A San Francisco woman has given a glimpse of what home cleaning could look like in the age of humanoid robots after hiring one for $30 an hour to work inside her apartment. Gianna Capezio booked a one-hour cleaning visit from San Francisco startup Tau Robotics, with the humanoid robot vacuuming, making her bed and…
Kevin Liu showcases a geometry-powered robot that moves without motors or controls, PC: Aaron Nathans At Princeton Engineering, a team led by Glaucio Paulino has answered a question few people ever think to ask: what makes a ketchup bottle cap snap open and stay open rather than flopping shut? The hinge on a typical flip-top…
Riya Velhal, Founder & President of StratScholar (Image Credit: StratScholar) For many high-school students, becoming interested in research is easier than figuring out how to actually begin. Finding a mentor, understanding research methods, and knowing how to publish or share completed work can be difficult without the right guidance. Riya Velhal, an Oregon high-school junior,…
SpaceX has officially announced Starbase, a new $100+ billion spaceport in South Louisiana near Pecan Island. (Photo: @SawyerMerritt) SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US’ southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help…
11-year-old Touren Pope finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in WyomingPhoto credit: Craig Thomas, BLM Rock Springs Field Office What began as a routine family rock-hounding trip in southwest Wyoming turned into a paleontological headline when 11-year-old Touren Pope noticed something unusual poking out of the ground. What he’d spotted was the fossilized shell of a softshell…
The incident occurred at a gas chemical complex in the Amur region (representative image) Seven people, including six Chinese nationals, have died and nine more Chinese workers are missing after a fire at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, according to the plant’s Telegram channel.The fire broke out at the facility…
When people in the small Scottish town of Langholm set out to raise £6 million, they were not simply trying to buy a piece of countryside. Their campaign secured 10,500 acres and helped create the community-owned Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, turning an ambitious local vision into one of the region’s largest community-led conservation efforts. Now,…
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Picture credit: Reuters) US President Donald Trump’s administration has submitted a proposed civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress for review, while maintaining that the pact will only move forward if Riyadh agrees to normalise relations with Israel.The agreement was…
From golf fairways to a 225-acre public park: Kentucky’s former Fox Run Golf Course is getting a new life, with 70% of the property preserved as greenspace. A former golf course in Kentucky is being transformed into a sprawling 225-acre public park featuring hiking and biking trails, climbing structures, a dog park, interactive water features…
A Wiltshire couple face losing the home they built for their disabled daughter after a planning dispute over a basement and Green Belt rules. (Photo: Wiltshire council) A Wiltshire couple have been ordered to demolish the four-bedroom home they have lived in with their disabled daughter for more than four years after a planning dispute…