Lifeboat Foundation

Though astronaut Scott Kelly’s year in space showed us spaceflight can change the human body, new research suggests the bigger concern should be our minds.

We already had a robot that could make fast food burgers. And now we have an artificial intelligence that can take your order for one. Earlier this month, Colorado-based startup Valyant AI announced the launch of a voice-based AI customer service platform, which is now taking customer orders at the drive-thru at Denver’s Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard.

The AI is reportedly not taking jobs from humans, either.

Touchdown occurred at about 22:49 UTC on 21 February, and the spacecraft is healthy.

An Israeli lunar lander just launched on a historic moon mission — but touchdown is still eight weeks away.

Three years ago Kate Phillips, who has suffered congenital heart disease her whole life, received a heart and lung transplant which saved her life.

But her successful operation isn’t a reality for many patients on vital organ waiting lists.

Out of 381 hearts only 81 were successfully transplanted in Australia last year. Hearts are usually lucky to withstand a transport time of about four hours, with only one in four reaching operating tables.

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An astrophysicist involved with the research said he was “very surprised.”

Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.

Chatting with your pets is actually a sign of intelligence, according to experts.

A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a potential paradigm shift in energy transmission and computer systems.

Salvatore Cezar Pais is listed as the inventor on the Navy’s patent application made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.

The application claims that a room-temperature superconductor can be built using a wire with an insulator core and an aluminum PZT (lead zirconate titanate) coating deposited by vacuum evaporation with a thickness of the London penetration depth and polarized after deposition.

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