Last Week You Saw The First Image Of Sagittarius A* – Now You Can Hear It
Astronomy is, for the most part, the realm of spectacular images but NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory team has been titillating our hearing by turning the data observatories collect from cosmic objects into sonification. The latest to get this treatment is Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Last week, the Event […]
Lawsuit Alleges Death Of 10-Year-Old Caused By TikTok “Blackout Challenge”
A mother is suing TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for negligence in the case of her daughter’s death allegedly being linked to one of the “challenges” that often go viral on the platform. Tawainna Anderson’s wrongful death lawsuit alleges that her 10-year-old died after seeing the so-called “Blackout Challenge” on the platform, before falling unconscious while […]
A Computer Powered By An Algae Battery Ran For A Whopping Six Months
A computer processor at Cambridge University has proven it can run on an incredible new type of battery. In a canister not much bigger than an AA battery, researchers placed blue-green algae in a container with electrodes and the microorganisms were able to use sunlight to create enough electricity to power the computer for six months. […]