By Himanshu Goenka An unusual star about 550 light-years away in the constellation Pisces is known for its erratic dimming episodes, but it turns out RZ Piscium may also be doing something else not commonly seen. The star may be actively destroying the planets and planetesimals in orbit around it and then consuming the remains. […]
Read More A Cannibal StarBy Mike McCrae Astronomers have produced a clear snapshot of a 2.3 light-year long ‘thread’ snaking around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The structure itself was discovered back in 2012, but the new image reveals the long line seems to be fairly intimate with the dark heart of our galaxy. […]
Read More There’s a Weird String at the Center of Our GalaxyTimescape by Gregory Benford My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Reading Challenge, the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge, the Hard Core Sci-fi Reading Challenge, and the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. Method of the world’s destruction: A major failure of chemical balance […]
Read More Book Review: Timescape by Gregory BenfordBy Rich Haridy A team at MIT has genetically modified bacteria cells and developed a new 3D printing technique to create a “living tattoo” that can respond to a variety of stimuli. Electronic tattoos and smart ink technologies are showing exciting potential for reframing how we think of wearable sensor devices. While many engineers are experimenting with a variety […]
Read More 3D Printed Live Bacteria Creates World’s First “Living Tattoo”By Universe Today In the past decade, the rate at which extra-solar planets have been discovered and characterized has increased prodigiously. Because of this, the question of when we might explore these distant planets directly has repeatedly come up. In addition, the age-old question of what we might find once we get there – i.e. […]
Read More The Genesis Project Plans to Use Robots to Seed the Galaxy With LifeBy Mike McRae By all measures, graphene shouldn’t exist. The fact it does comes down to a neat loophole in physics that sees an impossible 2D sheet of atoms act like a solid 3D material. New research has delved into graphene’s rippling, discovering a physical phenomenon on an atomic scale that could be exploited as […]
Read More Your Pencil Lead Might Be a Source of Effectively Limitless Energy“The Ganymede ocean is believed to contain more water than Europa’s,” says Olivier Witasse, a project scientist working on ESA’s future Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE). “Six times more water in Ganymede’s ocean than in Earth’s ocean, and three times more than Europa.” Read the full article at Daily Galaxy.
Read More Ganymede: Jupiter’s SecretI recently wrote a story centered in part around a building that had a lot in common with this. Very excited to see it becoming a reality! An apartment, retail, and office complex with an abundance of greenery is going up in Cairo, Egypt. Designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, the complex will feature nine cylindrical structures covered in plants, […]
Read More The Gate: Apartment Complex of the FutureA new congressional report contends that a North Korean electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the U.S. would ultimately wipe out 90 percent of the population. To date, most discussion concerning the North Korean threat has been on whether the rogue state can accurately hit U.S. cities with its ICBMs. But in an EMP attack, such […]
Read More North Korean EMP Attack Would Kill 90% of U.S.Want some nightmares? Watch this. Then cry into your pillow for a while.
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