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Watch the chilling moment the world’s first robot flashes a creepy smile

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A VIDEO showing the world’s first robot face carved from human flesh, with a very sinister smile. Japanese scientists have found a way to attach engineered skin tissue to humanoid robots. Scientists from the University of Tokyo put a creepy smile on this robot faceCredit: 2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND This creepy shot shows a … Read more

We visited the world’s first inflatable space station. Here’s what it was like.

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Sierra Space An inflatable space station? It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Colorado-based Sierra Space plans to replace the International Space Station (ISS) once it retires at the end of this decade with a series of inflatable living spaces where scientists, artists and others can live and work for weeks at a time. For … Read more

Hydrothermal vents on the seafloor of ‘ocean worlds’ could support life, says a new study

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Field system on Earth and basis for simulations used in this study. Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023JE008202 × close to Field system on Earth and basis for simulations used in this study. Credit: Journal of Geophysical … Read more

Hydrothermal vents on the seafloor of ‘ocean worlds’ could support life, says a new study

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Artistic rendering of seafloor vents on Enceladus

We’ve all seen the surreal images in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor – roaring black plumes of superheated water – and the life forms that cling to them. Now, a new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz suggests that the lower-temperature vents, which are common on Earth’s seafloor, could … Read more

Face of the world’s first human – a ‘strong and serene’ man – is revealed 300,000 years after his death

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The lifelike statue was created by researchers who reconstructed the skull of the oldest known Homo sapien

By Stacy Liberatore for Dailymail.com Published: 1:06 PM EDT, June 19, 2024 | Updated: 2:41 PM EDT, June 19, 2024 The face of the first man was revealed 300,000 years after his death. Scientists have reconstructed the oldest known Homo sapien skull, found in Morocco, which was missing the lower jaw when it was uncovered … Read more

Nikon Z6 III launches with the world’s first partially stacked sensor

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Nikon Z6 III camera product shot on a white background

After countless leaks and teases, including from the company itself, Nikon has finally unveiled the Nikon Z6 III. As the figure suggests, the Z6 III is a follow-up to the original Z6 and its 2020 Nikon Z6 II successor. While the Z6 II added incremental quality of life improvements to the Z6, the Z6 III … Read more

Nikon’s new $2,500 Z6 III has world’s first partially stacked CMOS sensor

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At the start of a recent photo walk with a Nikon representative, I was told it was only a matter of time before I became a “bird watcher.” Because eventually every photographer runs out of things to take photos of and only needs to master one subject: birds. Which, due to advances in camera technology, … Read more

Looking for a female partner for the world’s “loneliest” plant

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Enlarge / Map of the drone search for Encephalartos Woodii in the Ngoye Forest in South Africa. “This is certainly the loneliest organism in the world,” wrote paleontologist Richard Fortey in his book on the evolution of life. He was talking about it Encephalartos woodii (E. woodii), a plant from South Africa. E. woodii is … Read more