A research team calculated that if current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3 to 5 million years to recover.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-mammals-evolve-fast-current-extinction.html#jCp
Origins of life – How RNA developed
RNA was a key component to the origins of life on earth. Until now, how the 4 components of RNA developed have been a mystery. For the first time, scientists have figured out that all of the conditions required to create RNA were likely present on early Earth at the same time.
via Chemists find a recipe that may have jump-started life on Earth | Science | AAAS.
The Diviner Lunar Radiometer instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was used to map and analyse the age of craters on the moon. Analysis indicates that a relatively slow population of objects impacted the Moon in the last few hundred thousand years and predominantly on the far side.
Carbon fiber as a battery?
A new study has shown that carbon fibre can work as a battery. This would be a huge step for electric vehicles, possibly reducing the mass of aircraft.
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The World’s Tallest Ferris Wheel
Watch a robot run
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