How We Might One Day Communicate With Liquids
A new machine designed at Stanford University sends digital messages without electronics, using common household chemicals.
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A new machine designed at Stanford University sends digital messages without electronics, using common household chemicals.
On 5th December 5th 1952, a veil of fog rolled over the city of London. It was the start of the deadliest air pollution disaster in British history, and more than 60 years later, an international team of chemists has figured out why.
Damn. Mantis shrimp are crazy. They can strike prey as fast as a .22 calibre bullet, but this other stabbing technique some mantis shrimp use to kill is scary dark.
The weirdest gift to put on your Christmas list this year.
Smaller than a matchstick, these creatures are as strange as they are adorable.
She can now use the system at home to communicate with family and caregivers.
Ukraine’s environment minister, Ostap Semerak, described the start of the final construction phase as a historic step.
Seismologists are warning that the latest earthquake to strike New Zealand could trigger other large earthquakes in the coming days and weeks, but sensationalistic claims of a devastating “mega-quake” are likely overblown.
They’re still much higher than they should be, but at least they are stable.
Predicting the future is hard. It’s nearly impossible to know what technological marvels await in the next few years, let alone the next eight decades. Undaunted, we’ve put together a list of 10 super-advanced technologies that should be around by the year 2100.
Emanuele Fornasier ran an electric current through various chemical solutions and recorded the reaction to reveal the formation of crystals. It’s like seeing the birth of a snowflake.
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It's believed to be part of a Chinese satellite.
The fossilised remains were preserved with its limbs outstretched, and its head raised—suggesting it was hopelessly stuck in a patch of mud, where it eventually died.
New 3D modelling analysis shows that the lander’s failure to communicate with the Earth was likely due to a single jammed solar panel.
