Sciencie news on Xataka On, page 10

NASA Detected an Asteroid the Size of One of the Giza Pyramids Just Two Weeks Before It Passed 'Close to' Earth

Space

If it had collided with Earth, the resulting explosion would’ve been 10 to 20 times more powerful than the majority of hydrogen bombs.

Scientists Are Investigating the Source of More Than 5,200 Craters Discovered off the Coast of California. It May Have to Do With Gravitational Forces

Nature and Environment

In 1998, scientists at MBARI discovered mysterious holes off the coast of California during a seafloor survey.

This 17-Year-Old Girl From China Is a Math Prodigy, Defeating Students From MIT, Cambridge, and Stanford

Research

This 17-year-old Chinese girl is a math prodigy. She's beaten students from MIT, Cambridge, and Stanford.

Japan Has the Key to the Next Evolution of Robots: Wrapping Them in Human Skin

Research

The next goal is to make them sweat and bleed.

It Consumes Five Times Less Energy and Doesn’t Require Gas: This Is the French Invention Aims to Replace Your Air Conditioner

Energy

Caeli Énergie's device is seriously coming for your air conditioning.

Physicists Don’t Know Exactly What Time Is. However, They Suspect That It’s an Illusion

Research

Physicists don’t know exactly what time is. However, they suspect that it’s an Illusion.

The Asteroid Bennu Has Just Revealed a Clue About the World It Came From. The Key Is in Its Phosphates

Space

OSIRIS-REx is one of the most ambitious space missions in recent years.

We’ve Been Purchasing the Most Common and Ordinary Fish for Our Aquariums for Years. It Turns Out That It’s Actually a New Species

Nature and Environment

An important lesson: There’s still a lot of work to be done to fully understand biodiversity in understudied regions.

‘It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It.’ This Is Emotional Intelligence Technique Steve Jobs Used When No One Was Talking About It

Others

The Apple co-founder naturally utilized verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that are now recognized as part of emotional intelligence.

While Working on Creating a Stronger Cement, Researchers Have Made a Breakthrough: Shells

Materials

According to its developers, it's 17 times stronger than standard cement.

A New Study Aimed to Find Out Whether We Should Drink Water from a Bottle Sitting in the Sun. It’s Not Good News

Health

Scientists say recycling the plastic bottle is best unless you find it “enjoyable” to guzzle a mixture of potentially toxic chemicals.

Scientists Are Injecting Radioactive Material Into Rhino Horns on Live Animals to Prevent Us From Eating Them

Nature and Environment

Until now, no one thought that protocols for detecting nuclear weapons would be useful in fighting poaching.

Astronauts on the ISS Had to Take Shelter After a Huge Russian Satellite Broke Into 100 Pieces for Unknown Reasons

Space

The three crews sought refuge in their return spacecraft, including Boeing’s Starliner.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Hasn’t Just Collected Rocks on Mars: Its Tubes Contain Another Valuable Sample

Space

The Perseverance rover has already deposited 24 sample tubes in the Martian soil for a future return mission.

SpaceX Is Building a Spacecraft to Destroy the International Space Station—at NASA’s Request

Space

The ISS, which has been operated by five space agencies since 1998, is experiencing material fatigue.

Bill Gates Takes Notes by Hand in All His Meetings and in the Margins of the Books He Reads. The Reason Is Backed by Science

Others

Handwriting activates areas of the brain related to learning and memory that aren’t activated when typing on a keyboard.

Europe Has Installed So Many Renewable Energy Sources That It Now Faces an Unusual Problem: Electricity Is Now Too Cheap

Energy

While near-zero energy pricing may seem like a dream for consumers, it actually masks grid inefficiencies.

We've Always Thought That the Authentic Paleolithic Diet Consisted in Mainly Eating Meat. We Were Wrong

Research

Today's version of the
"paleo diet" doesn't align with what our ancestors ate, according to a new study.

It's Not a Mistake: China Continues to Endanger People by Allowing Rockets to Fall From the Sky After Completing Their Missions

Space

The launcher that successfully put the French-Chinese SVOM satellite into orbit crashed into a mountain in the Sichuan province just minutes after its deployment.

An Object That Fell From the Sky Made a Hole in a House With Someone Inside. The Family Is Suing NASA

Space

This is the first time NASA has been sued over the damages caused by its space junk.

Receive "Xatakaletter", our weekly newsletter