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Unknown Human Ancestor Identified by DNA Computational Analysis
By applying artificial intelligence to genomes of Asian individuals has enabled scientists to identify an unknown human ancestor – a hominid who cross bred with its ancestors tens of thousands of years ago. The new research comes from Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Institute … Continue reading
IBM Unveils their First Commercial Quantum Computer
A major announcement was made at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, from IBM. This was the presentation of the computer firm’s first commercial quantum computer. This is a 20-qubit ‘hybrid’ system, capable of quantum and conventional computing operations. By hybrid, this is an indication that the new offering from IBM combines into a single platform a quantum computer together … Continue reading
Incoming Asteroid Will Have Up to 100 Chances to Smash into Earth, Astronomers Warn
You may have forgotten about Apophis, but Apophis hasn’t forgotten about us! via Sputniknews: Scientists around the world continue to fret over Apophis, a 325 metre-wide asteroid discovered in 2004 and appropriately named after the Ancient Egyptian god of evil, darkness and destruction. Apophis, or 99942 Apophis, as it is officially designated, is expected to come within just 37,600 km … Continue reading
New Larger and More Powerful Hadron Collider Being Planned
There have been many conspiracy theories and warnings regarding the existence and usage of a machine such as the CERN LHC, but one can only imagine what could potentially go wrong with an even larger and more powerful version! via Unexplained-Mysteries: Scientists at CERN are planning a successor to the Large Hadron Collider with ten times the power. Built between … Continue reading
A Supernovae May Have Killed off Large Animals at Dawn of Pleistocene Period
About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for weeks or months. It was a supernova some 150 light years away from Earth. Within a few hundred years, long after the strange light in the sky had dwindled, a tsunami of cosmic energy from that same shattering star explosion could have … Continue reading
China Grows Cotton on the Moon
In a world first, seeds carried to the Moon aboard China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft have actually started to sprout. Contained within a sealed miniature biosphere along with air, water and nutrients, the seeds – which include cotton and potatoes – are the first ever to start growing on the surface of another world. Up until now, the only seeds grown … Continue reading
Existence of Life May be Possible on Barnard b
Could life exist on Barnard b, one of the nearest planets to our sun at only 6 light-years away but its host star is dim making it a very cold planet. via Earthsky: Here’s more exciting work regarding the newly discovered super-Earth exoplanet orbiting the legendary Barnard’s Star. This star is the closest single star (and now the second-closest star … Continue reading
Super Blood Moon Eclipse 2019, Will it Bring Our World to an End?
A BLOOD moon eclipse in January will paint the night skies an eerie red – one preacher warns it is a sign of impending doom, does it mean the end of the world is nigh? A blood moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse when the moon takes on a crimson tinge as it is lit up by sunlight refracted … Continue reading
New Tesla Roadster to be Equipped with Thrusters, ‘Fly’ Like the DeLorean
According to Elon Musk, the upcoming supercar will have thrusters enabling it to fly through the air. Due to go in to production in 2020, Tesla’s latest Roadster model will be so advanced that it will reportedly be capable of hovering above the road much like the DeLorean in Back to the Future. The cutting-edge feature will be available as … Continue reading
Asteroid Defense Mission Sees Expanded Objectives
As we see what appears to be an ongoing increase in sightings of meteor fireball, perhaps efforts need to be doubled up. via Unexplained-Mysteries: Two cubesats will be accompanying a joint NASA/ESA mission to slam a test probe in to the side of an asteroid. Known as AIDA (Asteroid Deflection and Impact Assessment), the mission consists of two parts. The … Continue reading
