China’s New Spy Satellite Can See Your Face from 60 Miles Away—Sleep Tight
China just built a camera so powerful it can identify a face from 63 miles away. Not from a drone. Not from a plane. From space. The technology is called synthetic aperture lidar (SAL), a system that fires pulses of light and measures the reflections to create...
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Astronomers have found not one, not two, but four tiny planets crammed into orbit around Barnard’s Star. This unassuming red dwarf lurks just six light-years away, making it the second-closest star system to Earth. Turns out, it’s been hoarding worlds right under our...
Scientists Invent Water’s Answer to a Tractor Beam—Yes, Really
An invisible hand guiding objects across the water? Not science fiction anymore. A team of researchers, led in part by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has cracked the code on manipulating water waves to precisely control floating objects. Their trick?...
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Earth has a problem. It’s supposed to be reflecting sunlight back into space like a well-polished mirror, but instead, it’s acting like a grimy bathroom sink—absorbing more heat than it should. The result? An even faster, more chaotic ride toward a hotter planet. New...Recent News
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