By Ashley Esqueda The spacecraft is scheduled to hit Jupiter’s orbit by July of next year, and we talk to one of the mission’s engineers about how Jet Propulsion Laboratory goes about preparing.
It’s time to reflect on the most futuristic breakthroughs and developments of the past year. This year’s crop features a slew of remarkable scientific and technological achievements, from an actual working hoverboard to cyborgized brains. Here are 18 predictions that finally came true in 2015.
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Fog can be a pain in the ass, but it could also bring more profound problems. At least in California, where researchers have discovered that coastal fog can contain peculiarly large concentrations of mercury.
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By Charlie Jane Anders on io9, shared by Cheryl Eddy to Gizmodo
Lisa Goldstein has an incredible track record as a fantasy writer, including the award-winning The Red Magician and the beautiful collection Travelers in Magic. Now she’s written a science fiction book about time travel, …
What are we looking at here? That’s the state of California today, with almost no cloud cover. Yes, that white stuff is snow and it’s quite a sight for our drought-parched eyes.
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The idea of streets swarming with robot-piloted vehicles paints a scary picture for some urban-dwellers. But a new project called …
The idea of streets swarming with robot-piloted vehicles paints a scary picture for some urban-dwellers. But a new project called …
By Bryan Lufkin
Facebook and Uber continue their unstoppable global takeovers with a new partnership, …
By Chris Mills
Back when the Romans had the only good construction crews in town, it made some kind of sense that every road led to Rome. But in the modern era, how much does that hold up?
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