Nasa’s reached a $60 million agreement with a construction tech company to build a rental house on the moon by 2040.
It’s hoped the exclusive lunar property would be used in the future by astronauts and civilian space tourists, with construction undertaken using a 3D printer and available local materials, including moon rocks and lunar dust.
The contract has been awarded to Texas-based Icon, which uses 3D-printing to build luxury desert homes with a filament mix of cement, sand and water.
Several Danish schools are incorporating ChatGPT into the classroom to help teachers enhance pupils’ understanding of subjects they’re studying and prepare youngsters for the future.
Artificial intelligence is being deployed to help give students instant feedback and guidance on their assignments and questions, plus as a virtual tutor to assist with homework.
Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew have compiled a vast data set of two and a half million plant and fungus species that’s taken 35 years to complete.
Tech & Science Daily podcast hears from conservation science analyst Dr Matilda Brown about the global threat of disappearing habit.
Plus, breast cancer detection robot, suspected bitcoin founder’s X post, hunt for six million-year-old turtle shell DNA, massive sauropod’s bones, ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse guide.
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