WEIRD SCIENCE
The Mobile Guardian Transporter about to be hit by a rocket-propelled truck. Sandia National Laboratories – By David Szondy 2020 Oct 11 – Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has successfully conducted a full-scale crash test of the semi-tractor-trailer truck that will be used to transport …
A new study suggests an increasing prevalence of a third forearm artery in humans over the past couple of hundred years. piotr_marcinski/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2020 Oct 11 – A human fetus transitions through a number of developmental stages in the womb. Some …
New, detailed imagery of the asteroid’s surface show that it’s covered in boulders and carbon-containing molecules. The asteroid, discovered in 1999, was named Bennu in 2013 by a third grade student who won a contest. (NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona) – By Theresa Machemer SmithsonianMag.Com …
Waterproof inflatable solar lantern – New Atlas Staff 2020 Oct 08 – The best place to be is outdoors these days, but if packing for a hike or camping trip seems like a hassle, or if you’re worried about losing access to your …
The Firenze Lanciare’s jet engines and large fuel supplies make long-range, high-speed air travel possible. Firenze (Background: jedgcomb/Depositphotos) – By Loz Blain 2020 Oct 07 – People’s concept of the flying car has shifted over the last five years or so as electric VTOL …
The goggles are both a camera and a display. Image copyright: Command Sight / US Army – BBC News Published 2020 Oct 09 – The US Army has shown off augmented reality goggles for combat dogs, designed to let them receive orders …
Artist’s concept of the first validated Earth-sized exoplanet found by the Kepler Space Telescope. NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech – By David Szondy 2020 Oct 05 – A team of scientists led by Washington State University (WSU) geobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch has identified two dozen exoplanets that …
The first floating photovoltaic park on the dam of the River Rabagão, Portugal. EDP – By Nick Lavars 2020 Oct 01 – Hydropower plants that leverage the force of falling water to generate electricity are already an important part of the global energy mix, …
An outlandish idea code-named ‘Operation Fantasia’ aimed to demoralize the Axis power by mimicking legendary spirits. Operation Fantasia aimed to destroy Japanese morale by exposing soldiers and civilians to a Shinto portent of doom: kitsune, or fox-shaped spirits with magical abilities. (Illustration by …
A sample of crucible slag from an 11th century archaeological site in Iran, which was found to contain chromium. Rahil Alipour, UCL – By Michael Irving 2020 Sep 23 – Chromium is a common addition to alloys to make materials like tool steel or …
