The director of Star Wars: Episode IX wants to shoot scenes in outer space

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 19:08

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 30, 2016 - During a panel talk about the ins-and-outs of filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World), who will be directing Star Wars: Episode IX, teased an idea he's working on for his Star Wars movie: shooting in space.

Hawking warns humanity could self-destruct

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 19:07

He says to spread out into space to avoid Earth disaster.

LONDON, England (PNN) - January 21, 2016 - Humanity’s future is in peril thanks to so-called advancements in science and technology, claims Professor Stephen Hawking, who cited “nuclear war, global warming, and genetically-modified viruses” as deadly threats to our existence.

Researchers are pretty sure they have found a new planet in the solar system

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 19:04

PASADENA, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 20, 2016 - Researchers are now pretty certain there's a ninth planet in the solar system.

Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown, two CalTech scientists, say the new planet is about 10 times the mass of Earth and has an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. Science magazine reports that the mysterious “Planet X” moves in distant orbit beyond Neptune.

Radical Antipode concept plane that uses rocket boosters revealed

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 19:01

Fly from New York to London in 11 minutes.

MONTREAL, Ontario, Canada (PNN) - January 27, 2016 - The engineer behind the Skreemr jet has unveiled another radical, much faster design for future air travel.

Charles Bombardier’s latest concept jet is capable of reaching Mach 24 - more than twice the speed of the Skreemr and 12 times faster than Concorde.

First genetically modified human embryos could be created in Britain within weeks

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 18:58

LONDON, England (PNN) - January 14, 2016 - The first genetically modified human embryos could be created in Britain within weeks according to the scientists who are about to learn whether their research proposal has been approved by the fertility watchdog.

Although it will be illegal to allow the embryos to live beyond 14 days, and be implanted into the womb, the researchers accepted that the research could one day lead to the birth of the first GM babies should the existing ban be lifted for medical reasons.

Mind-reading computer deciphers words from brainwaves before they are spoken

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 01/13/2016 - 21:01

TOKYO, Japan (PNN) - January 6, 2016 - A mind-reading device that can decipher words from brainwaves without them being spoken has been developed by Japanese scientists, raising the prospect of telepathic communication.

Researchers have found the electrical activity in the brain is the same when words are spoken and when they are left unsaid.

Real Burning Lightsaber

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 18:08

A quick video of a lightsaber build, just in time for Star Wars!

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New scientists rediscover Planet X

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 19:21

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (PNN) - December 26, 2015 - According to reports from two separate teams of researchers from Sweden and Mexico, two distant objects have been found lurking the outer edges of our solar system.

One of the objects, scientists say, could be a “super-Earth”, a mega-planet with an orbit six times greater than that of Pluto.

Star Wars: how future world conflicts will be decided in space

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 19:14

LONDON, England (PNN) - December 19, 2015 - Future conflicts will be fought in space as rival nations compete to plunge each other into a “technological Dark Ages” by destroying communications satellites, leading defense experts and academics have predicted.

FAA approves Terrafugia flying car for test flights

Submitted by Freedomman on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 19:11

WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 17, 2015 - Each day humanity inches closer to the vision of the future presented by “The Jetsons”. Okay, maybe not exactly that cartoon future, but something resembling it. Smart watches, robotic assistance, and 3-D printed food are just some of the real world advances for which the cartoon has analogues.

Strides have also been made in the realm of flying cars.