Using lasers, computer models, and machine learning, researchers have reconstructed the 165-million-year-old calls of Jurassic insects from fossilized wing fragments unearthed in China, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings reveal that an extinct bush-cricket species called at frequencies beyond human hearing, proving that ultrasonic communication … Read more
Driven by land speed legend and retired Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, a hydrogen-powered streamliner has set a new speed record of 653.87km/h at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, according to JCB. The achievement eclipses the previous hydrogen internal-combustion benchmark of 298.5km/h set by BMW’s H2R in 2004, as reported by Forbes, though the result … Read more
A four-tonne SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the moon at 2.43 km/s, creating a crater estimated at 18 metres wide and four metres deep. According to astrophysicist and cosmologist Brad Tucker of the Australian National University, the event highlights a “growing problem” with space junk, noting that approximately one tonne of debris hits … Read more