The last half century has seen humanity take its first, tentative steps into outer space. Initially, through American and Russian astronaut missions into Earth orbit and then to the Moon, though more recently robotic probes…
This happens when clouds are thin and made of similar-sized water droplets. Stunning video captured a rainbow in the clouds over Ribeirao Claro, Brazil, in a meteorological phenomenon known as cloud iridescence. Iridescence like this…
WASP-76 b may be the most extreme exoplanet we know of. There’s a new contender for the “most exotic exoplanet” title. The crown may have rested for a while now on the head of HD 189733 b,…
Performer Lindsey Stirling made an (almost)-out-of-this-world performance within view of the launch pad that could send people to the moon in 2024. The American violinist is famous not only for her music, but also for her…
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California has issued a mandatory policy for employees to work from home after one worker tested positive for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The research center, which is located in Moffett Field in the…
If there’s one thing science fiction has taught us over the years, it’s that first contact is probably not going to go very well. Now, that may be us humans, a very war- and violence-oriented species,…
The world’s first self-sufficient sea vessel, Energy Observer, is due to leave her home port of Saint-Malo in Brittany, France, over the next few days on the first leg of a global voyage to test…
Renowned entrepreneur Elon Musk this week confirmed earlier rumors that he will be the CEO of a startup called Neuralink Corp. aimed at merging computers with the human brain. The technology could one day lead to what…
As the name suggests, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that provide a direct line of communication between the brain and a computer. Essentially, they pull off the seemingly sci-fi feat of reading minds, and research…
The first steps toward a ‘social network of brains’ Forward-looking: What will communication be like in the far-flung future? If there really does come a day when we’re able to project our thoughts into someone else’s brain,…
Between 1974 and 1978, Robert John Maudsley killed four victims – including a convicted child molester and a convicted murderer – three of whom he attacked while in prison or a psychiatric hospital. Because Maudsley…
Grisly remains prompt hunt for answers A mysterious skull which appears to have no eye sockets has washed up on a beach in Lincolnshire sparking debate as to what kind of animal it might have belonged to. The skull,…
Nikola Tesla and UFOs of Venus: FBI declassified files, books and testimonies speak of a connection between Venus and the famous inventor. One of the FBI’s declassified files speaks of Tesla being an alien from Venus , and…