Category: Science & Technology

After a perfect launch on Saturday afternoon, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley made history as the first astronauts to arrive at the International Space Station on a commercial spacecraft. The pair were originally scheduled to launch from Cape Read more …

An unmanned military space plane called the X-37B, which resembles a smaller version of the space shuttle, is carrying a device that converts solar energy into microwaves that could be beamed to Earth to provide emissions-free energy. This is proof-of-principle of Read more …

According to a new study investigating how swearing affects our pain tolerance, it really has to be a bad word to do any good. “There’s nothing that can beat a good old swear word,” lead researcher Olly Robertson told Quirks & Read more …

A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the throngs that would eventually inhabit Earth’s dry parts. Researchers said Read more …

SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, just hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken reported that the capsule was performing beautifully, as they closed in for the docking. Read more …

A humpback whale has, for the first time, reached Montreal by way of the St. Lawrence River, according to a marine mammal expert. The whale was spotted underneath the Quebec City bridge earlier this week, swimming upstream. By late this morning, it was Read more …

Twitter has added a warning to one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform’s rules about “glorifying violence.” Trump, a prolific Twitter user, has been at war with the company since earlier Read more …

Illegal logging and the impacts of climate change are altering the world’s forests — making trees shorter and younger — and greatly reducing the amount of planet-warming emissions they can suck up and store, researchers warned on Thursday. That will Read more …

Aural aficionados don’t mind dropping six thousand grand on an aural headphone like the Focal Utopia. If you are balking at the price, you have to look at it from a different perspective. Most audiophiles will say that this steep price Read more …

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was set to launch two Americans into orbit on Wednesday from Florida on a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. Read more …