2021-04-26 Investors Are Buying Land in Virtual Worlds
Last month, a Singapore investor bought a digital artwork for $69 million. Since the art does not have a physical form, it cannot appear in a usual museum. The artwork…
2021-04-24 NASA Collects Oxygen From the Atmosphere of Mars
The American space agency NASA has collected oxygen from the atmosphere of another planet for the first time. A device on NASA’s Mars explorer Perseverance was able to extract oxygen…
2021-04-23 Kosovar Biologist Names Newly Discovered Insect after Coronavirus
Kosovar biologist Halil Ibrahimi believes the restrictions related to the coronavirus were not all bad. As a result of the measures, he was able to finish a research project and…
2021-04-22 Apple Launches Powerful New iPad, ‘Air Tags’ to Track Lost Items
Apple has announced a new iPad equipped with the same chip technology used in Mac computers. The company also released a line of new iMac computers and launched a small…
2021-04-21 Listening to a Spider’s Web
The sound is strange and not of this earth. Let’s listen. But this sound is very much of this earth. That is what a spiderweb sounds like. Well, that is…
2021-04-20 NASA Helicopter Makes Historic Test Flight on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed a takeoff and landing on Mars. The U.S. space agency says Monday’s flight was historic because it marked the first time any aircraft had…
2021-04-20 Scientists Estimate All-time T. Rex Population Was 2.5 Billion
A new study suggests that up to 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs lived on Earth over a period of a few million years. However, the research shows that not many…
2021-04-19 Scientists Excited by Potential New Force of Nature
Have you ever heard of a muon? A muon is a very small particle similar to an electron. Electrons and protons are parts of the atoms that make up all…
2021-04-19 Scientists Study How Ocean Seagrasses Can Fight Climate Change
Scientists say ocean seagrasses can be a valuable tool in fighting climate change. But many of these plants are being harmed by pollution linked to human activities such as mining…
2021-04-18 Major Drop in Leatherback Sea Turtle Population off US West Coast
Scientists say there has been a major drop in the population of leatherback sea turtles off the U.S. West Coast. Researchers say there was an 80 percent drop in one…
2021-04-15 Bitcoin Hits Record High as Digital Currency Company Goes Public
Bitcoin rose to record highs on Wednesday as a major digital currency company went public on America’s Nasdaq stock exchange. Going public means a company sells shares of stock to…
2021-04-12 NASA Prepares for First Helicopter Flight Test on Mars
The U.S. space agency’s explorer, Perseverance, arrived on Mars on February 18 with an important piece of equipment. NASA’s Perseverance was carrying an experimental aircraft called Ingenuity, which is set…
2021-04-08 US Supreme Court Backs Google in Major Copyright Case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for Google this week in a major copyright case involving software company Oracle. The two American technology companies were in a dispute over several thousand…
2021-04-08 Sophia the Robot Now Eyeing Music
Sophia is a robot with many abilities. She speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. Now, the next step in the robot’s career could be that of a musician. Sophia…
2021-04-05 Study: Long Periods in Space Can Shrink the Heart
A new study suggests that long periods in space can cause the human heart to shrink. The study — by a team of American researchers — comes as the U.S.…