WEIRD SCIENCE
(Museums Victoria) – By Jacinta Bowler 2021 Nov 22 – In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. – Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting …
Xenobots are the world’s first AI-designed biological robots that can self-repair and self-replicate. What is an AI-designed organic robot that can self-repair and make babies? Getty Images – Andrea Morris Contributor Science Science, Robots & The Arts – The year was 1948 when …
Vegan leather alternative isn’t just the hot fashion must-have – it could teach us about consumption and waste. Grown in trays, mycelium is engineered to look and feel like calfskin or sheepskin. Photograph: Carla Tramullas – By Jess Cartner-Morley @JessC_M 2021 Dec 02 …
This electromechanical machine, used in the 1890 U.S. census, was the first automated data processing system. Niall Kennedy/Flickr, CC BY-NC – By David Lindsay Roberts, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Prince George’s Community College 2021 Dec 01 – The U.S. Constitution requires that a …
A team of scientists has created a strange phase of matter called a time crystal in Google’s Sycamore quantum processor. Google Quantum AI – By Michael Irving 2021 Nov 30 – Time crystals sound like something a video game character would be trying to …
Lance Oditt / Friends of Pando, Author provided – By Richard Elton Walton, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biology, Newcastle University Updated 2021 Nov 24 – In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a …
Only about 1 in 5 computer scientists are women. Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MGA Entertainment – By Allison Master, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Houston and Andrew N. Meltzoff, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington and Sapna Cheryan, Professor of Psychology, University …
Zeva’s one-person eVTOL aircraft: a tail-sitting flying saucer design with some interesting advantages. Zeva Aero View 8 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Nov 23 – Zeva is deadly serious about bringing this tail-sitting eVTOL flying saucer to market as a one-person air taxi, …
Dozen of motorists report error as company’s CEO, Elon Musk, apologises on Twitter. Elon Musk said Tesla was taking measures to ensure the problem does not happen again. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images – Reuters Last modified on 2021 Nov 20 – Hundreds of …
The first Intel 4004 chip. Intel View 12 Images By David Szondy 2021 Nov 19 – This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel’s 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, …
