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Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90% in the last decade Article @EverythingScience

Special delivery! Biggest-ever haul of asteroid dust and rock returns to Earth A saucer-shaped capsule parachuted down gently in the Utah desert today, after a years-long journey through space. Its cargo is a precious collection of rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu — the first time NASA has ever brought pieces of this type of celestial object back to Earth. Over the coming days, NASA will fly the bits of Bennu to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. There, curators will carefully disassemble the container and begin analysing the chemistry and mineralogy of the pristine samples — which might hold clues to the origins of the Solar System. Article @EverythingScience

THE HUMAN FUTURE: A Case for Optimism (720p) Change is coming. Humanity is entering a turbulent new era, unprecedented in both Earth and Human history. To survive the coming centuries and fulfill our potential as a species, we will have to overcome the biggest challenges we have ever faced, from extreme climate change, to rogue A.I., to the inevitable death of the sun itself. The headlines make our chances look bleak. But when you look at our history and our tenacity, it's clear that humanity is uniquely empowered to rise to the challenges we face. If we succeed, our potential is cosmic in scale. Incredible prosperity is within our reach. Being optimistic is not only justified, it's a powerful weapon in the fight for a higher future. 00:00 Introduction 02:50 Part I: Collapse 15:30 Part II: Plateau 19:00 Part III: Transcendence 🌐 Melodysheep (4K) @EverythingScience

Drilling 'Borebots' could finally reach buried Martian life Article @EverythingScience

AI recreates clip of Pink Floyd song from recordings of brain activity An artificial intelligence has created a recognisable cover of a Pink Floyd song by analysing brain activity recorded while people listened to the original. The findings further our understanding of how we perceive sound and could eventually improve devices for people with speech difficulties. Article @EverythingScience

A Solar Flare Just Knocked Out Radio Across The US, And More Are on The Way Article @EverythingScience

It's Now Official: July Was Earth's Hottest Month Since Official Records Began Article @EverythingScience

Some Meteorites Are Mysteriously Magnetic, And We Finally Know Why One of the striking things about iron meteorites is that they are often magnetic. The magnetism isn't strong, but it holds information about their origin. One type of meteorite, known as IVA, is known to be fragments of smaller asteroids. Small asteroids don't have strong magnetic fields, so IVA meteorites shouldn't be magnetic, but many of them are. There's a new study showing how that's possible. Article @EverythingScience

Professor Says He's Invented A Real-life "Freeze Ray" The problem with being in space or an extremely thin atmosphere is that there's "very little air that can cool," Hopkins explained. Bringing a bunch of coolant isn't a great solution, either, "because that’s going to increase the weight, and you lose efficiency." A prototype device, as detailed in a new paper his team published in the journal ACS Nano, takes advantage of an unusual physical property of plasma, which is commonly referred to as the "fourth state of matter." In previous experiments, Hopkins and his colleagues found that a purple jet of plasma cooled a gold-plated surface before heating it up — a puzzling yet replicable result... Article @EverythingScience

US Lab Achieves Fusion Ignition in Repeat of Breakthrough Experiment For a second time since its landmark fusion event in 2022, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) has squeezed enough energy out of a diamond capsule packed with hydrogen to keep the fusion reaction running. Though still far short of producing a reliable, self-sustaining source of power for the community, the repeat achievement is bound to provide vital information on how to improve the technology. Article @EverythingScience

Scientists Regrow Retinal Cells in The Lab Using Nanotechnology The degeneration is the consequence of damaged retinal pigment cells. Our bodies are unable to grow and replace these cells once they start dying, so scientists have been exploring alternative methods to replace them and the membrane within which they sit. "In the past, scientists would grow cells on a flat surface, which is not biologically relevant." "Using these new techniques the cell line has been shown to thrive in the 3D environment provided by the scaffolds." Article @EverythingScience

30,000 artists' digitized works will be sent to the moon via Lunar Codex Article @EverythingScience

Indian lunar landing mission enters moon's orbit Article @EverythingScience

‍11 Years Ago Today, Curiosity Successfully Landed in Gale Crater on Mars Since then, Curiosity has been climbing the five-kilometer-tall Mount Sharp. In recent weeks, Curiosity faced its toughest climb yet, with 23-degree slopes and wheel-sized rocks. Article @EverythingScience

NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout' The Deep Space Network used the highest-power transmitter to send the command (the 100-kw S-band uplink from the Canberra site) and timed it to be sent during the best conditions during the antenna tracking pass in order to maximize possible receipt of the command by the spacecraft. The probe began returning science and telemetry data at 12:29 am Eastern Time on August 4, "indicating it is operating normally and that it remains on its expected trajectory." Article @EverythingScience

Exposure to Certain Fragrances During Sleep Dramatically Boosts Cognitive Function Researchers at the University of California, Irvine recently uncovered strong evidence that enriching the air with fragrances improves cognitive performance by strengthening a critical connection between neurological areas involving memory and decision-making. Article @EverythingScience

What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor? Article @EverythingScience

Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage Article @EverythingScience

NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024 Article @EverythingScience

ESA’s Euclid Spacecraft Snaps Its First Test Images Euclid, built and operated by ESA, with contributions from NASA, will observe billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years to create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the Universe, with the third dimension representing time itself. Article @EverythingScience