Can plants keep you alive in an airtight room?
11-1-2018 |
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Scientist Kurtis Baute decided to see how long he could last in an airtight cube with only plants to supply oxygen.
Acoustic 'tractor beam' can bypass obstacles
VIDEO 10-29-2018 | 1
Scientists have created a device that can levitate small objects even when something else is in the way.
First 'extraterrestrial human' to be born by 2024
10-27-2018 | 13
Netherlands-based firm SpaceLife Origin is aiming to make off-world reproduction a reality within six years.
NASA photographs second rectangular iceberg
10-25-2018 | 44
Another intriguingly geometric iceberg has been spotted in Antarctica during an Operation IceBridge aerial survey.
Hurricane makes an entire island disappear
VIDEO 10-25-2018 | 4
An island in the remote Hawaiian archipelago was wiped off the face of the Earth by a storm earlier this month.
$500M Titanic replica due to set sail in 2022
10-24-2018 | 16
The life-size replica of the ill-fated vessel will retrace the route taken by the original Titanic on its maiden voyage.
SpotMini robot busts a move to Uptown Funk
VIDEO 10-23-2018 | 5
Boston Dynamics' increasingly sophisticated canine contraption has now learned how to dance.
Stephen Hawking's wheelchair to go up for sale
10-22-2018 | 8
Several of the late physicist's scientific papers and possessions are to be sold at auction next week.
Perfectly square iceberg baffles the Internet
10-21-2018 | 44
This strangely geometric piece of ice was photographed by NASA off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf.
Otherworldly 'singing' recorded in Antarctica
VIDEO 10-19-2018 | 3
Scientists have captured audio of the Antarctic ice shelf 'singing' and it sounds decidedly eerie.
City to replace lights with 'artificial moon'
10-17-2018 | 15
The Chinese city of Chengdu is working on a novel space-age solution to illuminating its streets at night.
McLaren unveils mind-controlled F1 car concept
VIDEO 10-17-2018 | 0
The motorsport giant has released a concept video of a true next-generation vehicle known as the MP4-X.
Hawking's final book answers the big questions
10-16-2018 | 12
The late physicist's last book, which was published today, attempts to answer the biggest questions of them all.
Future of 1,000mph supersonic car in doubt
10-15-2018 | 15
An attempt to build the first car capable of exceeding 1,000mph has hit a major financial roadblock.
Robot gets field-tested at construction sites
VIDEO 10-15-2018 | 0
A recently released video shows Boston Dynamics' Spot robot climbing stairs and walking over platforms.
U-boat wreck is dubbed 'underwater Chernobyl'
10-15-2018 | 9
With its 60-ton cargo of mercury, the wreckage of U-864 is an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
Hawking feared rise of enhanced 'superhumans'
10-14-2018 | 15
The late physicist predicted that genetic engineering will ultimately render half of the world's population obsolete.
Boston Dynamics robot can now do parkour
VIDEO 10-12-2018 | 19
Forget trying to run away - this sophisticated humanoid contraption can now bound up and over obstacles.
Scientists create healthy mice with two mothers
10-12-2018 | 18
The breakthrough could eventually make it possible for human same-sex couples to have their own children.
Scientists to set up a microbial 'Noah's Ark'
10-5-2018 | 2
The plan would involve preserving the beneficial bacteria found in the guts of people from all across the world.
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