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Majority of the meteorites that are found on Earth today are produced by a giant asteroid collision in outer space taking place some 466 million years ago. But scientists have long wanted to know what type of meteorites fall on Earth before that collision.

Lego League tournament aims to inspire young people

Hosted at Park Air Systems in Market Deeping, First Lego League is a global science and technology challenge for teams of pupils, to encourage an interest in real world issues and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers. The pupils aged between nine and 16 work together in teams of up to 10 to explore a given topic and to design, build and program an autonomous Lego robot to solve a series of missions.

The Department of Never Mind

We are convinced that technology’s advance would have been smoother if now and then an inventor’s best friend had stepped forward to say, “That is not a good idea.” We’ve picked six examples of ideas that probably would have benefited from a little more reflection before the metal was bent.

What is technical SEO? And why is it important?

Technical search engine optimisation describes the efforts of a webmaster to ensure their website is compatible with search engine guidelines, and can be indexed and ranked for keyphrase searches accordingly. Whilst marketers perhaps best understand the implications of getting SEO wrong, it is often developers that implement technical SEO decisions.

B.C. father-son team developing technology to 3D print in space using moon dust

For Alex and Sergei Dobrianski, the building blocks of an upcoming revolution in the space industry are found in moon dust. Over the past five years, the father-and-son team has been developing the technology to send a 3D printer to the moon that can extract and use the various fine-grained metals coating the lunar surface to build everything from satellites to computer processors.

U.S. human spaceflight’s return grows on ground

They will take the elevator 175 feet above the shoreline, then march 15 steps across the platform and another 13 down the grated gangplank to the double doors that open to a small white room. SpaceX built this hangar for its rockets that will launch from the nearby historic Launch Pad 39A that was once used for Apollo rockets and the space … There the astronauts will make their final preparations, adjust their spacesuits and check their equipment before stepping into the spacecraft.

New wave of robots set to deliver the goods

A January 26, 2016 photo shows the Starship Technologies delivery robot at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, DC. AFP / MANDEL NGAN Washington: The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.

An iPhone made in America? Not that simple

The new iPhone 7 smartphone goes on sale inside an Apple Inc. store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo San Francisco: As US President Donald Trump pushes hard for goods to be “made in America,” how realistic is it to expect Apple to stop manufacturing its iconic devices in China? Yet, as other big companies have sought to appease the new administration with promises of jobs or investments in the United States, Apple has stayed low-profile.

After crash of Russian Proton rocket, engine parts to undergo stringent checks

Russia on Saturday said it has ordered a full check of engines used on its key Proton rocket after a cargo ship crashed last month due to engine disintegration and an inspection revealed violations at its factory. At a plant making engines for both the Soyuz and Proton rockets, workers had switched the rockets’ technology and documentation, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said, vowing to punish those responsible.

New wave of robots set to deliver the goods

The six-wheeled, knee-high robots from startup Starship Technologies are part of a new wave of automated systems taking aim at the “last mile” delivery of goods to consumers. The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.

AI helps scientists gain insight into cancer biophysics

New York, Jan 29 – A team of scientists has used artificial intelligence to gain insight into the biophysics of cancer with their machine-learning platform predicting a trio of reagents that generated a cancer-like phenotype in tadpoles. The research, reported in journal Scientific Reports, showed that during these extensive experiments, the biologists observed that all the melanocytes — a mature melanin-forming cell — in a single frog larva either converted to the cancer-like form or remained completely normal.

OurMine just hacked a bunch of WWE accounts

Notorious hacker group OurMine is back at it, hacking social media profiles to let the world know just how easy it can be to get inside an account. Several Twitter accounts affiliated with WWE, including those of WWE Universe, WWE NXT, wrestler and celebrity John Cena, WrestleMania, WWE Network and Summer Slam were hacked Saturday with the group OurMine claiming responsibility.

For NASA, the goal should be Mars

Cornyn and Rep. John Culberson , R-Houston, have introduced legislation that would make a manned mission to Mars NASA’s long-term priority. Cornyn first rolled out the bill in March, following Commander Scott Kelly ‘s safe return to Earth after a year in space.

St. Mary’s beats Santa Clara; Zags looming

Saint Mary’s Jock Landale and Santa Clara’s Emmanuel Ndumanya vie for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Santa Clara, Calif. less Saint Mary’s Jock Landale and Santa Clara’s Emmanuel Ndumanya vie for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Santa Clara, Calif.

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My Autism Connection, a local autism support organization, will hold its inaugural Walk the Spectrum event Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Estero Community Park. The event is open to the public.

Johnson, a black NASA pioneer, finds acclaim at 98

Fame has finally found Katherine Johnson – and it only took 98 years, six manned moon landings, a best-selling book and an Oscar-nominated movie. For more than 30 years, Johnson worked as a NASA mathematician at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where she played an unseen but pivotal role in the country’s space missions.

February meteor showers feature quantity not quality

Photo courtesy of NASA/ESA – This stunning image shows part of the sky in the constellation of Sagittarius . The region is rendered in exquisite detail – deep red and bright blue stars are scattered across the frame, set against a background of thousands of more distant stars and galaxies.

High tech money counting machine for local market

A new money counting machine, with multi-counterfeit detection technology, has been introduced into the Ghanaian market, to help reduce the risks involved in processing money. The SB9-2 Pocket Value Counter is an innovation of Alsale Services Limited, an information technology-oriented company, which combines the use of ultraviolet rays, infrared , magnetic, three dimension and other counterfeit detector techniques for cash processing, making the machine a multi-currency processor.

Women’s Leadership Conference

Vanessa E. Wyche, a longtime executive with the NASA Johnson Space Center, will be honored at the 2017 Celebration of Inspiring Women on Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Conference Center. The event is part of the seventh annual Women’s Leadership Conference and Celebration of Inspiring Women presented by Women in Philanthropy and Leadership for Coastal Carolina University.

Judge Blocks Trump Order to Return Refugees and Visa-Holders

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in New York on Saturday, Jan. 28. A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would have led to the removal from U.S. airports of refugees, visa holders and legal U.S. residents from seven mostly Muslim countries. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn issued the ruling following an emergency hearing Saturday night, hours after the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued to halt President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 order.

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Students from across our area met at Covenant Christian Academy in Harrisburg on Saturday to make robots. The students will be competing in the Pennsylvania State Robotics Championship Tournament.

Idris Elba wants to become an astronaut23 min ago

The “Luther” actor fulfilled a long-held ambition when he trained to be a professional kickboxer for documentary series “Idris Elba: Fighter” and now hopes the Discovery Channel will also fund another of his boyhood dreams – to become an astronaut, reported Contactmusic. Asked what he wants to try next, he said, “To be a spaceman.