Credit: NASA Some of the asteroids NASA’s Lucy mission will visit are still more than 330 million miles (530 million kilometers) away from the spacecraft, which is more than three…
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Digital conglomerate buys right-wing app Parler
The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and will temporarily take down the app as it undergoes a “strategic assessment.” The deal…
Australia needs a robust cybersecurity overhaul, not whack-a-mole bans on apps like TikTok
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australia has joined other countries in announcing a ban on the use of TikTok on government devices, with some states and territories following suit. The rationale…
Roman coins found on island in Baltic Sea
Archaeologists from Södertörn University have discovered two Roman coins during a research project on Gotska Sandön, an uninhabited island in Gotland County, Sweden. During the Roman Period, Svealand (“land of…
Environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable line technology to power trucks
Siemens Mobility built an overhead contact line for electric trucks on a 6.2-mile stretch of Germany’s autobahn. Credit: Siemens Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for…
European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
In this image provided by the European Space Agency, an Ariane rocket carrying the robotic explorer Juice takes off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Friday, April 14, 2023. European…
Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Alice Walker, a new ecological researcher at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK, discusses her paper: Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate…
A scalable strategy to synthesize purer and highly performing single-crystal cathodes
Planetary centrifugal deagglomeration for single-crystalline cathode synthesis. Credit: Yoon et al. (Nature Energy, 2023). Energy engineers and material scientists are continuously trying to create safe battery technologies that exhibit higher…
TESS discovers a Venus-sized exoplanet orbiting nearby star
Phase-folded photometry of LHS 475 highlighting the 3-hour window surrounding the planetary transits. Credit: Ment et al, 2023 Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a team of astronomers from…
Saudi Arabia, Russia push for more World Bank money into carbon capture
At a meeting discussing the World Bank’s stronger focus on climate, Russia has also urged the lender to extend its support for gas projects. Saudi Arabia and Russia have called…
