This week, the largest solid rocket motor ever built in one piece will be test fired at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the first time.
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2018
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We're very careful about what our kids eat, but what about the air they breathe?
Environment
Jul 9, 2018
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The idea struck him one day after spotting a billboard as he was driving home from work. When he came to learn that it cost businesses $425 a week to rent the sign space, he decided there should be a more affordable option, ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 9, 2018
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The brain and all its magnificent capabilities is powered by less than 20 watts. Stop to think about that for a second. As I write this blog my laptop is using about 80 watts, yet at only a fourth of the power, our brain ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 9, 2018
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Mette Bisgaard Petersen, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen and Matt Denwood
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2018
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A man and a woman were found unconscious in Wiltshire, England, on July, after having been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok. The woman has now died while the man is in critical condition. This is the same substance that ...
Other
Jul 9, 2018
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Footage of 12 boys trapped in a cave system in Thailand has inundated our screens in recent days.
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2018
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Imagine a virtual world where someone touches your arm during a conversation and you feel the sensation as though they were with you.
Engineering
Jul 9, 2018
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Earlier this week, NASA's Kepler team received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running very low. NASA has placed the spacecraft in a hibernation-like state in preparation to download the science data collected ...
Space Exploration
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This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon's surface.
Space Exploration
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