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Wireless Signal Strong Enough to Stream Netflix Goes through Flesh to Revolutionize Implants
You may soon be able to Periscope from within, as researchers have developed a wireless signal so strong that it could transmit high-definition video through your flesh. Currently, devices implanted in our bodies use radio to communicate with doctors – a system that has never been ideal, since radio waves don’t carry well through flesh, and increasing the power in … Continue reading
New Interactive Robot Jia-Jia, Unveiled in East China
The University of Science and Technology of China welcomed a truly unique face to its campus on Friday: a fully-functional, female robot. “Hello everyone, I’m Jia Jia. Welcome!” the fembot said to an audience of curious college students at the university’s multimedia center. The life-like robot can move and speak in sync with her lip movement. The USTC research team … Continue reading
Five Ways to Travel Through Time
Travel to the past is probably impossible. But to the future? That’s a different story. Cathal O’Connell considers the feasibility of physics. In 2009 the British physicist Stephen Hawking held a party for time travellers – the twist was he sent out the invites a year later. (No guests showed up.) Travel into the past is probably impossible. Even if … Continue reading
Ice a Surprising Heat Source on Jupiter’s Europa
New experiments suggest gravitational pull may be generating more heat than previously thought. Bill Condie reports. Constant gravitational pressures on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa generate much more heat than previously thought, which may force a rethink about the chemistry of the liquid water ocean below the surface. Scientists at Brown and Columbia universities were encouraged to investigate … Continue reading
Fighting Back, Bedbugs Grow a Thicker Skin…It’s a Heads Up!
Bedbugs may be developing thicker “skins” that help them resist common pesticides, a new study suggests. This might explain why bedbug populations are increasing worldwide, the researchers added. “If we understand the biological mechanisms bedbugs use to beat insecticides, we may be able to spot a chink in their armor that we can exploit with new strategies,” study author David … Continue reading
Green Fireball Strikes the Sky of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa – Dashcam Video
Many people reported seeing a green fireball, possibly a meteor, streaking across the sky late Friday April 15th around 10:15 p.m. Central time. The fireball could be seen from the Chicago suburbs. Reports of the sighting also were coming in from people in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, according to WGN radio news anchor Steve Grzanich from Chicago … Continue reading
What if the Sun Became a Black Hole?
Our Sun is too small a star to end its life as a black hole. But what would happen if the Sun were suddenly replaced with a black hole of the same mass? Contrary to popular belief, the Solar System would not be sucked in: a solar-mass black hole would exert no more gravitational pull than our Sun. As this … Continue reading
The Comet Venus — Past and Present | Space News
The planet Venus presents many unresolved mysteries to planetary scientists. However, equally mysterious is Venus’ extraordinary role in the world’s ancient astronomies. In this Space News episode, we explore the remarkable electrical environment of Venus today, and the evidence for its dramatic impact on human history. Video Source: ThunderboltsProject IF YOU ENJOY THIS SITE PLEASE TELL OTHERS ABOUT US…SHARING IS … Continue reading
The Sun May Have Eaten an Early Giant Planet
By Paul Seaburn via MysteriousUniverse Imagine the planets in our solar system as cookies. Imagine the Sun as a monstrous red-hot cookie monster. Imagine one giant blob of cookie dough flying around and sucking up all of the chocolate chips, nuts and sprinkles in its path. What would a flaming cookie monster do when it sees such a monstrous cookie … Continue reading
Astronomical Mystery: Why are the Jets of These Super Massive Black Holes Aligned?
Headline image caption: A deep radio map covering the ELAIS-N1 region with aligned galaxy jets circled in white in the image on the left. Jets blasting from 64 supermassive black holes in a distant patch of the Universe appear to be lined up, like needles on compasses In a distant patch of the Universe has emerged a mysterious phenomenon: the … Continue reading
