Polaris Dawn crew shows off new SpaceX spacesuits for 1st private spacewalk (photos)

This first-of-its-kind private spacewalk will bring some serious style to outer space.SpaceX's privately funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward launch sometime this summer. The four-person crew, which includes…

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An ancient giant armadillo shows that South America had people much earlier than previously thought

Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting that humans were in South America 20,000 years ago - earlier than many researchers…

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The study of superlubricity shows that a macroscale frictionless condition can be achieved

credit: Applied materials today (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102140 SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) President Winston "Wole" Soboyejo, Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tabiri Kwayie Asumadu published a paper titled "Stable Macroscale…

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