America is currently in the throes of UFO mania these days, especially with the Pentagon’s recent inconclusive report to Congress on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) recently emerging after Navy footage showed strange objects buzzing over the ocean at hypersonic speeds. Not since the 1970s when author Erich von Daniken’s “Chariots of the Gods” topped book sales charts and Steven Spielberg’s …
The brightest planets in July’s night sky: How to see them (and when), ,
Venus, as usual, shines brilliantly through the evening twilight, but continues to flounder low near the west-northwest horizon through July. You can use it, however, to help locate the much dimmer Mars during the second week of July. In addition, a narrow crescent moon will be in their vicinity on July 11, then both planets engage in a tight conjunction …
Why your Roomba’s wildly random patterns actually make lots of sense – CNET, Brian Bennett
The way a robot vacuum travels around the room as it cleans really matters. Gianmarco Chumbe/CNET Even the worst robot vacuum will remove at least some dirt from your floors. How much ground it covers, though, and its behavior moving through rooms will vary a great deal from model to model. The most important factor behind this is a robot’s …
NASA’s Perseverance rover is taking its own wheel for Mars drives, ,
NASA’s Perseverance rover is picking up the pace on Mars thanks to technology that helps the robot avoid running into trouble on its otherworldly drives. That technology, called AutoNav, is a navigation system that maps terrain and plans routes without the rover needing to rely as heavily on guidance from Earth. AutoNav is four or five times more powerful than …
9 great reads from CNET this week: Nuclear power, broadband redlining, Switch drift and more – CNET, Jon Skillings
Ask anybody about nuclear power and, before too long, you’re bound to hear the word “disaster.” As in Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island. Nuclear power has a reputation that’s hard to overlook, and there are real dangers tied to it. But there are dangers, too, in continuing to burn the fossil fuels that drive the modern world — from illnesses …
SpaceX tracking camera captures epic video of Falcon 9 rocket landing, ,
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landed successfully back on Earth after delivering dozens of satellites to polar orbit this week — and a tracking camera at the launchpad caught the rocket’s flawless touchdown on tape. The Transporter-2 mission lifted off at 3:11 p.m. EST (1511 GMT) on Wednesday (June 30) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force …
Hurricane Elsa, 1st of season, could hit Florida next week, ,
The first hurricane of the 2021 season, named Elsa, formed Friday morning (July 2), and is on track to impact islands in the Caribbean Sea and possibly Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Elsa — currently a Category 1 hurricane, with wind speeds between 74 and 95 mph (119 and 153 km/h) — is the earliest fifth named …
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