Jul 01, 2021 04:56 am UTC| Science
On June 25, 2021, the Pentagon released a much-anticipated report on UFOs to Congress. The military has rebranded unidentified flying objects as unidentified aerial phenomena UAPs in part to avoid the stigma that has been...
What happens when black holes collide with the most dense stars in the universe
Jul 01, 2021 03:46 am UTC| Science
For the first time, a faint signal caused by the merging of two almost equally mysterious objects a black hole and a neutron star has been recorded on Earth. On January 5 2020, when the world was first learning of the...
S. Korean researchers reveal method of using fat insects in producing eco-friendly biodiesel
Jun 26, 2021 22:14 pm UTC| Economy Science Business
South Korean researchers announced a method of producing environment-friendly fuels by utilizing the remains of high-fat black soldier flies. The method uses leftover fat from black soldier flies to produce animal feed,...
Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Suntory debut world’s first enzymatically recycled bottles
Jun 25, 2021 10:30 am UTC| Economy Science Business
A consortium that includes Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Suntory has produced the worlds first food-grade PET plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled plastic using Carbios recycling process. The bottles that have been...
Cern: how we’re probing the universe’s origins using record precision measurements
Jun 20, 2021 12:11 pm UTC| Science
What happened at the beginning of the universe, in the very first moments? The truth is, we dont really know because it takes huge amounts of energy and precision to recreate and understand the cosmos on such short...
Approaching zero: super-chilled mirrors edge towards the borders of gravity and quantum physics
Jun 20, 2021 11:59 am UTC| Science
The LIGO gravitational wave observatory in the United States is so sensitive to vibrations it can detect the tiny ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. These waves are caused by colliding black holes and other...
S. Korea's nuclear research institute hacked by N. Korean agency: lawmaker
Jun 19, 2021 14:56 pm UTC| Economy Science
South Koreas Ministry of Science and ICT official is investigating a potential hack into a state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute by a group suspected to be associated with a North Korean intelligence...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects