A government-funded study from China has found that using 23 of the country’s Long March 5 rockets (the largest in its fleet) to simultaneously hit a large asteroid would cause it to deflect by a distance of 1.4 times the Earth’s radius, saving the planet from a...
Moderna is planning to replicate the success of mRNA-based vaccines for the seasonal flu. The company announced on July 7 that it gave the new seasonal flu vaccine to the first set of volunteers in a clinical trial. The 180-people study will “evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity” of its...
Heineken recently unveiled a beer-carrying robot that ensures ice-cold brews are always nearby. The “Beer Outdoor Transporter,” or simply B.O.T., is designed to follow you around while carrying up to 12 ber cans in its onboard cooler. With its onboard AI and speech synthesizer, the WALL-E-like robot can...
KleinVision's hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, completed a 35-minute flight between two international airports in Slovakia. The Slovakian company was founded by Professor Stefan Klein, who has been devoted to “converting his flying-car dream into reality” since 1989 when he finished his diploma-thesis “AeroMobil - Personal Vision of Transport System.” Powered by...
> After more than 16 years of research, engineering, and testing, Virgin Galactic stands at the vanguard of a new commercial space industry, which is set to open space to humankind and change the world for good. - Richard Branson In a shocking update yesterday, Virgin Galactic announced its plans to...
A new study [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01058-x] in Nature Climate Change has found that, on average, about 37% of heat deaths can be tied back to human-induced climate change. The study gathered data from 732 sites in 43 countries over almost three decades, from 1991 to 2018. Using...
