Egads! An asteroid the size of a football pitch will zoom past Earth on Friday, coming close enough for Nasa to issue a warning. Asteroid 2008 OS7 is classified as “potentially hazardous” and is expected to come within 1.7 million miles of Earth – about seven times further out than the Moon – at a…
Month: January 2024
Inside the World’s First $3 Billion Luxury Super Submarine
I had no idea there was even such a thing as a “luxury submarine.” Blending superyacht luxury with submarine stealth, the Austrian-designed Migaloo M5 promises to redefine maritime living but at a cost that’ll burn a hole through your pocket. While the M5 has yet to set sail, Migaloo, the company responsible for the M5,…
Huge structure in space challenges our understanding of the universe
Scientists have found a vast megastructure in space that appears to challenge our understanding of the universe. But the huge structures violate that principles since they are so large – and they are too big and too remarkable to even be possible, astronomers say. Neither of them can be easily explained in our understanding of…
Why A Turbocharged Four-Cylinder Is Better Than A Naturally Aspirated V-6
Heh, I’m not entirely convinced 😉 Turbocharged four-cylinder engines offer better torque delivery with more power available at a lower RPM range compared to naturally aspirated V-6 engines. For more, check out this Top Speed article.
Company gears up for a novel form of space travel
Could a space “balloon” be in your future? Space Perspective is looking to take passengers 100,000 feet into the stratosphere via Space Neptune, a capsule structure that will be carried high into the sky by the renewable hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon.” For more, check out this The Street story.
Neurons in The Brain Appear to Follow a Distinct Mathematical Pattern
Researchers have identified a mathematical rule that governs the distribution of neurons in our brains. A team of researchers from the Jülich Research Center and the University of Cologne in Germany found the number of neurons in areas of the outer layer of neural tissue in different mammals fits a lognormal distribution. Mathematics aside, a…
Happy New Year!
Sorry for the lack of updates…I was felled by COVID. Here’s hoping for a better 2024!