“President Joe Biden made separate calls to the Mayors of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sarasota and the Chair of Charlotte County, Florida to let them know their communities have the full force of the Federal government behind them as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida,” said the White House. Source: NASA. Parts of Florida are…
Hurricane Ian is expected to upgrade to a Category 4 sometime in the next couple of days. Hurricane Ian has been upgraded to a Category 2 system overnight as it makes its way towards Florida’s west coast. The storm was upgraded to a Hurricane on Monday afternoon with winds and rain increasing over night to…
It comes as Russia and China continue the development and testing of new space technology. Source: NASA, Flickr. Pentagon leadership will be holding a classified meeting next week to discuss Russia and China developing new types of space weapons. According to an agenda for the meeting reviewed by DefenseNews, the concern is “how China and…
“The goal, using an Electron launch vehicle and Photon spacecraft, is to send a probe to around 30 miles’ altitude, where Venus’ atmospheric conditions are closer to those found on Earth,” said Rocket Lab. Source: Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab will launch the very first private mission to Venus in an effort to see if there…
The aim is to fine-tune the robot in microgravity through a series of tests that simulate movements needed for surgery such as cutting stretched rubber bands and pushing metal rings along a wire. Source: Virtual Incision Corporation, Facebook. A small surgical robot will be heading to space in 2024 to perform simulated medical procedures in…
The new proposed method using magnets could give astronauts the ability to go on longer space missions. Another way for astronauts to breathe in space has been proposed by a team of scientists which uses magnets. It is complicated and costly to keep astronauts breathing on the International Space Station (ISS) and other space vehicles.…
Cloud seeding has been used all over the world for more than 60 years. Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight, Flickr. Parts of China’s Yangtze River have been ravaged by drought but the government has resorted to cloud seeding to bring about much needed rain. This form of weather modification has been used by China for…
“Taken together, these data show that the nasal epithelium of children supports lower infection and replication of ancestral SARS-CoV-2, although this may be changing as the virus evolves,” said UQ researchers. According to researchers at the University of Queensland, children are better equipped to ward off COVID-19 because of their nose. It was found that…
The debris has been connected to the large bang that was heard earlier in July. Source: Brad Tucker, Twitter. Pieces of debris found in New South Wales farmland is strongly believed to be fallen space junk from a SpaceX mission. The debris has been connected to the large bang that was heard across the region…
“What Gene did by casting us helped change society, change the way people thought, change the world. It’s amazing. He wanted [Star Trek] to be a reflection of the world, and that’s what happened,” said Nichols on her famed role. Source: Shutterstock. The actress best known for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in Star…