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Scientists devise a possible plan to cloak Earth from an extraterrestrial attack

  A professor of astronomy, and one of his graduate students Columbia University, believe that they have come up with a fool proof way to protect Earth from an unfriendly extraterrestrial invasion. This approach seems to fly in the face of traditional astronomy and other scientific research that has been trying to independently confirm that …

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Hong Kong graphic designer builds a robot that looks just like Scarlett Johansson

  Ever since he was a little boy, Ricky Ma, a graphics and product designer from Hong Kong, had a vision and dream of one day building his own functional robot. Recently Ma, 42, realized his dream with the completion of his robot that he built over the course of 18 months out on his …

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Taking a vacation on the moon looks to be a reality within 15 years or so

    The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it has launched plans for making vacations on the moon a reality by 2030. The agency expects to be able to build a fully functioning “moon village” built entirely from raw materials found on the moon. The resources found will construct a permanent settlement there …

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Liberia declared Ebola-Free after two years

Two years ago, the worst outbreak of Ebola in history began. The epidemic claimed over 11,000 lives in West Africa, but has been declared officially over by World Health Organization (WHO). This marks the first time since the ebola outbreak began that the three primary nations wracked by the disease have simultaneously had zero reported cases for …

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Seventh row of periodic table completed

Four new elements have been officially added to the periodic table, finally rounding out the table’s seventh row. The elements were discovered by scientists in Japan, Russia, and the United States and are the first to be added to the table since 2011, when elements 114 and 116 were added. The four new elements were …

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