American companies are developing unmanned aircraft systems that are larger than drones. The goal is for the aircraft to help agricultural producers and reduce risks to human safety. Rotor technologies When Hector Xu was learning to pilot a helicopte...
The social media service Bluesky says it has been gaining millions of users since the U.S. presidential election. Usage data shows Bluesky reached 20 million users this week. That was up from about 12 million users just one month ago. Bluesky is seen...
Scientists say they were able to identify signs that Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano might erupt about two months before it exploded. A new study explains the signs they discovered and how their method might be used to predict future eruptions. Mauna Loa...
Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to move over all kinds of barriers: including the raised edges of streets. A robotic delivery vehicle could use the same wheels to go up stairs to deliver food or other purchases. This is what...
Scientists say newly examined data from a Chinese explorer on Mars adds to existing evidence that the planet once had a very large ocean. The exploring vehicle, or rover, is called Zhurong. It landed on the Martian surface in 2021. The rover has been...
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with a telescope. But, 243 years later, we still do not know much about this cold planet, the third largest in our solar system. And some of what we thou...
African elephants are Earth's largest land animals. They are very intelligent and highly social. A recent study also says that numbers of African elephants sharply decreased over about fifty years. The researchers described their work as the most com...
The Australian government recently announced plans to ban the use of social media by children under the age of 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, Social media is doing harm to our kids. He added that now is the time for the government to inter...
Researchers have observed a large black hole that gained mass at a rate much faster than scientists had thought possible. New observations from the Webb telescope involve the largest kind of black hole, a supermassive black hole. It is called LID-568...
Europe's climate agency says this year is likely to break 2023's record for the hottest year ever. Researchers at the Copernicus agency also predicted 2024 will be the first year to be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than what is called the pre-...
An experimental satellite made out of wood has been launched into space. Japanese developers of the device say it is the first time a wooden satellite has ever been sent to space. The small satellite, called LignoSat, launched aboard an uncrewed Carg...
New research suggests Saturn's moon Titan has a thick ice cover that could be warming lower areas and supporting molecular growth. Scientists at the University of Hawaii carried out the new study. It appears in The Planetary Science Journal. The find...
Researchers Discover Large, Ancient Mayan City Researchers in Mexico have discovered a large, lost Mayan city. The major urban settlement, named Valeriana, is hidden deep in the southern forest of Campeche. The discovery adds to existing knowledge ab...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is reportedly in talks with America's SpaceX to cooperate in efforts to reduce the growing amount of space junk. The talks, reported by Reuters news agency, aim to get the California-based space company to join an inte...
The American government has approved the use of Apple AirPods as hearing aids. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it had approved new hearing aid software created for some AirPods devices. An Apple software releas...
