How do wind turbines work? – Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor
Explore how wind turbines convert wind into electricity, and the challenges of powering the world entirely with wind energy.
How origami is inspiring new kinds of emergency shelters
Engineers have come up with a way of designing structures based on the ancient art of origami. The structures can be put up with by inflation, fold up flat for storage and transport, and can be made of strong, rigid materials. One hope is that these structures could be deployed in disaster zones for use […]
How life-span shifting insects are reshaping aging research
Bees, termites, and ants can teach us a lot about cooperation, communication, and the skills that keep societies together. But these so-called social insects may also hold secrets that could reshape our understanding of human aging. Many social insects exhibit surprising aging characteristics that cause their life spans to shift depending on their roles. Following […]
Fusion Power Explained – Future or Failure
How does Fusion Energy work and is it a good idea?
Burnout: cansancio excesivo en épocas de pandemia
MEC Gisela Aguilar Martínez La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha procedido al reconocimiento oficial del burnout o “síndrome de estar quemado” o de desgaste profesional como enfermedad tras la ratificación de la revisión número 11 de la Clasificación Estadística Internacional de Enfermedades y Problemas de Salud Conexos (CIE-11), aprobada el pasado año y […]
Bigfoot, Yeti: Meet Science
This week in SciShow News, hard science meets cryptozoology, as biologists reveal the results of their investigation into samples suspected to have come from such beasties as Sasquatch and yeti. The findings are pretty much what you’d expect — but not entirely.
SpaceX launches ISS crew on NASA mission
NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station on Friday, the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight.
The Mars Homes That NASA Awarded $500k
AI SpaceFactory’s «MARSHA» Mars Habitat just won NASA’s 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge. Compared to others, their design looks downright luxurious. It has multiple floors, spacious living quarters, and plenty of windows to gaze upon the Martian horizon.
NASA rover extracts first oxygen from Mars
NASA announced on Wednesday that its Perseverance rover has extracted the first sample of oxygen from Mars.
Starship | SN10 | High-Altitude Flight Recap
On March 3, Starship serial number 10 (SN10) completed SpaceX’s third high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype as it successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and reoriented itself for reentry and an active aerodynamic controlled descent. SN10’s Raptor engines reignited to perform the vehicle’s landing flip maneuver immediately before successfully touching down on the landing pad. […]
Los videojuegos, una oportunidad contra la depresión, según la ciencia
Investigación y Desarrollo Los videojuegos han sido a lo largo de la historia tema de muchas discusiones y debates, principalmente porque en ocasiones se les ha acusado de supuestamente influir negativamente en el comportamiento de las personas. No obstante, investigadores han encontrado que los videojuegos pueden brindar repercusiones positivas en la vida de los jugadores, […]
NASA’s Gold Box Will Make Oxygen on Mars
NASA’s next rover mission has a special device aboard that’ll do something revolutionary: make oxygen on Mars for the first time.
The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic dance in this NASA visualization. The movie traces how the black holes distort and redirect light emanating from the maelstrom of hot gas – called an accretion disk – that surrounds each one. Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2…
El helicóptero Ingenuity de la NASA logra el primer vuelo propulsado en otro planeta
Agencia SINC El pequeño helicóptero Ingenuity, enviado junto al rover Perseverance en la misión de la NASA Mars 2020, ha entrado en la historia de la aviación: ha conseguido elevarse del suelo y lograr, por primera vez, un vuelo motorizado en Marte. Tras completar los pasos previos a la operación, el dron ha estado levitando durante 30 segundos sobre la […]