Biohacking is a relatively new field of amateur and professional scientists conducting “do-it-yourself” biology experiments.
READ MORERegardless of whether your mouth is moving right now, you are talking to yourself.
READ MORENew video of strange light in the sky near town posted on YouTube this past May
READ MOREFor decades, astronomers have puzzled over the variability of young stars residing in Taurus-Auriga dark clouds, a group of molecular clouds located in the constellations of Taurus and Auriga, about 450 light-years away. Since 1937, they have recorded noticeable dips in the brightness of RW Aur A — the primary star of a low-mass binary system — every few decades. Each dimming event appeared to last for about a month. In 2011, the star dimmed again, this time for about half a year. RW Aur A eventually brightened, only to fade again in mid-2014. In November 2016, the star returned to its full luminosity. Now Hans Moritz Günther of MIT and co-authors have observed RW Aur A using NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. They’ve found evidence for what may have caused its most recent dimming event: a collision of two protoplanetary bodies, which produced in its aftermath a dense cloud of gas and dust. As this planetary debris fell into RW Aur A, it generated a thick veil, temporarily obscuring the star’s light.
READ MOREKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology demonstrates a robot designed for rescue missions or helping people with disabilities.
READ MOREQwake Tech’s augmented reality system, C-Thru, is built into a futuristic helmet and relies on a thermal imaging camera, toxicity sensors, edge detection, and an AR display to cut through smoke with useful visuals. It might have been born in a volcano, but Qwake Tech thinks the system has wider applications in disaster situations, such as a burning building.
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