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Chinese military researchers say that China needs to develop the capability to disable or shoot down Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, should Beijing deem it necessary, the Daily Mail reported last week, citing a Chinese study. According to a paper that was published in the Modern Defense Technology journal, China needs …

Scientists at the UK’s Oxford University have reportedly sounded an alarm over plans by NASA to broadcast location data and other information into space, warning that the effort could have dangerous unintended consequences, including triggering an alien invasion. At issue is the planned “Beacon in the Galaxy” (BITG), a broadcast of …

Paleontologists in the US may have discovered the remains of a Thescelosaurus killed at the moment of impact when an Everest-sized asteroid struck the earth and caused the extinction of dinosaurs. It was discovered at the Tanis site in southwestern North Dakota, which researchers believe holds a detailed record of …

A group of American scientists has come closer to solving the mystery of so-called ‘elite controllers’ (ECs) – a rare group of people who are able to keep low levels of HIV without antiretroviral drugs. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health compared “chromosomal integration sites and escape mutations” of …

Two scientists have suggested there is a very real possibility the first space colonists may turn to cannibalism, noting that failures in crops and a lack of supplies may leave people with very few choices. Speaking with the Metro on Sunday, Charles Cockell, a professor of astrobiology at Edinburgh University, …

The team of Russian scientists behind a new Covid-19 drug, Avifavir, have issued a statement in which they insist that it is highly effective against the two strains of coronavirus, Delta and Omicron, that are currently dominant. Covid-19, like most other ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, is known to be highly …

The study, titled MicroAge, will see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deliver the cells to the International Space Station (ISS) to explore what happens to human muscles, how people age and why. The cells, the size of a grain of rice, have been grown in labs and placed into small …

The emails, released on Friday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, show retiring NIH Director Francis Collins telling Fauci in October 2020 to discredit the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) – a statement that proposes working towards achieving herd immunity through “focused protection” of the most vulnerable. Days …

Pluto was discovered in the ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, known as the Kuiper belt, back in 1930, being declared the ninth planet in the Solar System. However, its status was questioned after several other objects of the same size were found in the Kuiper belt, with …

Described as a “tool,” the monolith is being “built to outlive us all” and will be constructed in a remote location on the island of Tasmania, Australian scientists told ABC News. The box, being constructed by the University of Tasmania researchers and other collaborators, will not actually be ready until …