Science & Technology

How scientists will use artificial intelligence to find aliens 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 22, 2016
To find habitable worlds in a sea of space data, we need computers that can think fast

By David Aragorn
EMDrive Peer-Reviewed Essay May Prove NASA’s ‘Impossible’ Rocket Thruster Really Works 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2016
The Journal of Propulsion and Power, a peer-reviewed journal published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), published a paper this week asserting that radio frequency cavity thrusters such as the electromagnetic thruster, or EmDrive, are theoretically viable.

By David Aragorn
China’s Shenzhou 11 manned space capsule returns to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 18, 2016
China’s Shenzhou 11 space capsule landed safely in the northern region of Inner Mongolia on Friday with two astronauts aboard, state media said, completing the country’s longest manned space mission to date.

By David Aragorn
China’s deep spacecraft will be guided by X-ray pulses from distant stars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 18, 2016
The country is launching the first satellite in the world that won’t be guided from Earth.

By David Aragorn
NASA Says That Hypersonic Planes are “Inevitable”0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 17, 2016
The future of hyper-fast flight could be taking off very soon.

By David Aragorn
The Most Dangerous Ideas In Science 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 15, 2016
There’s a battle going on at the edge of the universe, but it’s getting fought right here on Earth.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s ‘impossible’ EM Drive works 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 12, 2016
German researcher confirms and it can take us to the moon in just 4 HOURS

By David Aragorn
The most beautiful equation is… The Dirac equation 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 12, 2016
One equation brings together the two cornerstones of modern physics: quantum mechanics and relativity

By David Aragorn
Hypersonic Flight Is Coming: Will the US Lead the Way?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 11, 2016
The world is at the start of a renaissance in supersonic and hypersonic flight that will transform aviation, but the effort will need steady commitment and funding if the United States wants to lead the way, congressional leaders and industry officials said at a forum late last month.

By David Aragorn
‘Lost Nuke’ May Have Been Found Off Canada Coast 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 11, 2016
A commercial diver working near Haida Gwaii off Canada’s west coast has spotted a strange object on the seafloor that bears a striking resemblance to a nuclear device lost from a US B-36 bomber that crashed in the area 66 years ago. The Canadian government is sending naval ships to investigate.

By David Aragorn