Canada is the only G7 nation without a launch program. Quebec wants to do something about that. This graphic illustrates […]
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Experimental retina implants give mice infrared vision
Skip to content it’s not Cyberpunk vision quite yet A light-sensitive wire mesh implanted in the retina helps restore nerve […]
Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills
It also learned fall avoidance and determined how much risk was reasonable to take given its limited speed. The robot […]
5 things in Trump’s budget that won’t make NASA great again
If signed into law as written, the White House’s proposal to slash nearly 25 percent from NASA’s budget would have […]
Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries”
A critical measure of the ocean’s health suggests that the world’s marine systems are in greater peril than scientists had […]
IBM is now detailing what its first quantum compute system will look like
Company is moving past focus on qubits, shifting to functional compute units. A rendering of what IBM expects will be […]
Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA’s launch pads
SpaceX may soon have up to nine active launch pads. Most competitors have one or two. A Delta IV Heavy […]
The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system
A mix of autonomous and top-down control manage the octopus’s limbs. With their quick-change camouflage and high level of intelligence, […]
Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms
“Basically what you do is you set up a bunch of particles that represent things like stars, gas, and dark […]
A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location
“It’s not impossible, so how do we overcome our hurdles?” Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of ispace, attends a press […]