier than September 10, will…
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‘Flesh-Eating Maggots’ Back in the US After 60 Years – But Can the Deadly Screwworm Spread Between People?
‘Flesh-eating maggots’ may sound like something from a horror movie, but they have just made a shocking comeback in the United States for the first time in nearly 60 years.
Health officials in Maryland, alongside the US Centers for…
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Many people unaware that knee and groin pain could signal hip problems
Having a hard time bending over to put your shoes on? Experiencing pain in the knees, groin, thigh or back? A new survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals many people don’t realize these symptoms can mean…
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The mysterious, extinct ‘Fuegian dog’ was actually a semi-tame fox
A strange and mysterious extinct dog breed from far southern South America might not have been a dog at all.
The “Fuegian dogs” that lived with the Indigenous peoples of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago were semi-tame culpeos,…
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Space assets are under silent siege. Cybersecurity can’t be an afterthought
The recent Viasat breach, attributed to the Chinese-affiliated “Salt Typhoon” campaign, reflects an ongoing and under-addressed risk in the United States space sector. As with the 2022 KA-SAT incident during the lead-up to…
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