Atlantis, as printed on the side of the retired NASA space shuttle, was cited in the response to a trademark lawsuit. Credit: collectSPACE.com A lawsuit filed by the former concessionaire for Yosemite National Park against the federal government has raised a seemingly unrelated query: Who owns Space Shuttle Atlantis? The […]
In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, photo, provided by SpaceX, the used Falcon 9 first stage rocket is seen in a hangar at Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX will try again Sunday to land its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform, one month after successfully returning the rocket’s first stage […]
The Magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on Saturday, 25 April / AP The deep anatomy of last year’s devastating quake in Nepal is revealed in a new analysis by scientists. Satellite data is used to show where and how the rocks ruptured under the country, leading to the loss of more […]
Credit: Kzenon | Shutterstock.com People who drink sugary beverages, such as soda or fruit juice, daily tend to gain a type of body fat associated with diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds. Researchers looked at about 1,000 middle-age people over a six-year period and found that those who […]
Credit: Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock.com Shoe inserts, back-support belts and other gadgets aimed at preventing low back pain may be a waste of money. Instead, exercise is the best way to ward off this common problem, a new review of studies suggests. The researchers found evidence that an exercise program alone, or […]
Old Faithful. RICHARD MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES IT SEEMS LIKE every year about now, the media decides it is time for yet another Yellowstone scare-mongering session. Over the past few weeks, a number of articles and interviews have made some outlandish claims about the chances of a massive Yellowstone eruption. Yet, all this kerfuffle […]
A nanophotonic incandescent light bulb demonstrates the ability to tailor light radiated by a hot object. Credit: MIT Traditional light bulbs, thought to be well on their way to oblivion, may receive a reprieve thanks to a technological breakthrough. Incandescent lighting and its warm, familiar glow is well over a […]
A magnified photograph of a cross-section through a 3 mm-thick pedothem soil deposit from Wyoming. The line of dots are laser ablation sampling spots that are 0.1 mm in diameter. The innermost mineral material is about 150,000 years old, and becomes progressively younger towards the outside. Credit: Erik Oerter Scientists […]
The EHang 184 autonomous aerial vehicle is unveiled at the EHang booth at CES International, on Jan. 6, 2016, in Las Vegas. (John Locher / AP) LAS VEGAS — If you’re used to thinking of drones as a passing fad, last week’s CES gadget show should give you second thoughts. […]
If you’ve ever soldered or welded, you’ll know that things get pretty hot. MesoGlue intends to fix that. It’s a room-temperature metallic glue that lets you stick parts together with reckless abandon and electrical control. The most interesting part of the entire system is that it allows us to solder […]