Nick Lavars – Skysource/Skywater Alliance develops deployable machines that can harvest freshwater from the air (Credit: Skysource/Skywater Alliance). Two years ago, XPrize extended its list of pioneering technology competitions with a new contest aimed at the problem of global water security. After …
By Ruben Kimmelman – Bear 409 was named “Fattest Bear” at Katmai National Park and Preserve on Tuesday. Used with permission from Katmai National Park and Preserve. The results are in. And this year’s winner in Katmai National Park and Reserve‘s annual “fattest …
Adam Williams – Gaia’s €900 (roughly US$1,000) budget only covers the materials and not any labor costs (Credit: WASP). We’ve been following the work of Italian 3D-printing firm WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) for some time and have previously reported on its …
Michael Irving – The incredibly-rare mineral reidite has been found in an impact crater in Western Australia (Credit: sdecoret/Depositphotos). It’s said that time heals all wounds, and apparently that even applies to wounds on the Earth itself. Woodleigh Crater in Western Australia …
David Szondy – The new catalyst combines an outer shell of platinum atoms (gray spheres) with ordered layers of platinum and cobalt atoms (blue spheres) in its core (Credit: Sun lab/Brown University). A team of Brown University scientists has developed a new …
David Szondy – Spot is equipped with an arm/neck for making close inspections (Credit: Boston Dynamics). Not content with mastering parkour, Boston Dynamics is putting one of its advanced robots to “work” for the first time. In a YouTube video released by …
Michael Irving – An artist’s rendition of fast radio bursts, being detected by the ASKAP telescope in Western Australia (Credit: OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology). Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most intriguing celestial mysteries out there at the moment. …
Michael Irving – Archaeologists have discovered a 12th cave that once contained unknown Dead Sea Scrolls (Credit: Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld). The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most important historical texts ever discovered, dating as far back as the …
Ben Coxworth – Egyptian blue is considered to be the world’s first synthetic pigment (Credit: Maugli/Depositphotos). Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians created a blue pigment which they used in their depictions of gods and royalty. Derived from calcium copper silicate, the …
