NASA's Mars helicopter's third flight goes farther, faster than before
NASA's mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second.
NASA's mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2021
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One of the most promising theories for the evolution of human speech has finally received support from chimpanzee communication, in a study conducted by a group of researchers led by the University of Warwick.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2020
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The ability to visually represent artifacts, whether inorganics like stone, ceramic and metal, or organics such as bone and plant material, has always been of great importance to the field of anthropology and archaeology. ...
Archaeology
Apr 15, 2022
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DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, will mobilize 5,000 swiveling robots – each one pointing a thin strand of fiber-optic cable – to gather the light from about 35 million galaxies.
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2019
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Recorded lectures have become a routine part of course instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and college students often try to pack more learning into a shorter span by watching these recordings at double their normal ...
Education
Jan 11, 2022
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On a hot summer day, in a darkened chamber, a video camera follows a couple as it engages in nature's oldest game—courtship. The male sings and chases after the female when suddenly a long tubular organ emerges from her ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2020
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Streaming TV may never again be as simple, or as affordable, as it is now.
Telecom
Jan 5, 2019
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Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronize almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn't mean we should ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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A video game like Minecraft in schools might trouble some parents. As a Canada research chair in technologies and education, my hope is both parents and educators take the time to learn about how using Minecraft at school ...
Education
Apr 22, 2019
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Researchers have demonstrated a silicon-based optical communication link that combines two multiplexing technologies to create 40 optical data channels that can simultaneously move data. The new chip-scale optical interconnect ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2022
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