September 2024

While the Nazis were one of the most awful and destructive forces in the long history of humanity, they were also notable inventors. Surprisingly, Adolf Hitler’s underlings invented quite a few important and major things during their run in Germany and their spread across Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In this list, we’ll take…

Normal superheroes are usually cut from a recognizable mold. But some creators throw the mold away and create superheroes different than anything we’ve seen before. Sometimes, they’re just ridiculous—like Super President, who somehow juggles running the country and fighting crime without breaking a sweat. Other times, they’re designed to teach us powerful virtues, like Bibleman,…

This article was originally published in The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. New Zealand’s space sector has been developing rapidly since the first rocket lifted off in 2017. It now contributes about NZ$1.7 billion in revenue, with plans to grow to $10 billion by 2030. Last year, New Zealand hosted seven rocket…

Dune: Awakening – Gamescom Gameplay Presentation – YouTube Watch On “Your journey begins here, in the desert. Find the Fremen. Wake the Sleeper” It might have felt like we were all living on Arrakis this past July with the relentless scorching heat. Rest assured that cooler temperatures are rapidly arriving, but not for that storied…

(Image credit: Silver555 via Getty Images) Scientists have created an “exceptionally bright” light source that can generate quantum-entangled photons (particles of light) which could be used to securely transmit data in a future high-speed quantum communications network. A future quantum internet could transmit information using pairs of entangled photons — meaning the particles share information…