Category: Science
How NASA Built Its Massive Artemis II Moon Rocket
NASA’s massive Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis II rocket is an awe-inspiring testament to humanity’s ability to think big. The Artemis II core stage stands 212 feet tall and is the largest such rocket that NASA has ever built. But that’s only the beginning…. Check out the original article: [Slashgear] How NASA Built Its Massive…
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‘Runaway’ Supermassive Black Hole Has The Mass Of 20 Million Suns
Scientists have discovered the first-ever confirmed “runaway” supermassive black hole (SMBH). The black hole is estimated to have the mass of 20 million suns and is moving away from its original galaxy at a staggering 2. 2 million mph, with a predictably huge wake behind it…. Check out the original article: [Slashgear] ‘Runaway’ Supermassive Black…
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Chinese Scientists Uncovered More Gold Than You Think In 2025
China stuck gold in 2025 — literally. The Asian nation announced three major gold deposits during the calendar year, namely: the Dadonggou deposit in Liaoning province, officially confirmed in November, which could house up to 1,500 tonnes of gold worth $192 billion; a 1,000-plus-tonne deposit in the Kunlun Mountains in Xinjiang province, first announced in…
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5 Interesting Things About Electricity They Didn’t Teach You In School
When you stop and think about it, it’s mind-blowing how we’ve harnessed electricity to build and power our societies. It almost seems like magic, taking the same natural phenomenon that powers our brains and muscles and using it to do everything else. We all learned in school how the discovery and use of electricity changed…
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China’s Wind Farms Are Doing A Lot More Than Generating Electricity
Nations around the world are dedicating a tremendous amount of resources to projects that can help reduce or restore some of the damage caused by climate change. One significant change that’s taking place is shifting how some energy is produced. In October 2025, the BBC reported that an Ember study revealed renewable resources had overtaken…
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NASA Gives Update On The Perseverance Rover’s Future After 5 Years On Mars
Since it landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, NASA has kept its Perseverance rover busy gathering data and collecting important samples across various regions of the Red Planet. The agency recently released an update on its upcoming plans for the rover, and it’s safe to say it won’t be getting a break any time…
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This AI Designed An 843-Part Computer (And It Booted On The First Try)
There are some weird ways people are using AI, and there are some ways of using it that make complete sense. In the latter case, it was only a matter of time before AI systems began to play a role in designing and building the digital machines that are capable of, well, running AI systems….
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Google Programmer Claims AI Solved A Problem That Took Human Coders A Year
Artificial Intelligence is steadily improving, with developments like Google’s Opal coding tool and a Chinese-made robot with human-like dexterity. AI is also being used to write computer code in a kind of “Frankenstein’s monster makes his own baby” scenario, and some programmers are more encouraged by this than others. On January 3, AI engineer Rohan…
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4 Simple Questions ChatGPT Still Can’t Answer
ChatGPT will always provide an answer to whatever question you ask it. You can put in the most garbled helping of word salad, and OpenAI’s chatbot will come up with a well-meaning response. It just wants to help…. Check out the original article: [Slashgear] 4 Simple Questions ChatGPT Still Can’t Answer
Physicists Finally Solved One Of The Biggest Mysteries About Fusion Energy
Nuclear fusion is deemed the next big thing in the field of energy harvesting for humanity, but creating a reactor that can achieve continuous electricity generation has proved to be a massive technical headache. One of the biggest challenges is the plasma, the superhot state of matter, that is necessary for particles to collide and…
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‘Invisible Grabbers’ Let You Move Objects Using Nothing But Sound Waves
Physically, sound is just pressure moving through a medium. If you harness that pressure correctly, you can actually push things around using nothing but sound. That’s exactly what researchers at Virginia Tech decided to do, except with a unique spin…. Check out the original article: [Slashgear] ‘Invisible Grabbers’ Let You Move Objects Using Nothing But…
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This Hidden Google Setting Can Get You Real Results In The AI Age
All the way back in 2019, an article in The Wall Street Journal warned readers that AI has learned to write fake news stories. One of the tools highlighted in the article was GPT-2, a precursor to what we now know as the game-changing tech that is ChatGPT. Fast forward to 2025, and we now…
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China’s Largest Solar Farm Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Energy
The world’s largest cluster of solar farms can be found in Qinghai, China, high on the remote Tibetan Plateau. It’s far bigger than the USA’s largest solar farm, and it’s one of several megaprojects that the Chinese government hopes will push the country towards a future where most of its electricity is produced from renewable…
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