A lunar phenomenon will be visible in the country on July 28. The eclipse begins at 1:13 a.m. www.cnn.ph
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Jul 4, 2018
The momentous transition to multicellular life may not have been so hard after all
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biological
Jul 4, 2018
Look, up in the sky! It’s Disney’s new autonomous acrobatic robot
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Disney’s animatronics are coming a long way from drunken pirates waving flagons of ale or hippos that wiggle their ears. In the (relatively) near future, robotic versions of Iron Man or Buzz Lightyear could be performing autonomous acrobatics overhead in Disney theme parks, thanks to the newly-unveiled Stuntronics robot.
Animatronic characters have populated Disney parks for more than half a century, albeit often just looping a specific movement over and over. In recent years Disney Research has tried to make the robots more agile and interactive, developing versions that can grab objects more naturally, and even juggle and play catch with visitors.
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Jul 4, 2018
The Philippines’ first CubeSat just launched into space
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Jul 4, 2018
President Trump’s Message to Americans on July 4th
Posted by Michael Lance in category: futurism
Jul 4, 2018
Chinese Physicists’ Quantum Achievement Signals Dawn of Supercomputer
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: particle physics, quantum physics, supercomputing
Chinese physicists realized a genuine entanglement of 18 quantum particles, beating their own world record set in 2016, while the team has set their next goal at 50-qubit entanglement.
The result of the study was published in the US journal Physical Review Letters on June 28. Chinese leading quantum physicist Pan Jianwei led the project. Together with his team, Pan earlier demonstrated quantum entanglement with 10 quantum bits, or “qubits,” in 2016, according to a report sent by Pan’s team to Global Times on Tuesday.
Quantum entanglement is a weird phenomenon which Einstein called “spooky action at a distance” where quantum particles are connected “even if they are at opposite ends of the universe,” an Australia-based Cosmos Magazine reported.
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Jul 4, 2018
What If the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collided?
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Jul 4, 2018
Blue Origin targets moon landing by 2023 as an early step toward lunar settlement
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: space travel
Charania told GeekWire that the first Blue Moon landing could take place even before 2023.
Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is laying out a plan to support the creation of permanent settlements on the moon, starting with a lunar landing mission within the next five years.
Jul 4, 2018
Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, evolution
Bizarre fossils from China are revealing our species’ Asian origins and rewriting the story of human evolution.
By Kate Douglas
DECEMBER 1941. Japan has just entered the second world war. China, already fighting its neighbour, is in the firing line. At the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Hu Chengzhi carefully packs two wooden crates with the world’s most precious anthropological artefacts. Peking Man – in reality some 200 fossilised teeth and bones, including six skulls – is to be shipped to the US for safekeeping. This is the last anyone ever sees of him.
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