On a recent Atlantic Live panel, Assistant Professor Kris Lehnhardt, from George Washington University, described sex in space as a “real concern” and one that humans have not addressed to date.
But Lehnhardt says that there is something we are missing. He told the live audience: “Something we really don …
read moreAn international group of scientists has found that Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system. By looking at tungsten and molybdenum isotopes on iron meteorites, a team of scientists found that meteorites are made up from two genetically distinct nebular reservoirs that coexisted but remained separated between 1 …
read moreTwo researchers believe they have located the buried Pink and White Terraces, a natural formation which was destroyed more than a century ago. The Pink and White Terraces of Lake Rotomahan in New Zealand’s North Island were cascading pools made up of silica-rich deposits created by geothermal springs.
Strikingly …
read moreA non-profit organization called Asgardia is trying to form the first nation in space. Asgardia will launch a small satellite in summer 2017 as a means of establishing its presence in orbit.
The founders of Asgardia, which is named after Norse mythology's city in the skies, hope to create a …
read moreA new study from the University of Maryland and colleagues from Burkina Faso, China and Australia suggests that a mosquito-killing fungus genetically engineered to produce spider and scorpion toxins could serve as a highly effective biological control mechanism to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
The fungus is specific to mosquitoes and does …
read moreAfter analysing data from a radio survey conducted on a dust cloud in the Perseus constellation, two researchers from UC Berkeley and the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have concluded all Sun-like stars are probably born with a companion.
"We ran a series of statistical models to see if we could account …
read moreFishers off the coast of the Netherlands got quite a shock when they caught what has now been confirmed as the first case of conjoined twin harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).
With a single body and two fully grown heads, this is a case of partial twinning, or parapagus dicephalus. The …
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Uber board member David Bonderman made a sexist remark during today’s meeting about the prevalence of sexism within the company has resigned from his position. Bonderman said his comment was “careless, inappropriate, and inexcusable.”
Bonderman was recorded making the remark in reply to to fellow board member Arianna Huffington …
read moreGoogle's chip ambitions have been oft-rumored since 2015 and picked up steam with the launch of the Pixel last October. In a significant move, the company has now hired a Lead SoC Architect who most recently led Apple's silicon development.
After a nearly eight year stint at Apple, Gulati left …
read moreThe Chrome OS Canary channel is full of things that Google is testing out for the future of Chrome OS, and right now there are quite a few adjustments to the UI based on Google’s Material Design. The latest, just recently discovered, is a UI revision for notifications.
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read moreThe upcoming iMac Pro will be available this December and Apple shared that the base model will cost $4,999. However, some of the most impressive specs will be pricey upgrade options like an 18-Core processor, 128GB ECC memory, 4TB SSD, and more.
Apple hasn’t shared any pricing details …
read moreApple released updates to its iWork suite for macOS today. The new versions include a new library of 500 professionally drawn shapes, more efficient auto-correction and text replacement options, added stock and currency features, improved language support, and more.
Today's release follows a stability and performance improvement release last April …
read moreCharles Thacker, one of the lead hardware designers on the Xerox Alto, the first modern personal computer, died of a brief illness on Monday. He was 74.
The Alto, which was released in 1973 but was never a commercial success, was an incredibly influential machine. Ahead of its time, it …
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