An astrophysicist has outlined a theoretical warp drive design that doesn’t require exotic physics. angelp/Depositphotos View 3 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 09 – Faster-than-light (FTL) travel is a staple of sci-fi, hand-waving away multi-millennia journeys between stars. Such a technology would …
Temperatures in the Sahara can drop an average of 75 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius) overnight. The milky way shines in the night sky over the Sahara Desert. (Image credit: Shutterstock) – By Harry Baker – Staff Writer 11 days ago – If …
Cow cuddling is getting ever more popular, but what’s the science behind using animals for relaxation? Credit: cottonbro from Pexels – By Scotty Hendricks 2021 Feb 27 – An Indian non-profit hopes to help people relax by giving them cuddle sessions with cows. …
Roseann Bacha-Garza (left), a borderlands historian, stands with Olga Webber-Vasques at the grave of the latter’s great-great-grandfather, the abolitionist John Ferdinand Webber, in the family cemetery. – By John Burnett/NPR 2021 Feb 28 Heard on All Things Considered 13-Minute Listen Download – In …
Violence linked to the ideology has killed as many as 50 people in the US and Canada and sparked debate among counterterrorism experts and police. Demonstrators hold portraits during a rally to commemorate the Montreal mass shooting of 14 female engineering students in …
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/global-warming-led-to-ancient-mass-extinction-event-scientists-say/ – By Jeff Berardelli, Katherine Niemczyk CBS News 2021 Mar 04 – Right now our planet is in the midst of what science says is an unprecedented rate of change, unlike anything seen in tens of millions of years. Overconsumption, unsustainable practices …
The sagas suggest she settled in Newfoundland and eventually made eight crossings of the North Atlantic Sea As historian Nancy Marie Brown points out, “Asking not ‘Are the sagas true?’ but ‘Are they plausible?’” is a far better barometer for testing the Viking …
Service from MyHeritage uses deep learning technique to automatically animate faces. ‘Some people love the Deep Nostalgia feature and consider it magical, while others find it creepy and dislike it,’ MyHeritage says. Photograph: MyHeritage.com – Alex Hern UK technology editor @alexhern Last modified …
Epidemiologist Shanna Swan says low counts and changes to sexual development could endanger the human species. Swan offers advice on how to protect themselves from damaging chemicals and urges people to ‘do what we can to safeguard our fertility, the fate of mankind, …
Consumers are inundating lawmakers with stories of late bills — and the late fees they’ve absorbed as a result. A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail to a snow covered neighborhood last week in Richardson, Tex. (Smiley N. Pool/Dallas Morning News/AP) – …