Category: Science News

EctoLife: Grow Your Own Kid!

EctoLife is a company where you can artificially grow your baby and control its environment outside the womb, even choosing superior genetic features. This futuristic birth process takes all of the human element out of childbirth, as our digital society evolves toward artificial over natural processes. …


EctoLife Promotes Artificially Grown Kids!

EctoLife is a company where you can artificially grow your baby and control its environment outside the womb, even choosing superior genetic features. This futuristic birth process takes all of the human element out of childbirth. …


Japan to Extract Rare Earths From Seabed Starting 2024

Japan plans on beginning the extraction of rare earth metals from the region around Minamitorishima Island in 2024 as the country attempts to wean away from depending on China for critical resources. Work on developing extraction technologies for the endeavor will begin next year. The rare earth-rich mud is located on a seafloor at a…


Chief Health Officer Stands by Vaccine After Doctor’s Plea for Transparency on Jab Injuries

The chief health officer of Australia’s most populous state has defended the COVID-19 vaccine in response to calls from a prominent medical expert after she suffered severe side-effects from the jab, compelling her to call for more transparency around vaccine injuries. Former president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, who had been a…


Surprising Study on Omicron’s Origin Retracted After Authors Discover Contaminated Samples

The scientists who proposed that the COVID-19 Omicron variant had emerged in a broad range across Africa months before it was first detected in the south of the continent have retracted their paper, admitting that their samples were contaminated. First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021, the Omicron strain has since quickly…


NASA Retires InSight Mars Mission After Lander Falls Silent

NASA says it is retiring its InSight Mars lander mission, after over four years of collecting data on the red planet. InSight recently fell silent for the first time since arriving on Mars, its power levels had been dwindling for months because of dust coating its solar panels. InSight landed on Mars in 2018 and…


Australians Break Record for Fastest Electric Car in the World

An Australian solar-powered car weighing a quarter that of a Tesla has provisionally broken the record for the fastest electric vehicle (EV) in the world. Built from scratch by a group of 45 engineering students, the car travelled at an average speed of nearly 85 kilometres per hour and set the “unofficial” team record for…


Male Scientists, It’s Time to Pack Your Bags

Commentary A few months ago, a few dozen women gathered in a room in Sydney to participate in a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon,” aimed at writing profiles of women in STEM, heaping praise on these academics simply because they are female. In two hours, the group had created nine new profiles about female scientists/researchers and edited 22…


Satellite Launched to Map the World’s Oceans, Lakes, Rivers

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. Nicknamed SWOT—short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography—the satellite is needed more than ever as…


How the Christmas Beetle Plans to Stay Cool During This Hot Holiday Season

Researchers from Melbourne University have discovered how Australia’s Christmas beetles moderate their body temperature through the use of their colourful carapaces. There are approximately 36 species of Christmas beetle in Australia and the colour of different species’ “elytra” or hard shell can vary widely. The body temperature of some small animals like insects is directly…