Why does the trash matter? For more than 50 years, humans have been investigating the surface of Mars. Nations have dispatched 18 human-made items to Mars in 14 separate missions, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Many of these missions are still underway, but humankind has left a large amount of trash on the planet's surface after decades of … [Read more...] about Mars is Littered with 15,694 Pounds of Human Waste From 50 Years Of Robotic Exploration
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AI-Generated Artwork Wins State Fair Competition, Dissatisfying Human Artists
The Colorado State Fair's art competition included a person who used an AI-generated artwork to take home the top prize. Jason Allen, also known as Sincarnate on Discord, made the announcement that he had won the digital arts division of the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition on the Midjourney channel. He informed the channel devoted to image-generating AI Midjourney, … [Read more...] about AI-Generated Artwork Wins State Fair Competition, Dissatisfying Human Artists
We Can Reliably Generate Oxygen on Mars, Allowing Human Exploration to Continue
Tech on board perseverance can produce oxygen day and night and in different seasons. NASA recently declared that it has successfully created oxygen for the first time on Mars. The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Project (MOXIE) has successfully produced oxygen seven times under various settings, including day and night and over two Martian seasons, according to … [Read more...] about We Can Reliably Generate Oxygen on Mars, Allowing Human Exploration to Continue
A human foot in a shoe was discovered floating in Yellowstone Hot Springs
A human foot with its shoe still inside was discovered in one of Yellowstone National Park's gushing hot springs. Nobody knows how the body part wound up in the geothermal feature, but park officials are looking into it. According to a Yellowstone National Park release, the unique circumstance began on Tuesday, August 16, when a park staffer noticed the foot floating in the … [Read more...] about A human foot in a shoe was discovered floating in Yellowstone Hot Springs
Captive Gorillas Have Created A Special Call To Communicate With Human Zookeepers
Vocal learning is extremely rare in animals, but gorillas appear to have cracked it. “Snough!” That's apparently gorilla slang meaning "I say, old buddy, toss us a couple grapes, would you?" What's most surprising about this unusual vocalization is that it appears to have been developed by caged gorillas specifically for the purpose of communicating with human zookeepers, … [Read more...] about Captive Gorillas Have Created A Special Call To Communicate With Human Zookeepers