Scientists are describing a set of 23,000-year-old human footprints discovered in New Mexico as the earliest evidence of human activity in the Americas, 10,000 years earlier than previously believed. British and American archaeologists uncovered the prints in soft mud adjoining Alkali Flat, a dry lakebed at White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico. Using … Read more
Vespa maker Piaggio launches adorable $1,850 Gitamini suitcase robot that uses radar and sensors to follow you around like a puppy The Gitamini stands 18 inches tall and weighs just under 30 pounds But it can faithfully tote up to 20 pounds of groceries, laundry or other cargo Piaggio says the robot can navigate hallways, … Read more
Arctic summer sea ice is at its twelfth lowest extent on record, dropping to 1.82 million square miles in 2021, NASA reveals Experts have been using satellite data to monitor Arctic sea ice since 1978 The ice’s extent wax and wanes annually — reaching a minimum in September However, four decades of records have revealed significant … Read more
NASA‘s InSight lander has measured one of the biggest and longest marsquakes yet, which featured tremors of 4.2 magnitude lasting nearly an hour and a half, the space agency said. The robotic seismometre celebrated 1,000 days on the Red Planet on September 18, when it detected the largest tremor since it arrived at the Elysium … Read more
Vespa maker Piaggio launches adorable $1,850 Gitamini suitcase robot that uses radar and sensors to follow you around like a puppy The Gitamini stands 18 inches tall and weighs just under 30 pounds But it can faithfully tote up to 20 pounds of groceries, laundry or other cargo Piaggio says the robot can navigate hallways, … Read more