Mystery solved: Why Roman concrete seems immortal
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. That’s also pretty good advice if you’re paving a driveway or building something out of concrete. Turns out, Roman…
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A look at America’s trashed recycling
As Earth Day approaches, many folks are rightly wondering how they can improve their environmental footprint. Fact is, the Earth has finite resources, and…
Nasa photo. Dusty mars lander.
Mission to Mars ends with a fond farewell After four years, the reddish Martian dust that coated the surface of the Insight lander won, as NASA engineers…
Scientists create liquid terminator robot (on a small, non-murderous scale)
In Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the heroes flee from the T-1000 terminator, a liquid metal murder-bot, in a psychiatric prison. As the T-1000 pursues them…
Agricultural giant John Deere heads into space
Close your eyes for a moment and think “John Deere.” Odds are that the first things to come to mind are green tractors and rolling farmlands. Yet now,…
AI-generated images test copyright laws
Last year was huge for artificial intelligence as software giants like Microsoft and Adobe pushed generative AI tools to market and new cash-flush AI…
Artificial art? AI disrupting the art world
Could the next Picasso be a robot? AI-generated art has been around for some years, but most of the generated work was rudimentary and not worthy of the…
The tragic tale of the CIA’s spy craft cat
In what sounds like a kid’s movie plot, the Central Intelligence Agency once tried to turn a fluffy cat into a secret agent feline. In the early 1960s,…
Sun on Earth? Scientists make dramatic advances in fusion energy
The sun is absolutely massive — it contains 99.86 percent of all the mass in the solar system, with enough volume to fit 1.3 million Earth-sized planets…
How to protect your accounts from fraud
The internet provides endless conveniences. Unfortunately, however, it also offers fraudsters a plethora of ways to scam businesses and people. The web…