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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Existence of Mars lake, floods confirmed by NASA's Perseverance team
air-and-space Perseverance air-and-space rover team has confirmed that the red planet’s Jezero Crater was once the site of a planet-earth. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the researchers also wrote that images from the rover – taken in the three months after Perseverance landed in February – …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »New species of killer whale discovered, hunts large sea mammals: report
world-regionsresearchers said they identified a new, mysterious kind of killer whale that hunts large mammals — like grey whale calves — and prefers the Pacific’s deep-water canyons for hunting than along the coast, according to reports. Josh McInnes, a researcher from the University of British Columbia, said these “outer coast …
Read More »Rare Mastodon tooth discovered by 6-year-old boy in Michigan creek
What’s between a rock and a hard place? The answer is a 12,000-year-old rare mastodon tooth. Last month at the Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, WDIV reported, 6-year-old Julian Gagnon was walking with his family when on the ground he spotted what they thought was a standard rock or a dinosaur tooth. “I …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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