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It took nearly 6,400 years to go from the simple wheel to the first automobile, but only two decades from the first car to roll off the assembly line to the first aircraft to take to the skies. Such rapid developments in quality of life can only be attributed to the human spirit, an unstoppable force always in pursuit of improvement. Join Modern Sciences in celebrating the spirit of human ingenuity through its engineering feats.
How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Cormac Purcell, UNSW Sydney…
Signatures of alien technology could be how humanity first finds extraterrestrial life
Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years. Rytis…
Here’s a Robot That Can Jump More Than 30 Meters Up
The geniuses behind engineering can grant humanity its greatest assets as it moves towards its technologically-advanced future. The…
Genetically engineered bacteria make living materials for self-repairing walls and cleaning up pollution
As a material, bacteria’s ability to rapidly multiply and adapt to different conditions is an asset. Gschmeissner/Science Photo…
NASA successfully shifted an asteroid’s orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the orbit of the small moonlet Dimorphos. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL David…
Tesla’s Optimus robot isn’t very impressive – but it may be a sign of better things to come
Tesla Wafa Johal, The University of Melbourne In August 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric car…
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission
Didymos (bottom right) and its smaller moonlet Dimorphos (center) were the targets of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test.…
Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years
Some areas wouldn’t see immediate effects, and there could be serious consequences. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Patrick W. Keys,…
From fertiliser to phantom: DNA cracks a century-old mystery about New Zealand’s only extinct freshwater fish
The upokororo, or New Zealand grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) Te Papa CC BYNC-ND 4.0, Author provided Lachie Scarsbrook, University…
Venus: the trouble with sending people there
NASA/JPL Andrew Coates, UCL Venus, often called Earth’s “evil twin” planet, formed closer to the Sun and has…