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World's largest solar-powered aircraft crashes after losing power
'Solar Impulse 2' made history by circumnavigating the globe in 2016. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. 'Solar Impulse 2' completed its circumnavigation of the planet, which included a flight over Giza's pyramids, in 2016. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The groundbreaking experimental aircraft known as has met an untimely end.
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Glowing algae could power the lamps of the future
The bioluminescent plants are a potential alternative to electrical light and batteries. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Acidic (top) and basic (bottom) environments trigger different bioluminescent behaviors in algae. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Bioluminescence is everywhere in nature, but it puts on its biggest light shows underwater .
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For 6 days, NASA's Mars rover battled a rock
Science Space Solar System Mars For 6 days, NASA's Mars rover battled a rock More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The multi-day challenge took multiple attempts to fix. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Curiosity got itself stuck between a rock and hard place last month, but NASA says there's no reason to fret about the intrepid Mars rover . On April 25, mission engineers were remotely piloting its robotic arm's rotary-percussive drill into a Martian rock nicknamed Atacama.
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An extinct human species made surprisingly creative butchery tools
Our cousins'Homo juluensis' knew how to adapt in the face of an ice age. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. One of the 146,000-year-old stone cores used to make butcher's tools, found in Lingjing, China. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times.
Magic mushrooms make mean fish lazier and more chill
More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Psilocybin may help treat issues like PTSD, depression, and alcoholism. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound that puts the "magic" in magic mushrooms . Ingest enough of a fungus like, and users are liable to experience sensory hallucinations, euphoria, and even altered perceptions of time.
Man 3D prints a chatty C-3PO head powered by AI
It may not be a fully-fledged protocol droid yet, but Luke Skywalker would be impressed. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Convincing, uncannily humanoid robots are no longer the stuff of . Sure, you may not have a protocol droid at your ready like the iconic (if neurotic) C-3PO,but you can certainly construct a computer model that imitates Luke Skywalker's mechanical pal.
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New moth species named for Pope Leo
'Pyralis papaleonei' reflects his strong stance on environmental conservation. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The moth appears to be endemic to the island of Crete. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Pope Leo XIV receives gifts from visitors from all over the world every year, but a newly identified insect may be the first papal tribute of its kind.
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Shark lasers could help save vulnerable species
More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. It is estimated that fewer than 2,500 mature Speartooth sharks remain in the wild. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Combining lasers and sharks may sound like a bad idea, but marine ecologists are banking on it to help save some of the planet's most threatened species. By merging optical technology and geochemistry, a group of researchers in Australia are gaining far more accurate information on the snub-nosed speartooth shark's () age, as well as the health of its environment.
How to avoid the horror of walking through a spiderweb, according to the National Park Service
Hiking sticks, hats, and other simple tricks can keep your hike web-free. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. You're striding confidently down what seems to be a clear, open path, and then you feel it. The more you try to backtrack and flail your way out of it the more you feel like Frodo wrapped in Shelob the spider's deadly web, your luckier friends snickering like orcs ready to take you back to Mordor .
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Watch the Artemis II astronauts have fun with bubbles
More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The Artemis II crew saw first-hand how water behaves a bit differently in zero-G. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While space exploration is serious and sometimes dangerous scientific work, that does not mean that there is no room for fun. Something as mundane as a little ball of water can be supremely entertaining.