Arrival has been out for a while and is actual mostly out of theaters I just want to point something out that I noticed. Minor spoiler. The pair of aliens are called Abbot and Costello. They look more like Kang and Kodos. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger …
Canadian reactor designer StarCore Nuclear has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to begin the vendor design review process for its Generation IV high temperature gas reactor (HTGR). Montréal-based StarCore, founded in 2008, is focused on developing small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide power and potable water to remote communities in Canada. Its …
The Debye effect could be used hunt submarines using the magnetic signatures of their wakes. Seawater is salty, full of ions of sodium and chlorine. Because those ions have different masses, any nudge—such as a passing submarine—moves some farther than others. Each ion carries an electric charge, and the movement of those charges produces a …
Northrop Grumman will help the U.S. Air Force mature its plans to use directed energy systems for self-protection on current and future aircraft under a contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The laser weapon will be housed in a pod attached to a fighter-sized aircraft. The system will be tested on a tactical …
The budget approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet increases military spending to a record level, reflecting Mr. Abe’s desire to bolster the defense of outlying islands that are at the heart of a territorial dispute with China. Military spending in the year beginning April 2016 is set to rise 1.5% to ¥5.05 trillion ($41.8 …
George Church has expressed confidence that in just five or six years he will be able to reverse the aging process in human beings. George Church is among those who can claim at least partial credit for the innovation of CRISPR gene editing George Church says that there are more important things in the balance …
The US administration rejected the Keystone Pipeline which hinders the closest ally of the USA, Canada, from getting its oil to markets While the US administration previously made a deal to get Iranian oil to market “It’s ironic that the administration would strike a deal to allow Iranian crude on the global market while refusing …
After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the Bay Area, official go estimates for rebuilding the damaged Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland. The first cost estimates, released in 1995, figured both east and west spans of the bridge could be upgraded for $250 million. In September 2013, the price tag for eastern span …
Phil Plait had a recent review of what Star Trek technology was possible but he categorized many technologies as not being possible without considering the functions commonly seen on Star trek shows and how those benefits could be delivered. Phil placed too much emphasis on the literal technobabble. Turbolifts – going up, down and sideways …
a team of Korean researchers has found a way to modify a particular type of enzyme in roundworms to double their lifespan—and they suspect the same mechanisms might work in humans. Caenorhabditis elegans, the roundworm in question, may not look much like humans since they measure just one millimeter in length, but a number of …
The comic book reference whenever exoskeleton developments are announced is Iron man. However, the major societal impact for exoskeletons and exosuits is to replace wheel chairs and crutches for the disabled and for frail elderly. This was shown in the Kingdom Come series in DC where an old and crippled Batman (Bruce Wayne) used an …