Monthly Archive: April 2019
By David Szondy – Artistic reconstruction of Callichimaera perplexa. (Credit: Elissa Martin/Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History). An international team of scientists under Yale paleontologist Javier Luque has discovered a 95 million year-old “platypus crab” that may throw into question how you define …
By Michael Irving – The XENON1T experiment may not have found dark matter, but it has now revealed the element with the longest half-life ever recorded. (Credit: The Xenon Collaboration). Although the many experiments searching for evidence of dark matter have yet to …
By Ben Coxworth – Plans call for the WAV to be released next year. (Credit: Nikola Motor Company). The Nikola Motor Company has previously brought us battery-electric cargo trucks and off-road vehicles. This month, the Arizona-based startup announced that another e-vehicle will be joining …
By Adam Williams — Toronto’s Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent is one of the 2019 AIA COTE Top Ten Awards winners. (Credit: Nic Lehoux). The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (COTE) has revealed the winners of this year’s COTE Top Ten …
By Michael Irving – The Aşıklı Höyük site in Turkey, where researchers have studied urine salts to estimate human and animal populations over time. (Credit: Güneş Duru). One of the most important transitions in human history was when we stopped hunting and …
By Michael Irving – – The new Stuntronics robot from Disney Research can perform autonomous acrobatics in midair before sticking the landing. (Credit: Disney). Disney’s animatronics are coming a long way from drunken pirates waving flagons of ale or hippos that wiggle their ears. …
By Danny Paez – Neuroengineers have created a new system that can translate simple thoughts into recognizable speech, using artificial intelligence and a speech synthesizer, according to a study published recently. A team of New York-based researchers was able to reconstruct words …
By Rich Haridy – McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Sauber’s Charles Leclerc crash at the first corner during the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 26, 2018. (Credit: Francois Lenoir, Belgium, Shortlist, Open, Motion (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards). After a …
By Darren Quick – Wing has been granted Air Carrier Certification by the FAA. (Credit: Wing Inc.). A month after Wing was given the green light to deliver various goods via drone in Australia’s capital, Canberra, the Alphabet subsidiary has become the first …
By David Szondy – The VEM extinguisher is designed for use on spacecraft and other special environments. (Credit: Valeev/Depositphotos). The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an inside-out fire extinguisher for use inside spacecraft. Instead of spraying out …
