Unprecedented rainfall washed away vast swathes of Greenland’s ice. Storm Clouds Ahead For the first time in recorded history, it rained at Greenland Summit Camp, a research outpost in the island’s (usually) frozen ice shelf. And it wasn’t just a little slush. A torrential downpour containing 7 billion tons of rain washed away a horrifying… Continue reading Red Alert: It Rained in Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time in Recorded History
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Japan Tests Exploding Rocket Engine for the First Time in Space
This could be a game changer for deep space exploration. Ring of Explosions Japan’s space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a “rotary detonation engine” in space, a world’s first. Such an engine uses a series of controlled explosions that travel around a circular channel at its base. The… Continue reading Japan Tests Exploding Rocket Engine for the First Time in Space
Why You Might Want an mRNA Booster Shot, In One Simple Graphic
By late September, Americans who got an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 — that means either Pfizer or Moderna — may be able to sign up for a third shot in order to boost their immune response to the coronavirus, according to an announcement from President Biden. Part of the rationale is preemptive, The Washington Post… Continue reading Why You Might Want an mRNA Booster Shot, In One Simple Graphic
Scientists 3D Print Living, Viable Brain Tumor, to Practice Killing It
Image by Getty / Futurism A team of mad scientists successfully 3D-printed out a living, “viable” glioblastoma tumor — the deadliest kind of brain cancer — for the express purpose of learning how to kill it. The tumor, which is made of a brain-like material and artificial blood vessels, is likely the most realistic approximation… Continue reading Scientists 3D Print Living, Viable Brain Tumor, to Practice Killing It
Crime-Fighting AI Put a Guy in Jail for a Year With Little Evidence
Police departments across the country are increasingly relying on systems that use sensors and artificial intelligence to keep track of gunshots in certain neighborhoods. In fact, according to a shocking new investigative report by the Associated Press, 65-year-old Michael Williams was falsely accused of murder last August, and spent a whole year in jail —… Continue reading Crime-Fighting AI Put a Guy in Jail for a Year With Little Evidence
Build Better Products With 88% Off This Product Design eBook Bundle
Design is much more than just pleasing to the eye; it can make the difference between an ethical and unethical product. If you’re looking to learn more about how design works, the Fundamentals of Product Design eBook Bundle by O’Reilly has five books that shows you how to build better, from how to collect the… Continue reading Build Better Products With 88% Off This Product Design eBook Bundle
Do Not Attempt To Imitate This Video of a Tesla Forging Floodwaters
But if you do, make sure to get it on video. Swimming Tesla Yet another Tesla driver has attempted to take their vehicle for a swim. In a video shared by the Twitter account Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, a Tesla can be seen wading through several feet of flood waters. The Tesla easily shrugged… Continue reading Do Not Attempt To Imitate This Video of a Tesla Forging Floodwaters
Here’s a Therapeutic Video of Those Boston Dynamics Robots Busting Ass
Maybe the robots will report us for thoughtcrime, but delighting in their falls is worth it for now. Atlas Tripped There’s something deeply unsettling about watching Atlas, the humanoid robot from the engineers at Boston Dynamics that’s walked, run, jumped, and flipped in countless viral marketing videos over the years. It’s easy to watch Atlas… Continue reading Here’s a Therapeutic Video of Those Boston Dynamics Robots Busting Ass
Study: A 1987 Chemical Ban Saved the Planet
Or, at the very least, it bought us crucial time. Amazing Foresight Back in 1987, world leaders came together to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are the chemicals associated with the gigantic, gaping hole in the ozone layer that persisted for decades. And it’s a good thing that they did. Research published in the journal Nature… Continue reading Study: A 1987 Chemical Ban Saved the Planet
Scientists Just Grew These Grotesque Mini Brains With “Eyes” in a Lab
Image by Elke Gabriel/Cell Scientists have successfully grown brain organoids — tiny, three-dimensional tissue cultures that mimic the real thing — each with their own set of ‘eyes,’ Live Science reports. According to a study published this week in the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers created their mini brains using human induced pluripotent stem cells… Continue reading Scientists Just Grew These Grotesque Mini Brains With “Eyes” in a Lab