Researchers at KTH have succeeded in extracting electricity by letting water pass through treated wood. The work has just been published in the scientific journal Advanced Functional Materials. What happens if wood is put in water and the water then evaporates? Transpiration. This process, that liquid travels through vegetation, occurs everywhere in nature. In connection with that, small amounts of... 

Due to “an unacceptable risk” to US national security, Washington has prohibited the import and sale of new telecommunications equipment from the biggest manufacturers in China. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a statement on Friday that the ban applies to technological products produced by Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE, as well as Dahua Technology, Hangzhou... 

Scientists have revived eons old ‘zombie viruses’ from the Siberian permafrost and have admitted there is a risk that “ancient viral particles” will remain infectious and “get back into circulation.” Out of the 13 new viruses that have been identified, the oldest is a 48,500-year-old amoeba virus, according to the findings posted by researchers in the pre-print server bioRxiv, who boasted... 

Elon Musk, the head of Twitter, has suggested he is open to building his own “alternative” smartphone if internet companies decide to deplatform his social media platform, implying he may have no other choice. Musk said he would not rule it out, though he expressed some ambivalence toward the idea, in response to a suggestion from conservative commentator Liz Wheeler that the billionaire... 

NASA issued a stark warning of an impending threat as an asteroid, equivalent in size to Nelson’s Column, poses a potential collision risk with Earth within the next three years. Designated as 2005 ED224, this celestial menace has earned a place in NASA’s Sentry Earth impact monitoring database, enabling the space agency to monitor asteroids with even the slightest probability of Earth... 

The greatest meta-analysis on the subject was undertaken in a research that was published in the Human Reproduction Update journal, which included information from more than 57,000 men across 223 studies conducted in 53 different countries. A new study performed by Israeli epidemiologist Hagai Levine found that average sperm counts are “dropping at an accelerated rate after half over the previous... 

Why is Big Pharma investigating their own covid vaccines for myocarditis side effects if the vaccines were already supposedly tested and proven safe and effective? Both Pfizer and Moderna have announced that they will be undertaking studies to determine the longer term risks of Myocarditis (an inflammatory condition of the heart which can lead to death) for people who have been injected with the mRNA... 

A group of Israeli and US experts disclosed on Wednesday that the first sentence ever found in the language of the Canaanites, a people who formerly lived in the ancient Near East, was a term used to treat lice. May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard, says a 17-letter inscription on an ivory comb that dates to roughly 1,700 BC, according to a research that was published in the Jerusalem... 

U.S. Space Force’s X-37B space plane keeps extending its flight-duration record, mysteriously orbiting around the Earth for 900 days, according to reports. The reusable Boeing space plane is flying its sixth mission, known as Orbital Test Vehicle-6 or OTV-6, which was initially launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 17, 2020. Nobody knows when the top-secret mission is... 

Elon Musk’s recent takeover of Twitter has sparked controversy and scrutiny, with the billionaire firing the entire board of directors, gaining unrestricted control over the social media platform. Musk is rumored to be considering changes to Twitter’s content restrictions to promote free speech, along with plans to introduce a fee for blue tick verification. The US Securities and Exchange... 

As evidenced by the significant vote against fracking British gas last Wednesday in the House of Commons, influential elites are either in denial about the horrifying costs and consequences of Net Zero or are busy snatching up the virtually unlimited funds currently being offered for promoting pseudoscience climate scares and investing in impractical green technologies. They are unlikely to pay much... 

Alan O’Hashi spent more than 15 hours traveling 178 miles in Wyoming from Cheyenne to Casper due to the inadequacy of his electric vehicle (EV). Such a trip should have only taken three hours or less. O’Hashi, a Wyoming native and current resident of Cheyenne, drives a Nissan Leaf, a cheap hatchback EV that can ba`rely get a driving range of more than 200 miles. In some of this year’s return... 

Scientists have found new evidence indicating there could be liquid water on Mars, which is a major breakthrough in the search for life there. The University of Cambridge-led study provided the first independent evidence that uses data aside from radar that there is liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of the Red Planet. “This study gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water... 

The unveiling of a groundbreaking archaeological discovery has rewritten the narrative of early English history, challenging long-standing assumptions about the homogeneity of its origins. In a monumental DNA analysis project spanning 460 individuals buried between 200 AD and 1300 AD, researchers delved into the genetic tapestry of England, unraveling tales of migration, diversity, and unexpected... 

A researcher warned parents that voice assistants Siri and Alexa are creating rude and antisocial children. Dr. Anmol Arora of the University of Cambridge said children’s interactions with these voice assistant devices at a young age may be a critical factor as to how they will develop later on in life. He wrote in a paper published in Archives of Disease in Childhood: “Interacting with the devices...