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Billions Donated to Universities, Scientific Research, and Racial Justice

Discover the biggest charitable donations of 2023! From Warren Buffett's generous gift to James Simons' support for education and research, philanthropy is...

Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023

Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2024

NASA outlines plan to deploy burrowing 'cryobots' on icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter

The subsurface oceans of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter remain our best bet for finding life elsewhere in the solar system. NASA is developing a roadmap for cryobots that could investigate these ocean worlds.

Space · Dec 27, 2023

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New 3D Printed Metal is as Small as a Virus and Super Strong

Caltech researchers have found a method of fabricating metal components nearly as small as a flu virus.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 5, 2023

Relics of huge primordial collision reside in Earth's deep interior

Seismologists have recognised since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth’s mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region

The Hindu · Nov 3, 2023

The Future of Clean Energy Could Be Beamed Down from Space

The idea has been around for decades, but space-based solar power is closer to reality now than ever, and could alleviate some pollution.

Inverse · Aug 20, 2023

We could soon be getting energy from solar power harvested in space

The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological…

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2023

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Janus: The Strange White Dwarf With Dual Elemental Composition

Astronomers Discover Two-Faced Star: Hydrogen on One Side, Helium on the Other

Zenger · Jul 19, 2023

Astronomers Find a Strange Two-Faced Zombie Star

The white dwarf, nicknamed Janus, has one side helium, one side hydrogen.

Inverse · Jul 19, 2023

Morphing NASA robot could someday walk, fly and drive over alien planets (video)

A team from Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has designed something that goes way beyond your typical rover, and may be the next step in robotic planetary exploration.

Space · Jul 7, 2023

How can we get electricity from space?

The UK government has given the go-ahead for a £4.3 million project to harness the Sun’s rays via a “Bond-style” floating solar power station that could supply up to a quarter of the country’s electricity.

The Week · Jun 16, 2023

UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power

Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK’s energy security

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023

Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever

Researchers have demonstrated a first for the wireless transmission of near-limitless solar energy through space by delivering a measurable amount of energy back to Earth.

Space · Jun 12, 2023

NASA Spaceship Plans To Study $10 Quadrillion Asteroid

The craft will journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Zenger · Jun 11, 2023

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Inverse · May 27, 2023

Mind-Reading Machines Could Lead to a Major Neuroscience Breakthrough

Brain-computer interfaces could give sufferers of ALS, locked-in syndrome, and other disorders the ability to convert thought to speech.

Space · May 9, 2023

The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved

The mystery of how meteorites from Mars can reach Earth may have been solved, as scientists discover rocks can be hurled far from the Martian surface by giant impacts.

The Week · May 4, 2023

Scientists have watched the end of the world

Scientists have watched what the end of the Earth could look like, reported The Telegraph. The fate of planet Earth is “sealed”, said the paper - in five billion years it will be “engulfed by our own Sun and devoured by a stellar inferno”. Experts from Harvard, Caltech and MIT…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2023

With a Gulp and Burp, a Bloated Star Swallows a Jupiter-Sized Planet

In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star, bloated in its old age, swallowing a Jupiter-like planet, then expelling some material into space in an energetic belch. Researchers said on Wednesday the star was in the early stages of what…

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WEKU · May 3, 2023

This star ate its own planet. Earth may share the same fate

For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.

Space · Apr 14, 2023

Lab-grown solar flares reveal secrets of the sun's coronal loops

Mini solar flares created in the lab could improve our understanding of coronal loops and the high-energy emissions from the sun that can threaten communication and power systems on Earth.

Inverse · Feb 26, 2023

Jupiter’s Radiation Creates a Spectacle 15 Times Brighter Than the Northern Lights

Jupiter is well known for its spectacular aurorae. But Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa get quite the lightshows, too.

Inverse · Feb 15, 2023

This Pill Sensor Could Track Digestive Conditions In Never-Before-Seen Detail

A new pill-sized ingestible device uses an electromagnetic field to offer real-time updates on the digestive system to doctors.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2023

Vibrating Pill, Ingestible Sensor: Mini Robots Tackle Gut Disorders

A pill that vibrates to relieve constipation, a sensor that can be tracked in the gut -- medical researchers are turning to tiny robots to treat or diagnose gastrointestinal disorders. "This is a very booming field," said Saransh Sharma, a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) involved…

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Leonardo Da Vinci’s understanding of gravity was ‘centuries ahead of his time’, study says

Italian polymath modeled gravitational constant to around 97 per cent accuracy, scientists say

Inverse · Jan 25, 2023

40 years ago, NASA launched the space telescope that proved JWST could work

IRAS is a sometimes forgotten spacecraft that proved that infrared astronomy had a bright future.

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