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NASA launches mission to visit a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
10-15-2023 |
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The space agency's Psyche spacecraft will be the first ever to attempt to directly visit a metal asteroid.
What exactly is intelligence and could it really be an ethical liability ?
10-14-2023 | 7
Richard van Oort takes a look at intelligence and its role in the existential threats that our civilization currently faces.
Real-life Pennywise taunts police in quiet Scottish village
VIDEO 10-14-2023 | 13
A real-life version of Stephen King's terrifying killer clown Pennywise has been leaving red balloons all around Skelmorlie.
New law of physics supports the idea that we live in a simulated universe
10-12-2023 | 13
The second law of infodynamics seems to add credence to the idea that the world we live in isn't actually real.
The Exorcist: a terrifying classic celebrates 50 years
10-11-2023 | 5
Film studies lecturer Aislinn Clarke takes a look back at the movie that defined a new generation of horror.
A priest explains why the new Exorcist movie is 'potentially dangerous'
VIDEO 10-9-2023 | 21
Real-life priest Helen Hall takes a look at how even fictional depictions of demonic possession can be harmful.
New study confirms age of oldest footprints in North America
10-8-2023 | 19
Scientists have confirmed that the footprints at White Sands National Park really are 23,000 years old.
Is there really a 1 in 6 chance of human extinction this century?
10-7-2023 | 3
Toby Ord's 2020 book painted a grim picture of humanity's chances this century, but just how accurate is his prediction ?
Mysterious, web-like strands are falling from the sky over California
VIDEO 10-7-2023 | 12
A peculiar natural phenomenon has been leaving California residents watching the skies this month.
Man with 'emotional support alligator' denied access to stadium
10-6-2023 | 10
A man accompanied by an alligator on a leash was recently denied access to a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game.
Enigmatic new snake discovered... but it may already be dead
10-5-2023 | 2
Researchers outline a new study that identified a mysterious type of snake from Zimbabwe as a new species.
Ring launches contest offering $1 million for evidence of aliens
10-5-2023 | 19
The popular doorbell camera brand is offering a large cash sum to anyone who can capture evidence of extraterrestrials.
Aerospace firms win contracts to develop nuclear powered spacecraft
10-4-2023 | 0
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a trio of contracts to major companies to advance small nuclear fission reactors.
Biblical city was destroyed by an asteroid, evidence suggests
9-30-2023 | 136
New excavations in Jordan have revealed evidence to suggest that the city of Sodom was destroyed by an asteroid impact.
Scientists are battling it out over rival theories of consciousness
9-29-2023 | 1
Consciousness remains a fascinating enigma and the scientific community is unable to agree upon any one theory.
Fairy circles are cropping up everywhere and nobody knows why
9-29-2023 | 13
These mysterious circular-shaped patches of ground are starting to appear at sites all over the world.
Philosophy meets physics in the quest to understand consciousness
9-27-2023 | 31
The nature of consciousness and whether or not it pervades the entire universe has long remained a topic of debate.
Scientists build artificial intelligence that can detect alien life
9-26-2023 | 4
The new AI can determine the likelihood that a sample is biological by 90% - but nobody is quite sure exactly how it works.
Pascagoula alien abduction remains an enigma 50 years on
VIDEO 9-25-2023 | 8
Calvin Parker and Charlie Hickson encountered something one night in 1973 that would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Sulfur on the Moon opens the doors for lunar science and exploration
9-23-2023 | 31
Physicist Jeffrey Gillis-Davis takes a look at what Chandrayaan-3's discovery could mean for future missions to the Moon.
