Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Meta-owned service. The previously announced “Take A Break” feature encourages teens to stop scrolling if they have been on the social[Read More…]

DART probe, the size of a car, will slam into the Dimorphos ‘moonlet’ at more than 24,000 kilometers per hour in an attempt to knock it off course. NASA launched a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid – a test-run should humanity ever need to stop a[Read More…]

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reached a 15-year high, data from the country’s space agency has shown. A report published by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Thursday estimated that 13,235 square kilometers (8,224 square miles) of forest were lost between August 2020 and July 2021. That’s[Read More…]

Mechanical engineers, led by University of Utah professor Jake J. Abbott, have devised a new plan that utilizes spinning magnets to manipulate orbital debris, making it easier to manage and collect orbiting debris. More frequent space exploration and advancement in telecommunication technology have arisen the problem of space debris, from[Read More…]

Lab-grown coffee is being produced from cell cultures rather than coffee beans. It could get regulatory approval in Europe and the US in four years. The development may pave way for a commercialized product that could have a much less climate impact than regular coffee.  Scientists are trying to develop[Read More…]