Researchers from the BrainGate collaboration used a tiny brain-computer interface to translate brain signals for handwriting into readable text on a computer.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft blasted off from 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The craft will take two years to arrive back on Earth with a sample from the asteroid.
Researchers identified a new species of ancient shark, Durnonovariaodus maiseyi, from a 150-million-year-old fossil found in England’s Kimmeridge Clay Formation.
A study of Massospondylus carinatus, a dinosaur that lived in what’s now southern African, revealed its growth varied from season to season based on environmental conditions. Its bones revealed growth rings, which researchers likened to those in trees.
Researchers developed a method to analyze and date the fluid inside low-grade diamonds, giving them more insight into the deep geological history of the areas where they’re found.
Images of Jupiter taken with infrared, visible, and ultraviolet sensors revealed details of the gas giant’s atmosphere that aren’t apparent on the visible spectrum alone, including vastly different views of the Great Red Spot.
NASA’s experimental X-57 Maxwell electric plane spun its propellers as part of its high -voltage ground test. It was the first time the propellers were powered by the same motor that will be used in flight.
Researchers from Brigham Young University created free-floating animations in the air using hologram projectors that don’t require a screen. Naturally, they used the technology to recreate scenes from Star Wars and Star Trek.
A study of fossils that preserve ancient animals’ inner ear structure suggests that common ancestors of birds and crocodiles began singing to their young as early as 245 million years ago.
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