SpaceX’s latest cargo delivery showed up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after a day in transit. NASA released pictures of the automated docking, overseen by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was celebrating her 50th birthday onboard the space station. Launched on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, the capsule contains lemons, cherry…
Expedition Discovers Island Believed World’s Northernmost
HELSINKI—A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an expedition that was…
Musk Says Tesla Likely to Launch Humanoid Robot Prototype Next Year
SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do. Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day event, the billionaire entrepreneur said the robot, which stands around 5-foot-8-inches tall, would…
Cancer Patients’ Own Cells Used in 3D Printed Tumors to Test Treatments
TEL AVIV—Researchers have used brain cancer patients’ own cells in a form of 3D printing material to make a model of their tumor to test the efficacy of potential treatments before using them for real inside the body. The scientists extract “a chunk” of the tumor from the brain of a patient with glioblastoma—an aggressive…
Being Chased, Losing Your Teeth or Falling Down? What Science Says About Recurring Dreams
Having the same dream again and again is a well-known phenomenon—nearly two-thirds of the population report having recurring dreams. Being chased, finding yourself in the middle of a natural disaster, losing your teeth, or forgetting to go to class for an entire semester are typical recurring scenarios in these dreams. But where does the phenomenon…
Massive Alaska Quake Eyed as Cause for Sunken Ship’s Leak
JUNEAU, Alaska—A ship that sank off Kodiak Island four decades ago has started to leak diesel fuel, and a state official suspects ground shaking from last month’s massive magnitude 8.2 earthquake might be the reason. The vessel sank in 1989 in Womens Bay, “and it’s been resting there since,” Jade Gamble, the state’s on-scene spill…
Explainer: Why Haiti Is Prone to Devastating Earthquakes
Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday’s powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more. Eleven years earlier a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands. Haiti sits near the intersection of…
Best Preserved Ice Age Animal Ever Found? Study Reveals Age of Lion Cubs From Siberian Permafrost
An international group of scientists are studying two well-preserved cave lion cubs found in Siberian permafrost. A professor of Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm and one of the authors of a study on the cubs, Love Dalen, told CNN that one of them, a female lion nicknamed Sparta, “is probably the best preserved Ice Age…
NASA Blames Mars Rover Sampling Fiasco on Bad, Powdery Rock
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week’s sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet for eventual return to Earth. Data beamed back last Friday showed that the rover drilled to the proper depth of nearly 3…
Indian Launch Attempt of Earth Observation Satellite Fails
NEW DELHI—An Indian rocket failed in its attempt Thursday to put a satellite into orbit to provide real-time images used to monitor cyclones and other potential natural disasters. A technical fault occurred in the third and final ignition stage shortly after the rocket was launched from the space center in Sriharikota in southern India, the…
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