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Jul 16, 2020

Pakistan Navy Keeps Silent On Mystery Submarine But New Details Emerge

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On July 3 the Director General Public Relations for the Pakistani Navy shared a video of a Special Forces parade. In the background was the unmistakable outline of a submarine.

Jul 16, 2020

Geologists Continue Study Of Vast Fissure 8 Lava Flow

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“This photo shows the channel wall in the braided channel region of the flow,” HVO says. “Note the small ferns growing on the upper channel wall.” USGS photo by M. Patrick.

(BIVN) – Geologists visited the lower East Rift Zone lava flow field in Puna this past week “to make continued measurements and observations, to better understand and reconstruct the dynamics of the Fissure 8 lava flow,” reports the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The lava flow, active two years ago this month, changed the landscape of Puna and destroyed the entire seaside-village of Kapoho.

HVO posted photos of the trip to its website on July 13.

Jul 16, 2020

Explosion at Natanz: Why sabotaging Iran’s nuclear program could backfire

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If the incident at Natanz was a deliberate act of sabotage intended to set back Iran’s nuclear program, it was dangerously shortsighted.

Jul 16, 2020

New 8K video standard compresses data

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The Versatile Video Coding standard (H.266) has been finalised by industry partners – designed to halve the bitrate of previous formats, and paving the way for on-demand 8K streaming services.

Jul 16, 2020

Getting To Know Your Booger Biome

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The human microbiome—our own personalized bacteria profile—plays a part in our health. The different parts of our body, from our skin to our gut, each have their own microbial profile. A team of researchers decided to explore the bacteria living inside our nose, publishing this week in the journal Cell Reports. Microbiologist Sarah Lebeer, one of the authors of the study, discusses what beneficial bacteria reside in our nose—and how this could be used to create a probiotic for upper respiratory infections.


A team of researchers created a profile of the nose microbiome to help create future probiotics for upper respiratory infections.

Jul 15, 2020

The Air Force Is Moving From Smart Bombs to Thinking Bombs

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Golden Horde introduces swarm tactics to guided munitions—but it also lets the weapons make real decisions.

Jul 15, 2020

China threat: Beijing plotting massive territorial gains — with warning issued for Taiwan

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CHINA’S increasingly belligerent behaviour on the world stage poses a major challenge for NATO, with Taiwan a looming flashpoint, a new report has warned.

Jul 14, 2020

China’s New ‘Ultraquiet’ Submarines Could End America’s Navy Dominance

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The PLA Navy may be poised to overcome a technological and tactical defect that has plagued it since its founding.

By James Holmes

Here’s What You Need To Remember: American submariners long lampooned Soviet and Chinese nuclear boats for being noisy and easy to detect. PLA Navy boats remained backward long after the Cold War. Ultraquiet propulsion, though, would put an end to unquestioned U.S. acoustic supremacy, opening up new operational and strategic vistas before the PLA Navy while ushering in a deadlier phase of U.S.-China strategic competition.

Jul 14, 2020

The future of driving: DeLorean hovercraft lets you cruise on both land and water

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A second fan on the rear then pushes air behind the craft, driving it forward. Rudders behind this thrust fan turn the craft. It may be a hovercraft at its core, but like regular cars on the street, it has got headlights, navigation lamps, cockpit lights, as well as a flux capacitor — that’s the coloured lights around the perimeter. The hovercraft took a total of four-and-a-half years to build.

So, piloting the hovercraft feels like driving a car that’s constantly sliding around on ice. You got your foot pedal and steering wheel and it feels like you’re in a car, but you are just sliding around every way with no friction.

Jul 14, 2020

College Student Builds Jet-Powered Hovercraft

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As cool as it is ingenious, this custom-built hovercraft by college student Ken Chung just might be the world’s fastest, courtesy of its jet turbine engine. Continue reading for the video — courtesy of reader James.

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