FreeCAD Foray: From Brick To Shell - Hackaday
Over a year ago, we took a look at importing a .step file of a KiCad PCB into FreeCAD, then placing a sketch and extruding it. It was a small step, bu...
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Scientists reconstruct the face of a hunter-gatherer who lived 10,500 years ago - Earth.com
Scientists reconstruct Mos’anne, a 10,500-year-old woman from Belgium, revealing early European diversity through DNA, bones, and artifacts....
"That Star Is Shooting Jets Every Nine Hundred Years": Japanese Astronomers Capture Young Star Formation 26,000 Light Years Away - Rude Baguette
In a remarkable breakthrough, Japanese astronomers have captured vivid images of a young star's formation in a remote corner of our Milky Way galaxy. ...
After 44,000 years under the ice, this wolf looked almost alive - Earth.com
Scientists find a 44,000-year-old adult wolf in Siberia, preserved in permafrost, offering unprecedented clues about Ice Age predators....
Most Earth-Like Planet Yet May Have Been Found Just 40 Light Years Away - ScienceAlert
One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere....
Why might the Big Bang theory be in crisis very soon? - Aeon
The current theory for the origin of the Universe is remarkably successful yet full of explanatory holes. Expect surprises...
Ready for the next 'Oumuamua: Launching flyby missions to visiting interstellar comets is 'feasible and affordable,' study says - Space
"The trajectory of 3I/ATLAS is within the interceptable range of the mission we designed."...
Loud and clear: 10 animals with super hearing powers! - Times of India
From the deepest rumble of an elephant to the supersonic whispers of a wax moth, nature has gifted many creatures with staggering hearing abilities. T...
Your lungs hold secrets about your health as you age – here's a simple test to check them - BBC
The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape....
How evolution explains autism rates in humans - Phys.org
A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evol...
Inexpensive New Liquid Battery Could Replace $10,000 Lithium Systems - SciTechDaily
Monash scientists designed a fast, safe liquid battery for home solar. The system could outperform expensive lithium-ion options. Engineers have creat...
Images Show Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Now Growing a Tail - ScienceAlert
The latest images of comet 3I/ATLAS are in, delivering a glorious view of the interstellar object's burgeoning tail, courtesy of NOIRLab's powerful Ge...
Nasa To Share Details Of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
A Sept. 10 media teleconference will focus on the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject...
Formation of Earth's continents began much earlier than scientists had proposed - Earth.com
Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists once believed....
Videos show how high-speed tongues of salamanders and chameleons are helping unlock engineering breakthroughs - Phys.org
The tongues of chameleons and salamanders might not seem like the inspiration for tomorrow's engineering breakthroughs, but inside the Deban Laborator...
Scientists Turned Plastic Trash Into a Material That Eats Carbon - Gizmodo
A new study presents an innovative approach to CO2 removal that addresses two environmental crises at once....
1st known interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua is an 'exo-Pluto' — a completely new class of object, scientists say - Space
"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them."...
50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today - yahoo.com
The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet’s climate and geology....
Scientists finally crack the mystery of rogue waves - ScienceDaily
Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. N...
Brand new image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shows it's becoming more active and getting longer as it approaches the Sun - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Comet 3I/ATLAS images by Gemini South telescope show its tail is growing and it's becoming more active as it moves through the Solar System....