Do you have any plans for tonight? You are not so lucky, because NASA can deliberately crash the probe into the asteroid Dimorphos in just a few hours when it is conducting…
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Science Sharing
Solar flares quiet a quarter of the world
In the “old” era, people were used to thinking that radio communication was not always perfect. AM radio has cracks and crackles. If you have to make a call with a wireless…
Pressure displayed with polarizer
There are many forms of stress, at least when it comes to materials science. Cracks in concrete are a common example, but any catastrophic failure in materials can usually be attributed to…
Groups of hunting spiders are guided by the vibration of the cobweb
Hunting spiders exist outside your nightmares. Although most spiders prefer to live alone, 20 of the approximately 50000 known species live in groups. One is called the tailless spider (Anelosimus Eximius), which…
The adaptability of desert plants helps them thrive
For the past decade, Rodrigo Guti é rrez, a systems biologist, has driven 1600 kilometers (1000 miles) each April to one of the driest places on earth: Chile’s Atacama Desert, where parts…
In the video game Gran Turismo, AI surpassed the human champion
In order to make sharp turns along the fastest “track” without losing control, the driver must brake, turn and accelerate in a precise chronological order. The process depends on the limit of…
What is a Bomb Cyclone?
What is a bomb tornado? Bomb cyclone is a large and strong mid latitude storm with low central pressure, weather front and a series of related weather, from snowstorm to strong thunderstorm…
Solar power may flourish in 2022, depending on the supply chain
2022 will be a solar boom. That is, if supply chain constraints do not weaken the industry. The U.S. energy information administration predicts that US solar companies will install 215 gigawatts of…
The newly discovered millipede broke the world record for the most legs
A newly discovered millipede has more legs than any other creature on earth – 1300 of them are incredible. Long legged creatures live deep on the earth’s surface and are the only…
The evolutionary gym has created a novel robot body and brain
Roboticists often imitate nature to create humanoid robots for housework, worm machines for crawling in tunnels, and four legged devices for running and jumping that look like cheetahs. But they usually design…