Tag: Science

Want to Pretend to Live on Mars? For a Whole Year? Apply Now

Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you. To prepare for eventually sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking applications Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. That’s a 1,700-square-foot Martian habitat, created by a 3D…


The First Hotel in Space Will Open in 2027

By Entrepreneur Staff When reality surpasses or reaches science fiction. In the era of space tourism, The Gateway Foundation was created with the purpose of building the first hotel in space and everything seems to indicate that it will be inaugurated in 2027. The resort will have artificial gravity and will have the capacity to…


Virgin Galactic Restarts Ticket Sales at $450,000 per Seat

By Entrepreneur Staff For the first time in years, Virgin Galactic is reopening ticket sales to people who want to take a ride on its rocket-powered suborbital space plane. The trip will cost them $450,000, which is an increase over previous prices. Single-seat reservations will start at $450,000, but there are also multi-seat reservations as…


How Lockdowns Benefited Beijing and Why Its Push for the Measure Needs Scrutiny

News Analysis From the World Health Organization’s early China-friendly messaging on the virus outbreak to influential papers dismissing the theory that the virus originated in a laboratory, Beijing’s sway over scientific discussions has come under increasing scrutiny during the pandemic. Some observers are also pointing out the communist regime’s footprint in the push for one…


Boeing Postpones Key Test Flight to Space Due to Glitch

Boeing on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida’s Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station due to a glitch in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut. During pre-launch preparations, Boeing engineers detected “unexpected valve position indications”…


Archeologists Uncover New Sections of 2,000-Year-Old Tunnels in Western Wall in Jerusalem

The remains of Jerusalem’s Western Wall—some 2,000 years old—yielded some incredible architectural discoveries in the 19th century. Recently, impressive new sections of the Wall Tunnels have been revealed, for display to the public, in an archeological excavation by the Jerusalem’s Western Wall Foundation and Israel Antiquities Authority. Built around A.D. 20–30, the tunnels consist of…


Scientists Find Real-Life Patrick About to Devour SpongeBob

By Entrepreneur Staff Scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found two creatures in the bed of the Atlantic Ocean that seriously resemble the main characters in the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants . To know more: Doritos Australia rewards a girl with 20 thousand dollars who found an inflated dorito This image…


Archeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Intact Chicken Egg From Byzantine Age in Excavation in Israel

Archaeologists have unearthed an intact chicken egg dating back to the Byzantine period, roughly 1,000 years old. During the excavation of an ancient cesspit in the city of Yavne, part of a large-scale archeological undertaking by the Israel Land Authority, researchers were astonished to find the fully intact egg. The sight was located in an…


Russia Blames Software Glitch After Space Station Briefly Thrown out of Control

MOSCOW—A software glitch, and possible lapse in human attention, were to blame for throwing the International Space Station out of control, but work was proceeding to activate a newly attached module at the centre of the mishap, Russian space officials said on Friday. Jet thrusters on the Russian research module Nauka inadvertently reignited on Thursday…


Most Recovered COVID-19 Patients Have Broad and Robust Immunity That May Likely Provide Some Degree of Protection Against Variants: Study

Most people who have recovered from COVID-19, even with mild illness, retain a broad and durable immunity to the disease, including some degree of protection against its variants, according to an Emory University study published in the journal, Cell Reports Medicine. The longitudinal study, the most comprehensive of its kind to date, involved 254 COVID-19…