Building off of a concept introduced decades ago by physicist Gerard O'Neill – who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton, according to Fast Company – the Blue Origin founder outlined self-sustaining habitats that could hold entire cities, agricultural areas, and even national parks in space. While such a future may still be a ways off, Bezos says it will be an ‘easy choice’ when faced with dwindling resources on Earth. The habitats, reminiscent of the film Interstellar, could be built close enough to Earth to allow people to travel back and forth, and house ‘a million people or more each.’ And, according to Bezos, they’d have the ‘ideal climate’ at all times, ‘like Maui on its best day, all year long.’
Stone Age families crawled on hand and foot through dark caves for FUN carrying wooden torches 14,000 years ago, new study suggests
A series of tracks created roughly 14,000 years ago has revealed stunning new insight into the ways ancient humans explored dark, potentially treacherous cave systems during the Stone Age. Researchers say at least 180 hand and footprints line the clay-rich floor of Italy’s cave of Bàsura in the famous Toirano caves, indicating ancient humans crawled barelegged through low tunnels as they searched for food and even explored for fun. The group that left behind these tracks thousands of years ago included a total of five individuals, from adults to children as young as three years old, who navigated the dark pathways using wooden sticks as torches.
Lenovo unveils the 'world's first' foldable laptop with a 13-inch bendable screen that folds in half to become the size of a book
The Chinese tech giant is bringing bendy screen technology to a totally new gadget, releasing what it's calling the 'world's first foldable PC.' Users can fold it in half to read their favorite book in bed, unfold it and stand it up using the built-in kickstand to watch their favorite videos hands-free, or use it as a full-screen tablet to take notes during a meeting at the office.
Miraculous 'bio-glue' that sets under UV light and can heal fatal wounds to organs in seconds is developed by scientists
Scientists from Zhejiang University in China have developed a gel-like 'glue' that can be activated by shining ultraviolet light on it (left). The substance formed a waterproof seal around a 6mm opening in 20 seconds when tested on pig livers (inset) causing bleeding to be stopped. Its creators say it is strong enough to withstand pressure in the heart and could close fatal wounds without the need for staples or stitches. It could hold promise in humans and be used war-torn regions or during surgery to stop fatal bleeding
Elon Musk posts photo of rocket stacked with 60 satellites that will launch tomorrow in SpaceX bid to beam high-speed internet to the world
The SpaceX's CEO (bottom right) has tweeted a picture of a rocket packed full with 60 satellites (left) due to be launched this week as part of his Starlink project that aims to provide high-speed internet to the world, in particular, underserved regions such as parts of Africa. Many more satellite-filled launches are needed for even low coverage. The project could potentially launch 12,000 satellites into orbit
- Revealed: Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitats that could house a TRILLION people in space
- Stone Age families crawled on hand and foot through dark caves for FUN carrying wooden torches 14,000 years ago, new study suggests
- San Francisco becomes the first US city to BAN government use of facial recognition
- Google rolls out a slew of new ads to Search, YouTube and shopping in bid to take on Amazon
- Match app now offers free chats with dating coaches to help users send messages, get over breakups, and find love
- Dazzling auroras could be visible in the night sky as far south as upstate New York THIS WEEK as geomagnetic storm barrels toward Earth
- Lenovo unveils the 'world's first' foldable laptop with a 13-inch bendable screen that folds in half to become the size of a book
- Facebook could face 20 YEARS of privacy oversight from the FTC as a result of Cambridge Analytica probe
- A woman will walk on the moon for the first time by 2024, NASA chief says: Upcoming 'Artemis' mission named after Greek god Apollo's twin sister will be led by male AND female astronauts
- Update your computer NOW: Intel reveals 'ZombieLoad' flaw affecting its chips could put MILLIONS of devices at risk by letting hackers steal passwords and other sensitive user data
- Over 60% of people think connected home devices are 'creepy,' survey reveals (but nearly three-quarters own one anyway)
- Miraculous 'bio-glue' that sets under UV light and can heal fatal wounds to organs in seconds is developed by scientists
- Alexa Guard feature that turns your Echo into a security device is coming to the US
- Smart speakers like Alexa and Google are 'SEXIST' because they understand men better than women
- Toddlers start conversations NOT mothers an analysis of more than 1,400 hours of recordings reveals
- NASA is designing the first ever ALL-ELECTRIC airliner which will produce no greenhouse gas emissions
- Elon Musk posts photo of rocket stacked with 60 satellites that will launch tomorrow in SpaceX bid to beam high-speed internet to the world
- Glass beads littering beaches around Hiroshima are melted down remnants of the city from when it was vaporized by nuclear bomb 'Little Boy' in 1945
