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[ad_1] A pair of remote-controlled racing cars will land on the moon next year for the first ever race on the lunar surface – and will be driven by high school students. Moon Mark, an entertainment and education company, sponsors the race which will see teams of students compete to …

[ad_1] Strong, supple and sensitive synthetic leather that can repair itself up to 5,000 times has been developed and could be used in future prosthetics, experts say. Known as “electronic skin” or “electronic skin”, it was developed by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. …

[ad_1] The whale of a find: the skeleton of a 39-foot leviathan discovered in Thailand, perfectly preserved, is thought to be up to 5,000 years old The remains were found near the coast in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok They are thought to have come from a Bryde whale, a …

[ad_1] According to a team of scientists, Australian mammals and marsupials including wombat and platypus “glow in the dark” under ultraviolet light. Researchers at the Western Australian Museum borrowed UV light to illuminate several creatures in response to an earlier US study that found platypuses are biofluorescent. Not only were …

[ad_1] The beginning of autumn may begin a week earlier in the future due to climate change causing trees to capture more carbon and drop leaves early in the year. For decades, scientists expected temperate trees to gradually lose their leaves later in the year, making autumn later as average …

[ad_1] Neanderthals could grab a hammer but would have struggled to pick up a coin because the joints in their thumbs made precision grips more challenging than “ strings of force ” The researchers compared the thumb bones of Neanderthals and modern humans The joints between the former were flatter …

[ad_1] “Like the cat that took the cream”: animals feel emotions very similar to humans: they exhibit positive moods when they “win” and pessimism when they “lose,” the study states Animal behavior experts have traditionally failed to consider the role of emotions While humans can report how they feel, the …

[ad_1] For the first time, elusive “ghost particles” produced in the depths of the Sun have been detected, helping to shed light on reactions that make huge stars shine. The researchers were able to capture evidence of the particles as they passed through a special detector buried under a mountain …

[ad_1] The UK-built Rosalind Franklin rover is one step closer to landing on the surface of the Red Planet after parachute tests in the Oregon desert proved a success. A pair of parachutes, each 115 feet in diameter, will be used to slow the UK’s first Mars rover landing on …

[ad_1] NASA astronaut Victor Glover shared his first video from space as he and three other astronauts flew above Earth as they traveled to the International Space Station. Glover is part of the Crew-1 mission that was launched aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, nicknamed “Dragon Resilience”, on November 15. This …