by | Feb 25, 2019 | Weirdness
from Fast Company Humanity’s 30-million-page backup plan is heading to the moon BY MELISSA LOCKER When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off on Thursday night, it carried humanity’s entire backup plan with it. It was headed to the moon, the world’s ultimate cold-storage...
by | Feb 15, 2019 | Weirdness
from ABC 7 Detroit Local powerlifter lifts vehicle off man trapped underneath after accident By: Alan Campbell YPSILANTI, Mich. (WXYZ) — A local power lifter is being hailed as a real life super hero, after his quick actions helped save a man pinned under a rolled...
by | Feb 14, 2019 | Weirdness
from The Express Yellowstone volcano: How scientists ‘intensely monitor’ rising column of HOT MAGMA THE YELLOWSTONE volcano has been “intensely monitored” by a team of scientists and volcanologists concerned by a 400-mile-long plume of hot magma that is...
by | Feb 12, 2019 | Weirdness
from Travel Breaking News Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser Is Gushing at a Record Pace YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Late last year, Jeff Carter happened upon Steamboat Geyser, the tallest active geyser in the world, just before it erupted. “It was so much louder,...
by | Feb 9, 2019 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail Scientists want to build a space station INSIDE an asteroid and use artificial gravity from the rapidly spinning space rocks to mine valuable minerals It is possible to bore into the middle of an asteroid and mine from within Mining on the...
by | Feb 3, 2019 | Weirdness
from Science Daily Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak Credit: © adragan / Fotolia In a scientific first, Columbia...