The slide whistle isn’t known as a particularly difficult instrument to play—there’s a reason they’re usually marketed to children. But designing, programming, and building a robotic slide whistle quartet? That takes a solid background in computer science, a maddening amount of trial-and-error, logistical adjustments to account for “shrinkflation,” and at least two weeks to make…
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › While most of the world is content to rush toward a wireless future, audiophiles know the truth: the best sound quality still comes from wired headphones. Without Bluetooth compression to worry about, you can listen to…
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Currently in the twelfth year of its mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to press on while treading the world of Mars, delving into areas no rover has gone before. The latest phase of Curiosity’s adventure has brought it to what some scientists believe is the desiccated bed of an ancient river. As…
NASA’s next moon car is starting to take shape. The agency has selected three private teams — led by the companies Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab, respectively — to develop their versions of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), the rover that Artemis astronauts will drive around the moon’s southern polar region beginning in 2030….
David Ajala, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Wilson Cruz in “Star Trek: Discovery.” (Image credit: Paramount+) “Star Trek: Discovery” touches down on Paramount Plus for its fifth and final season on April 4. The season features an interstellar treasure hunt that follows “Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has zoomed in to the heart of the Cigar Galaxy, a region of space that is ablaze with an explosive bout of star-birth. This starburst galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), has a compact but turbulent environment at its core that could give scientists a clearer picture of…
The LSST Camera is inspected prior to it being transported to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. (Image credit: SLAC) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon begin its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, monitoring the entire sky over the southern hemisphere thousands of times over. A mission this huge…
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