Category Archives: Technology

Planet not at risk of ‘CO2 shortage’: scientists

Screenshot of the misleading graphic taken on March 5. Kate Tan Similar posts from New Zealand and France included a 37-second video clip of an interview with Princeton University physics professor William Happer, published by Sky News Australia in September 2023. Happer, who was a science adviser to former US president Donald Trump, said in… Read More »

17 key upgrades helped SpaceX finally get Starship into space without exploding

SpaceX’s Starship 28 entered Earth orbit on the first successful Starship test launch mission. More than a dozen mechanical upgrades to the ship made this possible.SpaceX The third test launch of SpaceX’s Starship mega rocket went off without a hitch. The success came after two test flights last year. SpaceX made a number of upgrades… Read More »

A Montana farmer paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and created a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000.

An argali sheep similar to the one cloned in Montana.Wirestock/iStock via Getty Images Plus A Montana farmer has been charged with illegally selling the offspring of a cloned sheep across state lines. The retail value of the animals transported ranges from $250,000 to $550,000, according to court documents. The hybrid cubs were probably sold to… Read More »

NASA’s cosmic ‘nudge’ gets surprising response from Voyager 1

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Engineers sent a “nudge” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hoped to solve a five-month-old communications problem on the aging spacecraft. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and its… Read More »

The rocket finally rose into space without exploding, but SpaceX lost it on reentry

Starship launches from SpaceX’s South Texas launch pad.SpaceX via X SpaceX successfully launched the world’s longest and most powerful rocket into space for the first time. However, Starship lost communication with SpaceX while re-entering to land in the Indian Ocean. NASA wants Starship to land astronauts on the moon. Elon Musk wants to build a… Read More »

SpaceX’s Starship reached new heights in monumental test flight but is now lost

Editor’s note: Follow CNN’s live updates SpaceX Starship launch. A SpaceX Starship rocket launched on its third test flight from the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, reaching several milestones Thursday morning before possibly disintegrating. The deep space rocket system underwent an integrated flight test that lasted approximately one hour. At the end of the… Read More »

What does HDMI mean? How Does HDMI Work?

If you’ve purchased an HDTV, PlayStation, or HD-DVD or Blu-ray player, you’ve probably heard of HDMI. Before we go too far, you’re probably wondering, “What does HDMI mean?The answer is “high-definition multimedia interface,” and it’s one of many connections on televisions or home theater receivers. But HDMI is also more than just a port on… Read More »

Why are farmers having a hard time going green?

A crisis is looming in the systems that feed us. More than a third of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we produce, process and package food. It is also a major driver of the declining diversity of life on Earth. Solving these problems will require radical reform of agriculture. But so far… Read More »