SINGAPORE – A plan to encourage people to recycle their bottles and cans by putting them in a vending machine was installed on April 1, but it was difficult to find suitable containers in the market, checks by The Straits Times show. Under the drinks container return scheme, customers pay a deposit of 10 cents … Read more
The latest update to LIGO’s catalog has doubled the number of confirmed gravitational waves – waves in spacetime caused by catastrophic events. And now, astronomers come to the dire decision of selecting an updated dataset. In a Nature paper published today, researchers have confirmed the first evidence of two unstable supernovae, doing so with gravitational … Read more
For the first time, an astronomer has seen a comet change its speed and direction of rotation, thanks to a new analysis. The Hubble Telescope photos. The unexpected change is caused by “outgassing” jets that shoot an icy mixture of gas and dust into the solar system, according to a new study. Well, named 41P … Read more
There are 64 genetic combinations (43), because there are four bases arranged in threes. Each of the three codons code for one amino acid, of which there are 20 commonly used in proteins. This difference of 64 versus 20 is called degeneracy, and it has always been a mystery. Some amino acids have a single … Read more
Written by Manya Saini April 1 (Reuters) – The global IPO market has been in need of a win for years and Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be the breakthrough. The last company to hit the market with a valuation exceeding a billion dollars was Saudi Aramco in 2019. A trillion-dollar valuation, a CEO with a … Read more
Written by Manya Saini April 1 (Reuters) – The global IPO market has been in need of a win for years and Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be the breakthrough. The last company to hit the market with a valuation exceeding a billion dollars was Saudi Aramco in 2019. A trillion-dollar valuation, a CEO with a … Read more
In one area of Germany that was once dominated by coal mines, a remarkable process of cleaning energy is underway. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The big crane is in good condition, the steel belts are being assembled and the noise level is gradually rising to the sky. If all goes well, the world’s longest wind turbine will … Read more
In a calm environment, five autonomous robots are drilling into the moon, digging up loose rock and dust and leaving lines of parallel tracks. Stopping only to charge at a central solar power station, the car-sized machines process lunar debris internally to extract a form of helium so rare on Earth that the palm-sized container … Read more
Every job in deep space is fraught with danger. Hardware failure during launch, equipment malfunctioning far from Earth, or a small space rock hitting the vehicle are all scenarios that astronauts will train for. As humans embark on Artemis II, their first visit to the Moon in more than 50 years, one constant threat they … Read more
Unlike many children born and raised during the Moon’s arrival, Daniel Tani did not dream of becoming an astronomer. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING He was very interested in building things like radios and toothbrushes. However, in the end, his life choices and his career path led him to the place. He received an engineering degree, started working … Read more