Star Wars fans don’t have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to experience the franchise’s alien worlds. While CGI has inevitably played a large role in creating the fantastical sets, the filmmakers found plenty…
The electric coupe-SUV has an illuminated tiger-nose grille. We’re taking a small break from our SEMA 2019 coverage to focus on a spectacular concept car Kia has on display starting today until November 10 at the 2019 China International…
Usually it’s possible to find both the good and bad in things. When it comes to the Phallaceae family of fungi, a.k.a. the stinkhorn mushrooms, however, there is only side to the story, and it…
According to the internet’s reaction to Tesla’s Cybertruck, it seems fair to say that about half of people absolutely despise the extremely angular design, and about half either love it, or think it will grow…
In his 1942 short story “Runaround,” legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov clearly outlined his “Three Laws of Robotics,” which could, at least in fictional worlds, fundamentally underpin autonomous robots’ behavior. The last of the…
The formation of galaxies is a complex dance between matter and energy, occurring on a stage of cosmic proportions and spanning billions of years. How the diversity of structured and dynamic galaxies we observe today…
Soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, and … ? In the most recent development in the negotiations over President Trump’s contentious proposal to create a Space Force, acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has proposed that the…
Musk’s plans have potentially dire consequences for alien life, astronauts and the environment. Elon Musk, founder of private space-faring company SpaceX, recently unveiled his new Starship craft. Amazingly, it is designed to carry up to 100 crew members…
Since the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet in 2011, there’s been just one vehicle ferrying crewmembers to and from the International Space Station (ISS): Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. So, for the past seven years, the…
It’s difficult to define the concept of “waking nightmare,” but letting a company slap your face like a silicone flapjack on mass-produced robots that will be used in countless people’s homes sounds like a pretty…
How possible is the Von Braun Rotating Space Station? Will you be planning a trip to an orbiting “space hotel” as early as 2025? The Gateway Foundation, a private company developing this “space hotel,” thinks…
The Army is looking for “military utility” in mysterious metals obtained by DeLonge’s To the Stars Academy. The US Army has explained more about why it partnered with former Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge’s UFO research…
A superfast unmanned military plane traveled at 20 times the speed of sound and managed to control itself for three minutes before crashing into the Pacific Ocean in a recent test, military officials said. The…