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As if the 2020 lineup of Samsung Galaxy phones wasn’t crowded enough, the company has now revealed a latecomer to the party – the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE). Packing a big screen and a beefy battery, the idea seems to be to bring a few flagship featur… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition cherrypicks flagship features for less
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new type of wearable electric generator, which harvests energy from the wind as you walk. The team says it’s low cost and efficient enough to power small sensors and LEDs.Continue Readin… Continue reading Tiny wearable wind farm harvests energy from flapping plastic strips
Chromium is a common addition to alloys to make materials like tool steel or stainless steel, and it’s long been thought to have been invented around the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But now, archaeologists have discovered that the ancient Persi… Continue reading Ancient Persians were making “20th-century” chromium steel 900 years ago
We’re used to seeing the output of telescopes as images, but what if we could translate that data into sound? A new “Sonification” project from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Center has done just that, letting us hear the center of the Milky Way, the supernova r… Continue reading NASA “Sonification” project lets us hear the cosmos
Archeologists have discovered fossilized human footprints in Saudi Arabia that help fill in the story of the early migration of our species. Dating back 120,000 years, the tracks are the oldest evidence of the presence of modern humans on the Arabian P… Continue reading 120,000-year-old footprints mark oldest evidence of humans in Arabia
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has announced a new addition to NASA’s upcoming moon-shot Artemis program. From the silent skies on the far side of the Moon, the DAPPER spacecraft will listen out for radio signals from the “Dark Ages” o… Continue reading Lunar orbiter to listen for radio signals from cosmic “Dark Ages”
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, it’s high noon and the pistols are out – however you want to frame it, Microsoft and Sony have both just launched their next-generation consoles. But which one is best for you? New Atlas compares the specs,… Continue reading PlayStation 5 and PS5 Digital Edition vs. Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S
Earlier this year, paleontologists proved Jurassic Park wrong yet again by discovering that the superpredator Spinosaurus was the first water-dwelling dinosaur. Now some of the same team has found further evidence, with a huge deposit of teeth recovere… Continue reading Huge cache of teeth seal Spinosaurus as a swimming dinosaur
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that belongs in a brand new class – an “ultrahot Neptune.” Known as LTT 9779b, the planet orbits extremely close to its star, and raises questions about how such a system came to be.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading “Ultrahot Neptune” exoplanet discovered orbiting star in under a day
Spider venom isn’t normally something you want in your body, but in some cases there might be exceptions. Australian researchers have now identified two peptides from tarantula venom that show promise in blocking organ pain, working particularly well i… Continue reading Tarantula venom peptide may provide relief for IBS pain