Caption: Chimpanzee lifting up rocks and searching for freshwater crabs Credit: Kyoto University/Kathelijne Koops Just so stories have plagued the study of the evolution of modern human beings since people

Northrop Grumman, the American defense contractor, is developing a new rocket to place satellites into orbit. It is called the OmegA and uses a solid rocket lower stage instead of liquid fuel. This past

My daughter was on a ship going under the Golden Gate Bridge. She took this shot with her smart phone. Not bad, I say. Not bad at all.

Almost every day I walk to the local commuter train in the early morning. It is about 1 1/2 miles (2.4 km) from where I live now to the BART station. Until recently, it was rather dark as I did so. However,

On May 23rd, NASA announced it was awarding the first contract of the new cislunar space station called Gateway to Maxar. Gateway Station will be built in a near lunar orbit for both landing people on

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Is there a particular bug that happens on a weekly basis? IE a memory leak that seems to make the image server crash each weekend? If so, at least put a cronjob in to stop and restart the problem child

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Steemit's image server is borked again. Is it run by the Muppet's Swedish Chef or something? It seems to be a weekly thing. I already have a summer project lined up, but maybe I can squeeze in a steem

Amber piece showing most large inclusions . CREDIT: NIGPAS USAGE RESTRICTIONS: None Organisms trapped in amber and preserved for millions of years is not a new phenomenon. Folks have been remarking on

Three bacteriophages, or bacteria-eating viruses, were administered to the young patient suffering from a major antibiotic-resistant infection following lung transplant surgery(Credit: R. M. Dedrick et

It's hardly a secret NASA is preparing to land astronauts on the Moon. Vice President Pence, whatever you may feel about the current administration, announced NASA has been given the goal of landing astronauts

On May 9th, 2019, Jeff Bezos announced the Blue Origin plans to go to the Moon. They have been working on a new lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon, at an event hosted in Washington DC. The first version will

image server is borked again. c'mon, folks. This is a business, not a hobby...

Under current high emissions the average urban dweller is going to have to drive more than 500 miles to the south to find a climate similar to their home city by 2080. Credit: Matthew Fitzpatrick/University

NASA has been working with Boeing and SpaceX to build capsules to deliver NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. This program is called the Commercial Crew Program and has been going on for

The perception that China’s urbanisation is still in full swing is untrue for nearly one-third of Chinese cities, whose populations are shrinking, according to new findings by a Chinese university. A research

Life reconstruction of the bizarre membranous-winged Ambopteryx longibrachium. Credit: Chung-Tat Cheungn years ago, it was Ambopteryx longibrachium. Flight has arisen in vertebrates a few times. Each time,

I can see why people are losing faith in steem. The infrastructure to support steemit seems to be very intermittently working these days. The image server isn't allowing uploads again. Again. And again.

There is a space race on between members of the billion club of Silicon Valley. Most famously and in the forefront is SpaceX. Elon Musk's company has been doing technological feats one would have subscribed