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SpaceX owes us $US50 million or a free flight, says Israel's Spacecom
Spacecom has been hit hard in the aftermath of the explosion that destroyed the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its payload.
Spacecom has been hit hard in the aftermath of the explosion that destroyed the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its payload.
From bespoke architectural panels to "organic" artificial reefs, 3D printing promises to change the world.
SpaceX said there were no injuries, but that an 'anomaly' resulted in the loss of the rocket and its Israeli communications satellite payload.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was in Kenya meeting with entrepreneurs and developers at the time, wrote in a Facebook post that he was ``deeply disappointed" by the explosion.
People started wearing clothes to keep??warm.??In the summer, we don't want to be warm. We want to be cool. And that's why summer fashion??is just plain backwards.
You'd think researchers who encounter some of the nastiest diseases affecting Australian animals would want to destroy them pronto. But that's not the case.
The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon after scientists proved they can halt mental decline by clearing the sticky plaques from the brain that cause dementia.
It's been the stuff of science fiction since it was deemed theoretically possible in the 1970s. But Sharath Sriram and his research team at RMIT have finally cracked it. They have built an artificial memory cell which could one day function as the grey matter in a bionic brain.
Australian scientists have uncovered the world's oldest fossils, a find that could help astrobiologists look for early signs of life on Mars.
What is it that inspires a young girl to dream of the stars?
"Strong signals", potentially linked to alien life, have been picked up by a radio telescope operating in a remote corner of Russia.
Our impact on the planet has now become so significant that it has pushed us into the Anthropocene epoch, meaning that human activity is now the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
Birdbrains they may be. But don’t underestimate the humble chook when it comes to having an ear for music. Dem birds have rhythm.
Lucy's death has long been a mystery. Now, after poring over the celebrated bones, a team of scientists has concluded that Lucy died most unceremoniously: from a long fall out of a tree.
It was the botanical equivalent of finding dinosaurs alive. Now the Wollemi pines face a new threat.
Neuroscientists have developed a way to turn an entire mouse, including its muscles and internal organs, transparent while illuminating the nerve paths that run throughout its body.
NASA scientists are putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with asteroid Bennu in 2018 to find clues about the origins of life.
It's the nearest planet to our solar system that we will ever find. And it could have liquid water.
If aliens exist, would they look similar to use or take a form beyond our wildest imaginings? The answer depends on how we think evolution works at the deepest level.
Seeing through a killer wasp's nest.
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