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By Nick Lavars – – A Wing drone in action. (Credit: Wing). Google’s parent company Alphabet is launching its very first air delivery service in the Australian capital of Canberra, following years of trials in the area. Now given the green light by …
It’s a “fascinating part of human history.” By Sarah Sloat – Scientists digging in the mountains of southern Siberia have revealed key insights into the lives of Denisovans, a mysterious branch of the ancient human family tree. While these relatives are extinct, their …
By Wes O’Donnell – Contributor, In Military/ In Cyber Defense. Veteran U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force. The United States military once wanted to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon without a full understanding of its consequences. Sheer lunacy, you say? But …
By Ben Coxworth – – The CycleWing is presently on Kickstarter. Although there’s nothing like cycling with a good tailwind, your bike and your body are only capable of catching a limited amount of that wind. The CycleWing was designed to help, acting …
By Michael Irving – – The bones of Homo luzonensis were discovered in Callao Cave, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. (Credit: Callao Cave Archaeology Project). A new species of human has been discovered in a cave in the Philippines. Named …
Anthony Wood – – The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87. (Credit: EHT Collaboration). Astronomers have released what could be the historic first images of a supermassive black hole’s event horizon. The …
By Nick Lavars – –Methane’s super radiation-trapping abilities make it around 25 to 30 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. (Credit: MikhailPopov / Depositphotos). Though it is not the most abundant greenhouse gas, methane is certainly the most potent when …
By Michael Irving – An artist’s rendition of the new species, named Sollasina cthulhu after H.P. Lovecraft’s mythical beast. (Credit: Elissa Martin, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History). The fossilized remains of Cthulhu have been discovered in England – but it’s probably …
By Rich Haridy – – Without offering a causal conclusion, a new study suggests a strong observational association between air pollution and adolescent psychotic experiences. (Credit: elwynn/Depositphotos). A fascinating and robust new study has for the first time examined the association between teenage psychotic experiences …
By Nick Lavars – – New research has thrown further weight behind the theory that oral hygiene may be linked to Alzheimer’s. (Credit: AndrewLozovyi/Depositphotos). How Alzheimer’s functions and why it develops is still a source of huge mystery, but by following its biochemical …
