The spaceship reinvented for new frontiers
Radical redesign is 100% reusable, offering more frequent, cheaper and deeper flights into space......»»
NASA Has a Plan To Punch An Asteroid With a Spaceship To Protect Earth
A new NASA mission, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission due for launch this summer, aims to launch a spaceship that will directly punch an asteroid. Motherboard reports: The mission's target is an asteroid system called Didymos.....»»
Two steps forward: Virgin Galactic’s new ship and Dragon’s diverse crew
"You have to start somewhere." Virgin Galactic revealed its newest spaceship this week. [credit: Virgin Galactic ].....»»
Virgin Galactic unveils mirror-coated space plane known as "Spaceship III"
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm that hopes to send its first customers to space next year, unveiled a new spacecraft design on Tuesday. The sleek new space plane has a reflective coating that the company calls "mirror-like," and says will add.....»»
Virgin Galactic debuts its first third-generation spaceship, ‘VSS Imagine’
Commercial human spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has unveiled the first ever Spaceship III, the third major iteration of its spacecraft design. The first in this new series is called ‘VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Imagine,’ and will start gr.....»»
Slack wants to be more than a text-based messaging platform
Last October as Slack was preparing for its virtual Frontiers conference, the company began thinking about different ways people could communicate on the platform. While it had built its name on being able to integrate a lot of services in a single p.....»»
Deforestation, forest conversion and palm oil plantations linked to disease outbreaks
Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science. This study offers a first global look at how changes in for.....»»
Planting seed investments on tech’s frontiers nets KdT Ventures $50 million for its latest fund
Like other venture investors over the past year, Cain McClary, co-founder of the investment firm KdT Ventures, recently made the jump to Austin. But unlike the rest of them, he was coming from Black Mountain, NC. McClary had spent the better part of.....»»
Swiss kids suit up for "Mission to Mars"
Leo pulls on a shiny, silver suit and places the helmet gingerly over his head before marching with the other budding astronauts towards their spaceship......»»
Dolphins adapt to survive invasive coastal constructions
Bottlenose dolphins learn to cope with coastal construction activities. That is the conclusion of a study published in Frontiers in Marine Science. The study is the first to provide a longitudinal perspective on the cumulative impacts of coastal cons.....»»
Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues
Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that may not be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Physiology. W.....»»
Retreating glaciers threaten herbs used to make iconic alpine liqueurs
Alpine landscapes are irrevocably changing: scientists estimate that the Alps may be glacier-free by the end of this century. As the ice melts, the unique ecosystems that exist at their edges are also fading. New research published in Frontiers in Ec.....»»
Seagrass loss around the UK may be much higher than previously thought
The loss of seagrass in the waters around the UK is much higher than previously estimated. A new study published in Frontiers in Plant Science concludes that, with high certainty, at least 44% of the UK's seagrasses have been lost since 1936, of whic.....»»
The growing ED-Tech market in India
The outbreak of Covid-19 has opened up new frontiers for EdTech startups in the Indian market, especially the ones looking at the enterprise or B2B segments. In response to the growing demand, EdTech players have scaled up their offerings and new pla.....»»
SpaceX’s first paying moon flight customer wants to give away eight seats aboard his spaceship
SpaceX’s first paying moon flight customer wants to give away eight seats aboard his spaceship.....»»
SpaceX’s first paying Moon flight customer wants to give away eight seats aboard his spaceship
SpaceX’s first paying Moon flight customer wants to give away eight seats aboard his spaceship.....»»
SpaceX’s floating oil rig spaceship launch pad could be operating later this year according to Elon Musk
SpaceX’s grand vision for Starship, the next-generation spacecraft it’s currently in the process of developing, includes not only trips to Mars, but also regular point-to-point flights right here on Earth. These would skim the Earth’.....»»
Red light put moths in the mood
Do you dim the lighting and turn on the red light for a romantic night in with your partner? It turns out moths aren't so different in that regard. A new study published in Frontiers in Genetics shows that dim red light boosts sexual activity in a mo.....»»
CT scans of Egyptian mummy reveal new details about the death of a pivotal pharaoh
Modern medical technology is helping scholars tell a more nuanced story about the fate of an ancient king whose violent death indirectly led to the reunification of Egypt in the 16th century BC. The research was published in Frontiers in Medicine......»»
Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica"s ice shelves
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there's more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science......»»
Pigs show potential for "remarkable" level of behavioral, mental flexibility in new study
Pigs will probably never be able to fly, but new research is revealing that some species within the genus Sus may possess a remarkable level of behavioral and mental flexibility. A study published in Frontiers in Psychology tested the ability of four.....»»