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news | Feb 05, 2019 | Science & Education | 299

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is famous for extensive research in the emerging field of robotics. This time, they taught a robot to play Jenga.

Hubble discovers a new galaxy

news | Feb 01, 2019 | Science & Education | 214

The telescope's discovery happened quite by accident. This case clearly shows how little we know about the world in which we live.

A 500 year experiment

news | Jan 30, 2019 | Science & Education | 194

In 2014, a grandiose project was launched to determine the age limit of long-lived bacteria. It will take half a millennium.

The black hole Sagittarius A* will be photographed

news | Jan 29, 2019 | Science & Education | 910

Images of black holes have always been difficult to capture. But now this problem has been solved, and the first snapshot of a strange space object is waiting for us.\n

Europe gets ready to conquer the Moon

news | Jan 28, 2019 | Science & Education | 263

Mass media outlets haven’t paid much attention to the European Space Agency’s space programme. And it is in vain, because the ESA has been stepping up its efforts in this area.\n

Scientists Unveil the Origin of Life of Earth

news | Jan 25, 2019 | Science & Education | 320

There are questions that have for centuries occupied the minds of leading thinkers. The answer to one of them has finally been found.

Professor Avi Loeb talks about mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua

interviews | Jan 23, 2019 | Science & Education | 210

On October 19, 2017, scientists discovered an interstellar object passing through the Solar System. The asteroid was named Oumuamua. The unusual cigar-shaped object had an uncommon trajectory and had likely...

Insects to Help Create IA

articles | Jan 20, 2019 | Science & Education | 243

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) has announced a competition to create a model of the nervous system of a gadfly (a winged insect). The prize fund is $1...

Rainfall on Titan

news | Jan 18, 2019 | Science & Education | 201

Scientists thoroughly analyzed the data obtained by Cassini spacecraft and came to the conclusion that there was a rainfall on Titan (Saturn’s moon). This natural phenomenon was recorded at the north pole...

The Large Hadron Collider Will Get Even Bigger

news | Jan 17, 2019 | Science & Education | 197

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a 28-kilometer particle accelerator at the border of Switzerland and France. In 2012 it lead to the discovery of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle, and other successful...