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May 24, 2022

How Amazon robots navigate congestion

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

When Amazon Robotics scientists pondered adding mobile robots to fulfillment centers, they knew Amazon’s scale would present a unique challenge: Robot congestio… See more.


Amazon fulfillment centers use thousands of mobile robots. To keep products moving, Amazon Robotics researchers have crafted unique solutions.

May 24, 2022

SpaceX States It Will to Get to Mars Before NASA While the Latter Lists its Objectives to Get There

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA lists objectives to get to Mars by 2040 while SpaceX states it will beat that date by a decade.


NASA releases a draft of objectives needed to achieve a human presence on the Moon and Mars by 2040. SpaceX says it will get there by 2030.

May 24, 2022

Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air

Posted by in categories: energy, entertainment, food, sustainability

Water scarcity is a major problem for much of the world’s population, but with the right equipment drinking water can be wrung out of thin air. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull many liters of water per day out of even very dry air.

The gel is made up of two main ingredients that are cheap and common – cellulose, which comes from the cell walls of plants, and konjac gum, a widely used food additive. Those two components work together to make a gel film that can absorb water from the air and then release it on demand, without requiring much energy.

First, the porous structure of the gum attracts water to condense out of the air around it. The cellulose meanwhile is designed to respond to a gentle heat by turning hydrophobic, releasing the captured water.

May 24, 2022

Now You Can Download the Entire Universe… All 3000 TB of It

Posted by in category: space

Now you can download the universe into the palm of your hand. Scientists have created a realistic simulation of space and it’s available to all.

May 24, 2022

They’re Building a Hotel in Space Beginning in 2025

Posted by in category: space

The Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to begin building the Voyager Station, the first commercial space station with artificial gravity, in 2025.

May 24, 2022

Mesodinium Chamaeleon Is A Unique Life Form That is Half Plant Half Animal

Posted by in categories: biological, evolution

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In nature, you’ll find animals that undergo vast transformations, becoming almost unrecognizable in their new forms. Examples like caterpillars becoming butterflies and tadpoles becoming frogs almost look like distinct animals in the different stages of their evolution.

While this might sound amazing, all stages of these animals still belong to the same biological taxonomic rank, Animalia. This means that caterpillars don’t become plants, in their new shapes, they remain animals. That’s not what Mesodinium chamaeleon does. This single-celled organism is a unique mix of animal and plant life.

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May 24, 2022

Musical molecules: A new language for chemistry

Posted by in categories: chemistry, media & arts

Music has long been the language of love. Recent research suggests it could have many applications as the language of chemistry, too.

May 24, 2022

B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023

Posted by in category: futurism

May 24, 2022

The “first deepfake” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is… bad?

Posted by in categories: computing, Elon Musk

Who you gonna call?An Elon Musk deepfake video is doing the rounds on the internet again, hoping to trap crypto holders in a ‘get-rich-quick’ scheme and then steal their deposits, Bleeping Computer reported.


Channel 24 in Ukraine broadcast a deepfake of Ukrainian president Zelenskyy telling Ukrainians to put down their arms and surrender.

May 24, 2022

SpaceX expands its Starlink service for RV users. But it’s an extra $25 monthly

Posted by in category: internet