Technology

Scientists have come up with a new definition of life due to a NASA mission

The rover Perseverance might obtain evidence of life on Mars. It is to land on an area which used to be covered with water in the past. Therefore, we might find some signs of life. The mission called Mars 2020 has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida recently. It is going to search for the traces of life for 687 days. Astrobiologists will...

Scientists ascertained why the Spanish flu had been so fatal

The Spanish flu, one of the most deadly diseases in the history of humankind, emerged in 1918-1920. It is estimated that it caused the death of 100 million people all over the world. There were much more victims than during WW1. Why was this disease so lethal and why did almost 5% of the world population die? The Spanish flu was caused by the...

Artificial intelligence has proved to be a highly controversial topic

Artificial intelligence has become an inseparable part of the European industry. However, its rapid growth and also a wide variety of applications raise fears of its security and its ethical use. A recent research of the European commission shows that there is a diversity of views on this issue. Artificial intelligence represents a specific...

Astronomers have captured the greatest explosion of an unprecedented supernova

The Pan-STARRS telescopes at Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui were first seen in February 2016, and scientists have now presented the results of their research. An unprecedented supernova with the catalog designation SN2016aps preceded the connection of two giant stars, each of them 50 times larger than the Sun. Around 1000 years before...