The Origin of the Blinking Cursor
Long-time Slashdot reader jimminy_cricket shares a new article from the technology site Inverse exploring the origin of blinking cursors. They trace the invention to the 1960s and electronics engineer Charles Kiesling, a naval veteran of the Korean.....»»
A nearly 20-year ban on human spaceflight regulations is set to expire
Commercial space industry argues for extension to moratorium on regulations. Enlarge / A crew of six passengers, including former professional football player and television anchor Michael Strahan, stroll past the Blue Origin New.....»»
Mathematicians simulate origin and evolution of biodiversity
Wageningen scientists have simulated the evolution of biodiversity through a mathematical approach. In doing so, they proved the long-held belief among biologists that biodiversity creates robust ecosystems. The researchers published their results in.....»»
A mysterious interstellar radio signal has been blinking on and off every 22 minutes for more than 30 years
Last year, we made an intriguing discovery—a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes......»»
Someone new will join the US military’s roster of launch contractors
Will Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin finally join the ranks of ULA and SpaceX? Enlarge / Nine main engines propel a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket off its launch pad earlier this year. (credit: SpaceX) The US Space Force, long content.....»»
Astronomers discover a luminous nuclear transient
Using NASA's Swift spacecraft, an international team of astronomers has discovered a luminous and slowly-evolving nuclear transient event. The origin of the newly detected transient, designated Swift J221951-484240, is yet to be determined. The findi.....»»
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab’s next step in reuse, Blue Origin engine explodes
ULA's CEO says engine explosions are "relatively routine" early in production. Enlarge / File photo of a hotfire test of a Blue Origin BE-4 engine. (credit: Blue Origin) Welcome to Edition 6.02 of the Rocket Report! I'm.....»»
Blue Origin suffers setback as one of its rocket engines explodes during test
A Blue Origin rocket engine exploded during a ground-based test last month in a setback for the spaceflight company owned by Jeff Bezos......»»
Scientists use NASA MESSENGER mission data to measure chromium on Mercury
The origin of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is mysterious in many ways. It has a metallic core, like Earth, but its core makes up a much larger fraction of its volume—85% compared to 15% for Earth......»»
Research suggests magma of the early Earth was highly oxidizing
Understanding the atmosphere and surface environment of the early Earth, especially before the origin of life, is a key to understanding the habitability of the Earth......»»
Blue Origin wants to launch rockets from new site outside U.S.
Blue Origin's plans to expand its spaceflight business include the establishment of its first rocket launch site beyond the U.S......»»
Tomography and radiocarbon dating used to examine Australian Aboriginal knife
A number of sophisticated non-invasive nuclear and accelerator techniques were used to provide information about the origin and age of an Australian Aboriginal knife held in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum......»»
Study finds apple pollination in Australia reliant on introduced species
Australian allodapines and European honey bees are distant relatives that converge to pollinate apple (Central Asian origin) in a Blue Mountains orchard......»»
Investigating early land plant microfossils from the lower Silurian of southern Xinjiang, China
The Middle Ordovician-early Silurian is the key period for the origin and early evolution of morphological innovations of land plants. It is widely accepted that the earliest unambiguous fossil evidence of land plants can be traced to Dapingian-Darri.....»»
Humans" ancestors survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, shows fossil record analysis
A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct......»»
Is this little-known gaming laptop a Razer Blade 14 killer?
The Origin EON14-S looks like a mighty attractive laptop on paper, but it disappoints once it's in your hands......»»
Bee disease offers rare insights into RNA virus origins
Two similar strains of a destructive honeybee disease have vastly different origin stories, revealing the ability of viruses to adapt rapidly and the risk this poses to global agriculture, according to new research involving Professor Sasha Mikheyev.....»»
Discovery of novel primitive xeno nucleic acids as alternative genetic polymers adds piece to origin of life puzzle
The chemical origin of life on Earth is a puzzle that scientists have been trying to piece together for decades. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain how life came to be and what chemical and environmental factors on early Earth could have l.....»»
Seeking the origin of Indigenous languages in South America
A new study indicates that one of the largest of the Indigenous language families in Latin America originated in the sixth century BCE in the basin of the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu, near the present-day city of Santarém in the Brazilian state of Pa.....»»
Right-handed building blocks of life might have had a rocky start
Harvard University led research may have solved the puzzle of how life became molecularly right-handed. In the paper, "Origin of biological homochirality by crystallization of an RNA precursor on a magnetic surface," published in Science Advances, th.....»»
Researchers demystify the unusual origin of the Geminids meteor shower
The Geminids meteoroids light up the sky as they race past Earth each winter, producing one of the most intense meteor showers in our night sky......»»