Oculus Mission: ISS and Virtual Reality projects for 2017

Oculus worked along with three space agencies to create Mission: ISS. Mission: ISS allows the users of Oculus Rift to explore the International Space...

Himalayan study bears abominable results for Yeti enthusiasts

A group of researchers studying diverse samples supposedly belonging to the mythical Yeti have discovered through DNA analysis that all of these shreds of...
46,000-Year-Old Extinct Bird Frozen In Siberian Permafrost Identified As Horned Lark

46,000-Year-Old Extinct Bird Frozen In Siberian Permafrost Identified As Horned Lark

The well-preserved remains of an extinct bird that was found in the permafrost of Siberia have been identified as a horned lark that lived...
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Scientists want to transform sidewalks into giant batteries

Researchers from the California Energy Commission are carrying out two pilot studies on piezoelectric crystals, a type of technology that can capture vibrations produced...
Salto is the world's best jumping robot.

Meet Salto, the robot that jumps like a ninja

Duncan Haldane and a team of roboticists at Ron Fearing’s Biomimetic Milisystems Lab in UC Berkeley published a paper on Tuesday on Salto, the...
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Japan fails to launch its SS-520 mini-rocket into orbit

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has failed to launch an in-orbit satellite through a mini-rocket that was in development over the last few years....
Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to start colonizing Mars in 2024

Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to start colonizing Mars in 2024

Tomorrow, September 27, Elon Musk will unveil SpaceX's plans to colonize Mars at the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The SpaceX founder, CEO, and...
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Chinese space station Tiangong-1 could reenter Earth on April Fool’s

According to the European Space Agency, the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1 will be re-entering Earth’s atmosphere sometime between March 30 and April...
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Who issued the Gag order on USDA and EPA scientists?

Sharon Drumm, chief of staff of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, sent out an email on Monday telling all employees to halt the release...

Around 1,000 red crabs wash-up on Huntington Beach

The Huntington Beach area was seen amass with red crabs strewn across the water line, some dead, the others inching around to survive on...