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David Szondy – The new quantum radar would negate the near-invisibility of stealth aircraft like the B-2 Spirit bomber (Credit: USAF) Stealth technology may not be very stealthy in the future thanks to a US$2.7-million project by the Canadian Department of National …
The bat bomb was designed to terrorize the people of Japan in a most unexpected way. By Katie Serena – Errant bats from the experimental bat bomb set the Carlsbad Army Airfield Auxiliary Air Base in New Mexico on fire on May 15, …
Paul Ridden – The Cuda underwater jetpack is currently at the prototype stage, but is heading for production in early 2019 (Credit: 3D Hubs) The UK’s Archie O’Brien had a dream of zipping below the waters off Iceland or swimming with dolphins …
Michael Irving – A new nanogel could make for a better snake antivenom, by sequestering the toxins within the bloodstream (Credit: SURZet/Depositphotos) According to the World Health Organization, snakes bite an estimated 5 million people each year, killing more than 100,000 of …
Now researchers are trying to build a machine version of the perfect dog nose – Photo by Stéphane Juban on Unsplash. Christa Trexler – Cardiology, UC San Diego. Dogs are amazing at a lot of things. Their cuddling skills are unrivaled (sorry …
By Lisa-Ann Lee – Several well-preserved Neanderthal remains have been found in the Vindija cave in Croatia (Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology/ J. Krause) When life gives you an ancient cave filled with dirt, look for DNA. That’s what paleontologists and those involved …
Ben Coxworth – The University of Tartu’s Prof. Toomas Tenno, with test pieces of the material (Credit: Merilyn Merisalu) Some of the earliest houses in Northern Europe were made out of slabs of peat, as it was a cheap and abundant building …
Michael Irving – A section of jawbone discovered in Israel appears to be the earliest modern human fossil ever found outside of Africa, pushing back the date of human migration into the Middle East by at least 50,000 years (Credit: Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna) The …
by Ned Dymoke – Airplane!, 1980, Paramount Pictures. A Harvard study of 44 students has confirmed what each and every one of us who has ever been an adult human has learned: summer heat doesn’t help you think. Half the students lived …
Ben Coxworth – Each SolarGap slat is equipped with an array of solar panels. Regular window blinds already help people to save electricity – by keeping incoming sunlight from heating a room up, they reduce the need to run an air conditioner. …
