WEIRD SCIENCE
The Roboteos Heliotrope combines the advantages of a deployable ground solar panel system and a roof-mounted RV panel setup. Roboteos – View 10 Images – By C.C. Weiss 2024 May 16 – RVers have two main options for solar charging: vehicle rooftop panels that …
Nerves of steel to be jumping this 814 lbs (369 kg) behemoth. Grind Hard Plumbing Co – View 13 Images – By Joe Salas 2024 May 14 – What do you get when you cross a KTM 1190 V-twin wedged into a custom steel-tube …
Ingested before, during or soon after drinking, the gel converts alcohol into harmless acetic acid. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2024 May 13 – If you enjoy having a drink with friends every so often but don’t want to get drunk, then a new …
Like a pinch or two of salt at the dining table? Scientists warn that it comes with a significant cancer risk – By Paul McClure 2024 May 09 – There’s already a link between salt intake and stomach cancer in Asian populations. Now, a …
One neuron (white) connects to over 5,000 axons (blue) from other neurons, via at least that many synapses (green). Google Research & Lichtman Lab (Harvard University). Renderings by D. Berger (Harvard University) – View 6 Images – By Michael Irving 2024 May 10 – …
A still from a simulated video showing what it looks like to fall into a supermassive black hole. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. Powell – By Michael Irving 2024 May 08 – What would it look like to fall into a …
This ever-growing permafrost-destroying ‘sink hole’ was originally a small gully in the 1960s. Murton et al/Permafrost Periglacial Processes – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 May 08 – Whether you’re a John Carpenter fan or a biology enthusiast, you shouldn’t need much convincing to know that …
A Kenworth has nothing on this thing. Cityshuttle – By Ben Coxworth 2024 May 07 – It’s highly unlikely that you’ve ever seen a pedal-electric delivery vehicle quite like the ePack before. In order to accommodate its 4,000 liters of cargo space, the six-wheeler …
Eureka Research – By Joe Salas 2024 May 06 – This quadruped wobbling along balanced on top of a yoga ball is a fun experiment to watch – but at its core, it demonstrates that AIs like GPT-4 can train robots to perform complex, real-world …
The for-profit nursing home sector is growing, while placing a premium on cost cutting and big profits. Picture Alliance via Getty Images – By Sean Campbell, Investigative journalist, The Conversation And by Charlene Harrington, Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, …
