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How a sheep wagon became one man's doomsday survival plan

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 14:59

Tech Insider

Aaron Fletcher has been preparing for doomsday for 15 years. See how a nomadic shepherd thinks everyone will have to live in a post-apocalyptic world.

Science, Video, Sheepman, Survival, economic crash, Apocalypse, Preppers

Could the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb be caused by fungi?

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 14:02

Tech Insider

The gold funerary mask mask of King Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo — The gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Reuters

Science, tutankhamun, King Tutankhamun, Aspergillus, fungi, Mold, Egyptology

Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 12:02

Tech Insider

A flash of light appears where the solar flare is released on the left side of the sun. — A picture of the sun taken on May 18 shows a powerful solar flare being released.
SDO/NASA

Science, Coronal Mass Ejection, Space, Mars, moon, NASA, Earth

How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 10:51

Tech Insider

Cillian Murphy in a scene from — Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."
Universal Pictures

Science, Military & Defense, Atomic Bomb, Oppenhemier, Nuclear Test, Nuclear Weapons, nuclear fission

Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter — and scientists aren't sure why

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 06:45

Tech Insider

side by side images show a picture of Mars and an artist's impression of the Insight Lander picking up seismic signals on Mars. — NASA's Insight lander sent back data from Mars that shows the planet is slowly accelerating, making its days fractionally shorter every year.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS; NASA/JPL-Caltech

Science, News UK, Space, Mars, NASA

ISS experiment will help scientists work out how to keep astronauts cool in space

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 04:18

Engadget

On August 4th, Northrop Grumman's 19th resupply mission for the ISS arrived on the orbiting lab, carrying not just necessities for its inhabitants, but also an experiment that could greatly benefit future human colonies outside our planet.