Category: Technology

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on Monday that it had been awarded a $95 million contract to supply SkyStriker loitering munitions to an undisclosed European country. The contract is for several hundred SkyStriker units to be delivered over two years. Elbit Systems’ SkyStriker is a fully autonomous loitering munition that can locate, acquire, and engage […]

Where do we feel love? Scientists have mapped where in our bodies and how strongly we experience different kinds of love. Researchers at Aalto University have made a detailed map of where in the body different types of love are felt and how strongly they are experienced. The types of love form a gradient in […]

AI technology is developing rapidly. ChatGPT has become the fastest-growing online service in history. Google and Microsoft are integrating generative AI into their products. And world leaders are excitedly embracing AI as a tool for economic growth. As we move beyond ChatGPT and Bard, we’re likely to see AI chatbots become less generic and more […]

The UK has just rejoined the EU’s flagship research funding programmes, Horizon Europe and Copernicus. This is great news for science, the EU and the UK. The reasons are simple: science progresses through the individual efforts of scholars and through international cooperative research. The latter process involves different scientific institutions and organisations working towards common […]

Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production. Environmental disasters in every part of the world have brought concepts from meteorology and climatology to daily news reports. In […]

Former US President Bill Clinton is teaming up with Israeli billionaire Ziv Aviram to launch a climate fund with about $1 billion of start-up capital. Aviram, the co-founder of Mobileye, says the fund will focus on transformative technologies that address the challenges posed by global heating. Clinton will serve as chair of the advisory board […]

NASA announces Summer 2023 hottest on record since global records began in 1880. According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York, the months of June, July, and August combined were 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit (0.23 degrees Celsius) warmer than any other summer, and 2.1 degrees F (1.2 C) warmer than […]

The JA1 Pulse, the fastest eVTOL aircraft for emergency response, unveiled details about the design and its specs. The Jump Aero’s JA1 Pulse, the fastest eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, announced details about its mission, to enable first responders to fly to the scene of an emergency as fast as possible. By bringing […]

As reports continue flying in about what were traditionally called UFOs (unidentified flying objects), Nasa is taking the topic very seriously. In fact, following the publication of a report from an independent committee of experts in fields including astronomy and aviation safety, the agency has even appointed a new director of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) […]

  Bugatti Bolide carbon fiber monocoque is a lightweight, track-only hypercar built around the iconic W16 engine. Bugatti Bolide, a 3,197-pound track car, can go from 0-60 mph in 2.2 seconds and has an estimated top speed of 310 MPH.   The hypercar is crafted around a giant engine in an ultra-lightweight design. This limited-edition […]