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    Hubble Revisits an Icon

    Twenty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped one of its most iconic images ever. The three towering columns of gas bathed in the light of hot,… Read more “Hubble Revisits an Icon”

    17 Nov 201722 Mar 2019 by QuBits

    The Brain as a Computer

    Painful exercises in basic arithmetic are a vivid part of our elementary school memories. A multiplication like 3,752 × 6,901 carried out with just pencil and paper… Read more “The Brain as a Computer”

    5 Jul 20175 Jul 2017 by QuBits

    Cassini probe shoots through Saturn’s rings

    NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has successfully executed its daring dive through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings, the first time a man-made object has navigated through… Read more “Cassini probe shoots through Saturn’s rings”

    27 Apr 201727 Apr 2017 by QuBits

    Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April

    We offer this 4min video on “Science in America”, containing what may be the most important words Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever spoken. Get involved in March… Read more “Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April”

    21 Apr 201722 Apr 2017 by QuBits

    Quadriplegic man’s arm and hand brought back to life by thought-control tech

    A quadriplegic man has had his right arm and hand brought back to life with the help of thought-control technology. Bill Kochevar, 56, was paralysed below his… Read more “Quadriplegic man’s arm and hand brought back to life by thought-control tech”

    29 Mar 201729 Mar 2017 by QuBits

    Electrons disappearing and reappearing between atomic layers 

    Scientist have spotted a strange type of quantum movement occurring in electrons travelling between the atomic layers of a material. Instead of travelling from the top to… Read more “Electrons disappearing and reappearing between atomic layers “

    16 Mar 201716 Mar 2017 by QuBits

    The Trees Have Ears

    Environmentalists are bugging rainforests with discarded smartphones to catch poachers and illegal loggers. When a tree falls to illegal loggers in the forest of the Kalaweit Supayang… Read more “The Trees Have Ears”

    21 Nov 201622 Nov 2016 by QuBits

    A robot stingray

    Here’s a critter that would be a showstopper in your aquarium: By layering rat heart cells over a gold skeleton, scientists have built tiny swimming artificial stingrays… Read more “A robot stingray”

    8 Jul 20164 Mar 2017 by QuBits

    Building James Webb

    For months, inside the towering Building 29 here at Goddard Space Flight Center, the four scientific instruments at the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST,… Read more “Building James Webb”

    18 Feb 201618 Feb 2016 by QuBits

    Building an archive on the Moon

    Is there a business case that would support a private, unmanned mission to the moon? The people at Lunar Mission One certainly think so. If they’re right,… Read more “Building an archive on the Moon”

    3 Dec 20154 Dec 2015 by QuBits

    Experiment records extreme quantum weirdness

    Researchers from the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore and the University of Seville in Spain have reported the most extreme ‘entanglement’… Read more “Experiment records extreme quantum weirdness”

    9 Nov 20159 Nov 2015 by QuBits

    Facebook’s AI software could give machines more common sense

    Will this block of virtual blocks fall over? Facebook has trained up software that knows the answer. Artificial-intelligence researchers at the company took on the project in… Read more “Facebook’s AI software could give machines more common sense”

    3 Nov 20153 Nov 2015 by QuBits

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