Articles by Joaquin Victor Tacla
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'Floating Solar Tech': Australia is set to Install its Largest Floating Array of Solar Panels
Australia will be constructing its largest floating array of solar panels to decrease CO2 emissions and electricity bills.
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Researchers Use a Weird Ingredient to Produce Vegetables: Human Hair
The researchers have grown vegetables not with soil but with human hair. Would you eat a vegetable grown from hair? While this may sound literally hair-raising, one can actually use our hair to produce vegetables.
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International Coffee Day 2022: Here Are the Health Benefits of Coffe and Why You Should Drink it Everyday
In the spirit of Coffee Day, let us take a look at the health benefits of drinking coffee! It's National Coffee Day, and it's a perfect time to hail the drink that had kept us up every night when we needed to finish a bunch of paperwork and the times when we could not start our day due to lack of sleep.
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China Completes Latest Phase of Development on Tiangong Space Station - Ready for Launch?
China has completed the latest phase of construction on the Tiangong Space Station as it gears for launch at the end of October.
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NOAA Launches First ALTIUS-600 Drone Into the Eye of Hurricane Ian
The ALTIUS-600 drone and its passengers braved the storm as they gathered data from the eye of Hurricane Ian.
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Tesla AI Day 2022 Unveils Optimus Unit 1 - Humanoid Robots for Mass Production!
Tesla has unveiled Optimus Unit 1, an autonomous robot that can be mass-produced! Tesla AI Day 2022 showcased the company's capabilities in mimicking humans with their autonomous robots.
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FCC New Rules Require Satellites To Be Deorbited Within 5 Years of Completion to Avoid Space Junk Risks
FCC new rules mandate low-Earth orbit satellites to deorbit within five years of completion. US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established new regulations addressing the rising risk of space junk or discarded satellites, rockets, and other debris.
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This Small German Town is Unaffected by the Energy Crisis Thanks to Wind Turbines
While the rest of Europe struggle with rising electric bills, this small town is 100% reliant on renewable energy for electricity and heating.
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Japan Invests $320 Million on US Chipmaker to Produce Advanced Memory Chips
The US strengthens its ties with Japan with this new funding amid its growing tech tensions with China.
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NASA's James Webb and Hubble Capture Detailed Images of DART's Asteroid Impact
NASA's two iconic telescopes captured DART's epic asteroid collision in detailed views! NASA's iconic and powerful telescopes were eye-witnesses to the epic asteroid impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission that proved to be a successful initial planetary defense test for the space agency.
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ESA Will Send a Follow-Up Mission on NASA DART's Epic Asteroid Impact
The epicness of DART's asteroid impact continues as ESA will send a follow-up mission to observe the Didymos pair.
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Amazon Will Spend Nearly $1 Billion to Increase Wages For Hourly Workers in the US
Amazon will be increasing its wages for hourly workers amid criticisms of its labor policies and current union battle.
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[UPDATE] Hurricane Ian Further Delays SpaceX Crew-5 Astronaut Launch to Oct. 5
SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut launch was further delayed to Oct. 5 due to the ongoing Hurricane Ian.
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Australia Could Impose Tougher Data Protection Laws After Huge Cyberattack on Optus
Australia might be imposing tougher data protection laws after the personal data of 9.8 million customers of Optus were stolen.
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Tech CEOs Have Lost More Than $300 Billion in 2022
Tech billionaires have collectively lost $315 billion in 2022 alone. The economy has had a bleak year as a result of high inflation, recession woes, and abrupt stock market declines.
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SpaceX, NASA Confirms Plans to Construct Second Dragon Launch Pad
SpaceX and NASA will continue with their plans on building a second dragon launch pad. Officials from SpaceX and NASA have confirmed that efforts to adapt the company's second Florida launch facility to accommodate Crew and Cargo Dragon missions are proceeding as planned, as reported first by Teslarati.
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Pfizer Pours in Almost $120 million for App that Detects Covid from Cough
The app boasts a 90% accuracy in detecting Covid-positive cases by listening to the sound of coughing.
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NASA's ISS Captures Hurricane Ian Swirling Towards Florida
Astronauts from the ISS caught the super strong hurricane from space hurling toward Florida. The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have been keeping an eye on Hurricane Ian.
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Bipedal Robot Sets Guinness World Record After a 100-Meter Sprint
Bidepal Robot named Cassie sets a Guinness World Record after finishing a 100-meter sprint. A bipedal robot named Cassie has established a Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash.
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Is Russia Flaring its Unsold Gas? Here's What The Data Says
European officials have raised concerns that Russia might be burning off fuel rather than selling it, but here's what the data indeed says.
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[WATCH] 'World's First All-Electric Commuter Aircraft' Alice Flies to the Sky
The world's first all-electric commuter aircraft has finally taken its first flight. The "world's first all-electric commuter aircraft," named Alice, made aviation history by taking off overnight.
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AI Pokemon Generator: This New AI Model Can Turn Anyone into a Creepy Pokemon
This new AI model lets you turn famous people into weird pokemon. Find out how you can turn George Bush into a Hello Kitty Pokemon with this funky AI model.
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AI Simplifies a 100,000-Equation Quantum Problem Into Four Equations — How?
Researchers developed an AI model that reduced a 100,000-equation quantum problem into just four equations.
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Russia's Nord Stream Gas Pipelines Leak Natural Gas, European Leaders Suspect Sabotage
European leaders raised suspicions of sabotage after Russia's Nord Stream leaked natural gas from apparent explosions.
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Shining Lakes on Mars' South Pole May Be Something Else, Scientists Say
A new analysis from scientists claims that the lakes on Mars may just be plain old rock. What scientists previously thought to be lakes of liquid water beneath Mars' southern polar ice cap may actually be plain old rock, according to a report by ScienceAlert.
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Hurricane Ian Forces Relaunch of SpaceX's Crew-5 Astronaut by Oct. 4
The powerful Category 3 hurricane has forced NASA and SpaceX to delay Crew-5's launch. The launch of SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA has been delayed by at least a day due to Hurricane Ian.
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[WATCH] Ocean Cleanup Takes On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Worth 100 Million kg of Plastic
Ocean Cleanup's new video demonstrates how its machines can end the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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[LOOK] NASA Releases a Delightful 3D Animation of Jupiter's Cupcake-Looking Clouds
NASA released a 3D animation featuring Jupiter's cupcake-looking clouds! It's getting frosty in Jupiter! A new video animation of the gas giant's frosted-cupcake-appearing clouds offers an excellent glimpse at the massive planet's atmosphere as NASA's Juno probe conducts a close-up flyby of Jupiter's satellite Europa next week to infiltrate the moon's frozen crust with its microwave radiometer (MWR), as reported first by Space.
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Scientists Produce Lab-grown Meat With Magnetic Fields
Scientists have developed a unique approach to producing lab-grown meat using magnetic fields. By zapping animal cells with a magnet, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a revolutionary method of producing cell-based meat.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Seeks Emergency Use of Covid Booster for Children Aged 5-11
Pfizer-BioNTech seeks an FDA emergency use approval in the US for children aged 5-11. This booster dose is intended for the original Covid strain, Omicron, and BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
