Technology

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 …

Scientists have unveiled the discovery of a new genus and five previously unidentified species of millipedes in the secluded forests of Tanzania, located in southeast Africa. This groundbreaking find was documented in a study named “A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae),” which was published in the European Journal of Taxonomy …

The discovery of water traces on the Moon marked a monumental step in human exploration of the cosmos, igniting a continued interest in discovering life beyond Earth. Recently, this quest has led scientists to detect water on asteroid surfaces for the first time, utilizing data gathered by the SOFIA infrared telescope. This groundbreaking find involves the asteroids Iris, with a …

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid collision with Earth initiated a catastrophic chain of events that led to the extinction of approximately 75% of the planet’s species, including the dinosaurs. This mass extinction is widely credited with creating ecological niches that allowed mammals and other life forms to flourish, eventually paving the way for human evolution. Among the survivors of …

Scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough that could allow early detection of dementia through a blood test, potentially more than ten years before symptoms are clinically diagnosed. This advancement comes after researchers found biological indicators related to dementia in blood samples from 50,000 participants in the UK, identifying a specific pattern of four proteins in older individuals that …

During an archaeological dig in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, from 2007 to 2016, researchers stumbled upon an extraordinary find: the world’s oldest intact chicken egg, dating back approximately 1,700 years, which remarkably still contained its original liquid contents. This discovery, hailed as truly unprecedented, occurred when, out of four unearthed eggs, three were accidentally broken by archaeologists, releasing an overpowering smell, but …

A recent United Nations report has highlighted a critical situation: over 20% of the Earth’s migratory species are on the brink of extinction due to human actions. This report, marking the first State of the World’s Migratory Species assessment by the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), revealed that one out of every five …

NASA has embarked on an ambitious journey with its massive airborne laboratory, the DC-8, conducting extensive flights across Asia to improve air pollution forecasting and management models. This endeavor aims to pinpoint the sources and patterns of air pollution, a critical step towards developing more accurate systems for public alerts. Given that air pollution contributes to millions of fatalities each …