• Tue, March 18, 2025

by: Gizmodo

Tesla's Self-Driving Fails the Wile E. Coyote Test

At the risk of spoiling the video for you, the Tesla leaves a cartoonishly large hole in the wall after Autopilot plows right through the thing at about 40 miles per hour.

by: CNN

Satellites powered by solid metal could one day use space junk for fuel

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat to fuel source.

by: Insider

31 of the top defense tech venture capitalists to know

A new wave of techno-optimist patriotism and rising geopolitical tensions are driving more venture capital investing to defense tech startups.

by: Sciencing

The Rare Shark Species That Will Outlive Us All

The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

by: NDTV

IIT JAM Results 2025 To Be Out Soon, Check Details

Delhi will announce the Joint Admissions Test (JAM) 2025 results soon. Students who appeared in the IIT JAM exam will be able to check the results by visiting the official website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in,

by: KSTP

Stuck astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back to Earth

NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally on their way home after more than nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule early Tuesday,

by: onmanorama

Central University of Kerala gets first science-background Vice-Chancellor in Prof Siddu Algur

Prof Siddu Payappa Algur is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala (CUK), Kasaragod

by: Yahoo

400 Hollywood Creatives Push Back on OpenAI and Google's Calls to Train AI on Copywritten Material

Celebrities including Ron Howard, Cate Blanchett, Cynthia Erivo and Paul McCartney submitted a letter to a White House office stating "America's global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries.

by: Astronomy

Inside radioisotope generators, the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last for decades.

by: MSN

How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A study published in Ocean Science has analyzed surface currents as observed from satellites to identify regions that—due to their circulation patterns—attract objects drifting nearby into large garbage patches. "With this information, we can let the ...

by: Newsweek

Our Universe Was Born With 'Anti-Universe' Twin, Claims Physicist

Theoretical physicists James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, for example, proposed that rather than having a strict beginning as we would understand it, the universe evolved out of a "no-boundary" state in which time and space were intertwined.

by: TAG24

Hollywood stars urge Trump to protect film and TV from AI

Hundreds of Hollywood stars have urged Donald Trump's White House to protect film, TV, and music copyrights against big tech and artificial intelligence.

by: SciTechDaily

Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter known as "time crystals" and the even more advanced "time quasicrystals." Thes

by: pix11

Newark 16 and 17-year-olds prepare to vote in April school board election

A celebratory atmosphere inside the gym at Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology, as students ages 16 and 17 registered to vote in their school

by: NextBigFuture

Astronauts Return Safely on SpaceX Dragon

Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have returned on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

by: PCMag

Nvidia Teams Up With Harvard, MIT to Supercharge Quantum Computing With AI

A new Boston-based facility will bring together researchers and Nvidia's latest GB200 NVL72 rack-scale hardware to achieve 'accelerated quantum supercomputing.'

by: Wired

'It's a Heist': Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

by: 9NEWS

'Wake-up call': Planet sees hottest year since records began

The planet has seen its hottest year since records began 175 years age, experts say in a chilling warning. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says climate change has now reached "new heights" with "irreversible consequences".

by: Reuters

NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

by: CNET

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for March 19, #177

Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition offers some fun categories today.

by: NHK

Japan researchers help Thai fish farmers with new technology

Japanese researchers are helping develop ways of farming local marine species in Thailand, where invasive animals are damaging the ecosystem.

by: NextBigFuture

SpaceX Crew Dragon Returning With Stranded Astonauts

The SpaceX Crew Dragon has undocked from the Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have donned SpaceX spacesuits ahead of their return to Earth on board Dragon.

by: Newsweek

Mind and Machine: David Eagleman on What the Brain Can Teach Us About AI

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

by: Reuters

South Korea keen to avoid impact on US cooperation after 'sensitive' country designation

South Korea's acting president urged ministries on Monday to work with the U.S. to avoid any negative impact on science, technology and energy cooperation after the U.S. Department of Energy designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country.

by: CNET

The Weirdest New Smart Home Appliances You Can Actually Buy

Weird doesn't mean bad. Here are some of our favorite strange new smart home appliances you can actually buy right now.

by: Newsweek

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks passing the planet this week. The asteroid, known as "2025 DU25," will zip past at a distance of approximately 692,000 miles, according to NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

by: NextBigFuture

GTC March 2025 NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's GTC 2025 keynote describes AI advances and reaching $1 trillion per year for AI data centers.

by: NextBigFuture

NVIDIA Omniverse Provides Simulation and Optimization of AI Data Centers

Nvidia AI and simulation is used for faster and more profitable AI data centers.
  • Wed, March 19, 2025

by: AZoCleantech

Scottish Engineers' Vision is Making Wind Turbines More Profitable and Efficient

Edinburgh-based Reoptimize Systems, a pioneering spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, is transforming wind energy efficiency with groundbreaking technology.

