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Apr 1, 2022

A massive Airbus A380 flew using 100% sustainable fuel made from cooking oil

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Ever wondered what to do with old cooking oil? It turns out it could power the world’s largest passenger airliner.

Airbus performed the first-ever A380 flight powered by 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) derived mainly from cooking oil and other waste fats, a press statement reveals.

Apr 1, 2022

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson’s great-granddaughter shares inspiring legacy

Posted by in category: mathematics

TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones sits down with Nakia Boykin, the great-granddaughter of legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Boykin shares how Johnson inspired her academically and the lasting legacy she left behind for generations. “I don’t know if I’m going to work at NASA or anything like she did, but math definitely will always be with me as I get older,” she says.

Apr 1, 2022

Tesla opens its ‘longest’ Supercharger station in the world

Posted by in category: transportation

Tesla has opened its “longest Supercharger station in the world” through a growing partnership with a French supermarket company. There are larger, bigger Supercharger stations in the world, but apparently, there are none longer. Tesla is currently growing its Supercharger network at an impressive rate. The automaker went from 23,277 Superchargers at 2,564 stations at […].

Apr 1, 2022

Aging safely reversed in mice by reprogramming cells

Posted by in categories: genetics, life extension

Scientists have managed to safely reverse the signs of aging in mice by genetically reprogramming some of their cells.

Apr 1, 2022

Groundbreaking technique yields important new details on possible ‘fifth force’

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics

Researchers uncovered new information about an important subatomic particle and a long-theorized fifth force of nature.


A group of researchers have used a groundbreaking new technique to reveal previously unrecognized properties of technologically crucial silicon crystals and uncovered new information about an important subatomic particle and a long-theorized fifth force of nature.

The research was an international collaboration conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dmitry Pushin, a member of the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing and a faculty member in Waterloo’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, was the only Canadian researcher involved in the study. Pushin was interested in producing high-quality quantum sensors out of perfect crystals.

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Apr 1, 2022

A huge team of scientists finally decodes the last 8% of the human genome

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Apr 1, 2022

Meet NASA’s futuristic HAZMAT response vehicle that ended up in a museum

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Apr 1, 2022

Genius or flop? Dyson unveils bizarre headphones with air filter

Posted by in category: wearables

Try to get your head around that — or not. The concept of combining noise-cancelling headphones with a built-in air purifier sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi film taking place in a world with high-tech but poor air quality. However, it’s actually a real device — one that you’ll soon be able to buy.


The Dyson Zone™ is Dyson’s first wearable purifier, capturing city pollution including gas, allergens and particulate matter and cancelling unwanted noise with advanced noise cancellation and pure, high-fidelity audio.

Apr 1, 2022

Largest ever crypto theft sees $625 million stolen from the Ronin blockchain

Posted by in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies

Apr 1, 2022

Introducing, Museum of The Future — The chance to live in 2071!

Posted by in categories: habitats, innovation

Another apple of the eye in the face of Dubai.

Dubai’s penchant for housing some of the world’s most magnificent creations is no secret. Beautiful buildings and jaw-dropping structures with breath-taking designs have helped the UAE capital build a solid foundation for its identity as one of the top tourist destinations throughout the globe. On the palindrome date of 22nd February 2022, Dubai added yet another feather in the cap to its stunning collection of architectural marvels as it unveiled the Museum of The Future — a standing tribute to science and technology that will allow the visitors an immersive experience of living the future. It will house some of the world’s most futuristic technologies, ideas, and innovative products.

The spectacular structure of the Museum of The Future is perhaps one of the most complex and complicated designs ever created and willed into solid reality in the history of architecture. So much so that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has already touted it as ‘the most beautiful building in the world’ to give a tribute to its marvelous design. Talking more about the structure, the museum has an elliptical shape that has invited different symbolic interpretations. Some say the elliptical shape represents humanity and the void represents the unknown future. On the flip side, some have compared the structure to that of the human eye that is looking at the future.