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Net zero: The UK is building its last big gas power plant

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By Adam Vaughan The Keadby 2 gas power station in Lincolnshire, UK david soulsby/Alamy Climb the stairs to the roof of the cooling tower at Keadby 2, a new gas power plant in the east of England, and you are rewarded with a story of the UK’s energy past, present and possible future. Straight ahead … Read more

Two New Studies Just Outlined The Basics of Building an Interstellar Light Sail

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For centuries, people have dreamed of being driven at speed across the vast oceans of space by winds of light. As whimsical as the idea sounds, nudging reflective sails slowly towards the speed of light using nothing more than the punch of photons might be our only plausible shot at reaching another star inside of … Read more

A Building Block of Life May Have Formed in Cosmic Dust Clouds Before Reaching Earth

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There are few bigger questions than how life first got started on Earth, but trying to put in the detective work almost 4 billion years after the event is understandably hard going for scientists. Now it looks as though we might have found another clue.   New research focuses specifically on peptides, smaller versions of … Read more

Supercomputers: Meta is building specialised machine for running AI

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Facebook’s owner wants extraordinary computing power to develop AI models to recognise speech, translate languages and power 3D worlds Technology 24 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Meta’s RSC supercomputer Meta Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is building the world’s most powerful AI-specific supercomputer to develop better speech-recognition tools, automatically translate between different languages and help build … Read more

Astronomers propose building a neutrino telescope — out of the Pacific Ocean

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Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of “Ask a Spaceman” and “Space Radio,” and author of “How to Die in Space.” Sutter contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Neutrinos are one of the most elusive particles in the cosmos, second only to … Read more

A Giant Asteroid Bigger Than The Empire State Building Is About to Zip Past Earth

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A large, rocky asteroid is going to fly by Earth next week. At 1 kilometer (3,280 feet) long, it’s roughly two and a half times the height of the Empire State Building, and it’s been classed a “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid” due to its size and its regular close visits to our planet.   But don’t … Read more

This Lego Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid building set is now on sale

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Save $14 on the Lego Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid building toy, available at Target and Walmart.   This spider-esque probe droid first appeared in Star Wars’ original trilogy. The Lego set harkens back to its appearance on the ice planet Hoth during the fifth episode of the saga, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.  … Read more

You can still save 20% on Lego Star Wars The Child (aka ‘Baby Yoda’) building set with this deal

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There’s no doubt that the star of the Disney Plus series “The Mandalorian” is the character that viewers have affectionately dubbed “Baby Yoda.” Now fans of the series can enjoy building their very own Lego model of the Star Wars icon.  If you were looking for a Lego Grogu (it’s his real name, after all) … Read more