What Iran’s military called “the first product of the quantum processing algorithm” of the Naval university appears to be a stock development board, available widely online for around $600. According to multiple state-linked news agencies in Iran, the computer will help Iran detect disturbances on the surface of water using Read more…
A New York Times columnist considers alternate reasons for the upcoming House hearings with a whistleblower former intelligence official, David Grusch, who claims the US government possesses “intact and partially intact” alien vehicles: This whistle-blower’s mere existence is evidence of a fascinating shift in public U.F.O. discourse. There may not Read more…
“Kairan Quazi will probably need someone to drive him to work at SpaceX,” writes the Los Angeles Times — because “He’s only 14.” The teen is scheduled to graduate this month from the Santa Clara University School of Engineering before starting a job as a software engineer at the satellite Read more…
The New York Times defines the solar wind as “a million-miles-per-hour stream of electrons, protons and other charged particles rushing outward into the solar system.” Now CNN reports that the Parker Solar Probe “has uncovered the source of solar wind.” As the probe came within about 13 million miles (20.9 Read more…
“A shroud of smoke has sent solar power generation in parts of the eastern US plummeting by more than 50% as wildfires rage in Canada,” reports Bloomberg. “Solar farms powering New England were producing 56% less energy at times of peak demand compared with the week before, according to the Read more…
New research suggests that Arctic summer sea ice could melt almost completely by the 2030s, a decade earlier than previously projected, even with significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions. “We are very quickly about to lose the Arctic summer sea-ice cover, basically independent of what we are doing,” Dirk Notz, a Read more…
The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening. The temporary pause in the growth of the dirty fuel was hailed by energy experts as Read more…