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Robot dog armed with sniper rifle unveiled at US Army trade show

A technologies armed with a sniper rifle was unveiled this week in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the Association of the military. The robot, developed by Ghost Robotics, carries a SWORD Defense Systems Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR). OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPS FIRST-EVER BIPEDAL ROBOT THAT CAN RUN …

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Large solar flare expected to hit Earth today

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the northern hemisphere for Monday.  On Saturday, a large solar flare was detected coming off the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>sun<. KAMALA HARRIS MOCKED OVER SCIENCE VIDEO FOR KIDS The watch says this is a “G2” event. “G5” is the …

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China's lunar rock samples show lava flowed on moon 2B years ago: researchers

world-regions air-and-space planet-earth – the first moon rocks returned to planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth<. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, a group of international authors led by researchers at Beijing’s Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences said the Chang’e 5 lunar mission collected samples of young lunar basalt lavas from …

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California beaches near oil spill see 'tar balls': reports

us-regions officials say tar balls have been seen on local general following the oil spill in Orange County last weekend. The Golden State’s Department of Fish and Wildlife describes the tar balls as small, dark and often sticky remnants of oil spills or natural oil seeps in bodies of environment. …

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Draconid meteor shower: How to watch

The air-and-space will reach its peak on Friday night in the sky across the Northern Hemisphere.  The short-lived shower, which occurs from October 6 to 10, marks the first since August’s spectacular Perseids and is named from the constellation Draco.  NASA: ‘AT LEAST 5 FIREBALLS’ REPORTED OVER US While the …

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Why NASA's Mars missions will be silent for weeks

air-and-space is standing down from commanding its air-and-space missions for the next few weeks.  While the planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< – in the biennial Mars solar conjunction – the planets are unable to “see” each other.  MARS IMAGES SHOW PERSEVERANCE ROVER AT WORK The sun emits hot, ionized gas from its corona …

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AI used to predict which animal viruses are likely to infect humans: study

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be key in helping scientists identify the next wild-nature that is capable of infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>infecting humans< team said it had devised a genomic model that could “retrospectively or prospectively predict the probability that viruses will be able to infect humans.” The group developed machine learning models …

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