Technology

Weather experts are forecasting that February 2024 is poised to break existing records for high temperatures, attributing this surge to both human-caused global warming and the El Nino phenomenon. This alarming trend is especially noticeable in sea-surface temperatures, raising concern among climate scientists. Dr. Joel Hirschi from the UK National Oceanography Centre has expressed to The Guardian the rapid pace …

On Saturday, February 17, Japan’s space program celebrated a significant triumph with the successful launch of the H3 rocket, marking a crucial rebound from the failed initial launch last year. This progress is part of Japan’s ongoing advancements in space exploration, highlighted recently by the precise lunar landing of the SLIM spacecraft. The H3 rocket, a collaborative effort between the …

On September 24, 2023, NASA celebrated a groundbreaking achievement as its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned to Earth carrying 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of asteroid material from Bennu. This event set a new record for the most substantial asteroid sample collected in space, significantly exceeding the mission’s initial goal of at least 60 grams, as announced by NASA on Saturday. Even before …

A groundbreaking study suggests that an ancient virus infection in vertebrates millions of years ago significantly contributed to the development of complex brains and large body sizes in humans. Published in the journal Cell, the research highlights the critical role of myelin, a fatty insulating layer around nerves enhancing the speed of electrical impulses, in this evolutionary advancement. The study …

OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, has unveiled its latest innovation, Sora, an AI-driven application that transforms textual inputs into video content. Launched on a recent Thursday, Sora is capable of creating up to one-minute videos from the prompts it receives, marking a significant step forward in AI’s ability to interpret and animate the physical world in motion, as detailed in …

In a groundbreaking achievement, surgeons have, for the first time, remotely operated a compact robot on the International Space Station (ISS) to perform a surgical procedure in orbit. This pioneering operation, conducted over the recent weekend and reported by AFP, was performed on rubber bands instead of live tissue. The experiment is hailed as a monumental leap forward in the …

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced plans to deliberately bring down a defunct satellite, the European Remote Sensing 2 (ERS-2), back to Earth, with the exact crash location currently unknown. Launched in April 1995 for Earth observation purposes, ERS-2 concluded its mission in September 2011. Together with its counterpart, ERS-1, it provided critical data on Earth’s land, oceans, and …

On Thursday, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket embarked on a significant mission, launching the Nova-C moon lander, known as Odysseus, into space. Below are seven crucial details about the Nova-C moon lander: 1. The Odysseus lander was constructed by Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based space company. This privately owned vehicle carries six scientific payloads …