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Architect Andreas Tjeldflaat from design and research studio, Framlab, has his head high up in the clouds.

His latest project, titled Oversky, was recently on display at an exhibition on architecture and climate change at Sweden’s Bildmuseet art museum.

Oversky deals with a series of semi-floating structures in the ariel space between roads and buildings. The modular structures would be based on the technology that allows zeppelins to float, known as the lighter-than-air technology, and would be interconnected and supported by various infrastructural links that connect the street, known as “the cloudscape”.

Microscope footage shows how a fiery T cell latches onto a cancer cell in an attempt to destroy it.

Using NASA satellite data, researchers observed a new class of stellar explosion, which is similar to novas, but localized and short-lived.

Alloy GRX-810 can be used to build better rocket engines capable of withstanding far harsher conditions.

NASA scientists have invented a new metal alloy that is 1,000 times more durable than current state-of-the-art materials used in aviation and space exploration.

The US space agency believes that Alloy GRX-810 could revolutionise space travel, as it can withstand far harsher conditions than existing materials used within rocket engines.

The material has twice the strength, three-and-a-half times the flexibility and more than 1,000 times the durability under stress at high temperatures.

Google rolled out patches for the flaws in a December security update, so Android users should make sure they’ve updated their mobile OSes.

The laser beamed from the deck of a warship and hit a drone.

An AI asks Putin whether AI could also be president.

To SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the future is teeming with humanoid robots.

During a lengthy and freewheeling conversation with TED’s Chris Anderson last week, Musk expanded on his vision of what it could look like to share everyday life with automatons doing our bidding.

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We are approaching the point when humans make the leap off Earth and onto other planets. When we get there, how will we represent ourselves?

In this opinion essay, Earth Flag designer Oskar Pernefeldt explains why humans need a symbol if they are to succeed as an interplanetary species — on and off Earth.