Category: Science & Technology (科学与科技)

The method of making electricity from the Earth’s natural heat has been moving forward quietly for many years. Recently, that effort has reached a milestone with a big, new project.…

Two American astronauts have been delayed at the International Space Station (ISS) while engineers try to fix problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Starliner is a joint project between Boeing and…

Denmark will tax farm animals such as cattle and pigs for releasing methane, a kind of greenhouse gas, starting in 2030. Some scientists think that greenhouse gases trap heat in…

The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded in 1947. Often called a “Happy City,” it was meant to be a Christian utopia, or perfect place. But now its remaining…

Space researchers have observed a big increase in energy at the center of a distant galaxy caused by a very large black hole. They say the discovery could be meaningful…

Shares in American technology company Nvidia have risen sharply during the past year. The increases have given the company a market valuation of more than $3 trillion. Last week, the…

A species of wild cat in Europe that was almost extinct, or about to disappear, over 20 years ago has returned. Last week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature…

A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with rock and soil samples recently collected from the moon. A parachute Tuesday floated the unmanned Chang’e-6 capsule back to earth in China’s…

Brazil aims to become a major producer of rare earth metals as Western countries push to gain supplies needed to manufacture high technology devices. Rare earth metals are 17 elements…

The American space agency NASA says a huge star explosion is expected to light up the night sky later this year. NASA describes it as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. The event…

Millions of years ago, a huge and powerful hunter flew in the skies above a former sea in what is now Australia. Its large mouth and long, pointed teeth captured…

Apple is preparing to release a series of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on iPhones and other personal devices. Company officials have described the new offerings as a newly developed…

Childhood cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and three other American civilians went to space in 2021. They travelled in a mission called Inspiration4 for the private company SpaceX. The four-member crew…

Engineers at the Chinese company Ex-Robots are developing human-like robots at a factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian. Their goal is to increase the ability of the company’s…

Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones in the Milky Way Galaxy. Much smaller stars are far more common. Of all the stars in…