by: YourStory

Building a scalable and sustainable age-tech business in India

As traditional family-based eldercare evolves, there is an urgent need for innovative age-tech solutions to redefine care for the elderly and improve their lives with respect to healthcare, mobility,

by: techUK

Meet the Innovators: Spencer Lamb, Chief Commercial Officer at Kao Data

Kao Data leads the industry, pioneering the development and operation of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing. With hyperscale-inspired facilities east and west of London, and northern England's largest data centre planned for Greater Manchester, they are home to technology's most demanding computing infrastructure.

by: SHINE

Going beyond textbooks to turn today's students into tomorrow's scientific pioneers

Early STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education should go beyond textbooks, encouraging young minds to observe, question and engage with the challenges of our times before diving into technical training. A student who sees a problem firsthand is far more likely to develop a passion for solving it.

by: AZOM

Simplifying Complex Macrocycle Production for Material Science Applications

Reviewed by Lexie CornerMar 19 2025 Researchers at the University of Vienna's Institute of Organic Chemistry have developed a new method for creating azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a family of complex ring-shaped molecules with significant potential in material science.

by: IFLScience

Dolphins Greet NASA Astronauts In Gulf Of Mexico As They Return From The ISS

Nevertheless, NASA will be relieved to have the two safely back on Earth, after a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned them just off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. The two were joined by Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague as they landed in the ocean at 5:57 pm EDT on Tuesday, March 18.

by: dw

Japan returns to semiconductor arena now dominated by Taiwan

Tokyo is actively working to revive Japan's semiconductor industry after decades of relying on imports. But reclaiming the nation's superpower status in this sector is still a distant dream.

by: Gizmodo

The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA's Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA's Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology first developed in the 1960s—to keep running billions of miles from Earth.

by: NextBigFuture

Nvidia Roadmap to Gigawatt AI Data Centers, Blackwell Ultra, Vera Rubin and LLMs for Humanoid Bots

Jetson Thor Complementing Project GR00T, NVIDIA announced Jetson Thor, a new computer built specifically for humanoid robots. Equipped with generative AI (GenAI) capabilities, Jetson Thor enhances the functionality of robots, enabling more advanced and autonomous operations.

by: IOL

Dr Naledi Pandor appointed Honorary Professor at University of Pretoria

Minister of Higher Education Dr Nobuhle Nkabane praises Dr Naledi Pandor's appointment as Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, highlighting her impactful contributions to South African higher education.

by: Wired

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

Because of faults with Boeing's Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had to wait months for a ride back to Earth on a different spacecraft.

by: SciTechDaily

This Tiny Material Could End Overheating and Revolutionize Infrared Tech

Imagine electronic devices that never overheat and sensors that detect pollutants with unmatched precision. Researchers at CUNY ASRC have taken a major step toward making this a reality by discovering how to generate long-wave infrared and terahertz waves more efficiently.

by: BuzzFeed

45 Extremely Rare "Before And After" Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Change Your Perspective On Earth, The Solar System, And Beyond

I've generally used the dates of the publication of the composites instead of the dates the pictures were taken in their raw form. I tried my best. Enjoy!

by: LADbible

Everything NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams missed while 'stranded' in space for nine months

NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been in space for the past nine months, so they've missed quite a lot

by: MLive

Trump power plant pollution rollbacks threaten Michiganders, advocates warn

Environmental advocates say loosening mercury pollution restrictions and requirements to slash carbon emissions at power plants amounts to a "denial of science" and will risk the health of communities.

by: Nature

The biggest machine in science: inside the fight to build the next giant particle collider

The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ruin.

by: Reuters

Euclid mission data release is step toward grand atlas of the cosmos

The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale structure in order to better understand the mysterious cosmic components dark energy and dark matter.

by: Newsweek

Astronomers Uncover Hidden Birthplaces of Meteorites and Asteroids

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

by: techUK

The UK and Japan - Building an Exemplar Bi-Lateral Tech Partnership

Through the UK Japan Tech Forum, convened by techUK and JEITA, the UK and Japanese tech sectors have come together to speak with one voice on the opportunities we see from closer cooperation.

by: Newsweek

Astronomer's Accidental Discovery Challenges Models of Early Universe

An accidental discovery by a team of astronomers has upended existing theories about how galaxies formed in the early universe. The discovery, led by the "Cosmic Web" research group and international collaborators,

IIT JAM Results 2025 To Be Out Soon, Check Details

Delhi will announce the Joint Admissions Test (JAM) 2025 results soon. Students who appeared in the IIT JAM exam will be able to check the results by visiting the official website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in,
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is set to announce the results of the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 soon. Candidates who took the exam can check their results on the official JAM website, jam.iitm.ac.in, by entering their login credentials. The JAM 2025 exam was conducted on February 11, 2025, for admission into various postgraduate programs at IITs and other prestigious institutions. The results will include scores and ranks, which are crucial for the admission process. Additionally, candidates should keep an eye on the website for updates regarding the admission schedule, counseling sessions, and other important notifications.

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