- Instagram back online after a worldwide outage left irritated users complaining of being unable to load pictures on the site
- South Korea is developing nature-inspired military surveillance robots that mimic birds, snakes, and sealife in a bid to conquer every theatre of war
- Man who picked up a sand-covered lump lying on a Norfolk beach discovered it was the molar of an extinct mammoth that may have roamed the Earth up to 2.5 million years ago
- Elon Musk posts photo of rocket stacked with 60 satellites that will launch tomorrow in SpaceX bid to beam high-speed internet to the world
- Lenovo unveils the 'world's first' foldable laptop with a 13-inch bendable screen that folds in half to become the size of a book
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi and McDonald's are among the ten brands that account for more than HALF of the rubbish on beaches and in rivers, pollution campaigners say
- Update your computer NOW: Intel reveals 'ZombieLoad' flaw affecting its chips could put MILLIONS of devices at risk by letting hackers steal passwords and other sensitive user data
- Now Walmart is offering next-day shipping, too: Firm reveals new speedy delivery option just two weeks after Amazon did the same (and you won't need a membership to get it)
- Miraculous 'bio-glue' that sets under UV light and can heal fatal wounds to organs in seconds is developed by scientists
- Stone Age families crawled on hand and foot through dark caves for FUN carrying wooden torches 14,000 years ago, new study suggests
- Plastic pollution in the oceans is harming bacteria that create 10% of the oxygen we need to breathe, study finds
- Photographer lay in a bog for three hours to capture precious moments as rare dragonfly sheds its old skin and unfurls its wings
- Ride-hailing companies really ARE making traffic worse, study confirms: Congestion during peak hours spiked by over 60% with rise in services such as Uber and Lyft
- Virgin Mobile is DOWN for thousands of UK customers as users complain of being unable to get online or make calls
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Explorer finds a plastic bag and candy wrappers at the bottom of the ocean nearly 7 MILES beneath the surface during deepest-ever submarine dive into the Mariana Trench
In a series of five separate trips into the Mariana Trench, Victor Vescovo, a private equity investor, former naval officer, and now, the record-holder for deepest manned submarine dive, joined a narrow list of explorers to visit the vast underwater chasm. While Victor Vescovo's journey recorded a number of phenomena, including three new species of marine life, he also turned unwelcome visitors: a plastic bag and a candy wrapper.
First fossil of an ammonite trapped in amber is found in northern Myanmar – and scientists say the sea creature died after getting stuck on a beach 99 million years ago
The fossil, found in northern Myanmar, is the first ever known example of an ammonite (left) to be trapped in amber. Amber normally traps and immortalises forest-dwelling creatures as it starts life as tree sap which captures them, renders them unable to escape and then hardens. The 33 mm long, 9.5 mm wide, 29 mm high chunk of amber hosts a range of different organisms from the marine world during the Cenomanian age. The researchers used X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) (right) to obtain high-resolution three-dimensional images of the organisms.
Rise of the machines: Hulking 165-pound humanoid robot delicately 'walks a tightrope' of tiny blocks in eerily similar fashion to a human walking along a treacherous path
Researchers from the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition in Florida have created a robot that uses a planning algorithm to balance its way across an uneven path of cinder blocks. The video shows the robot, called Atlas, carefully moving across a balance beam using body control, much like a human would. It was created using LIDAR, a system that uses a pulsed laser to measure the distance between objects, in order to step correctly on the narrow terrain.
Blue Origin is 'going to the MOON': Jeff Bezos unveils lunar lander at mysterious invite-only event in Washington D.C. and suggests his firm will hit VP Pence's 2024 deadline for putting humans back on the surface
Blue Origin is now in the running to put Americans back on the moon by 2024. During an event on Thursday, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos started off by sharing elaborate concept images of self-sustaining habitats reminiscent of the film Interstellar, with lush greenery and futuristic homes within its walls. But, the real star of the talk turned out to be something much closer to home – the moon. On stage, Bezos took the wraps off a massive model of what will be the firm’s first lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon.
A remote-controlled ship carrying British oysters to Belgium becomes the first cargo vessel in the world to traverse the seas without a crew
Mersea Island molluscs were on-board the 40-foot (12 m) long Sea-Kit vessel heading to Orstend in Belgium and there was not a single human being on-board. Instead, a myriad of technological gadgets and innovations fed data back to a control room in Maldon, Essex where two workers completed the 22-hour trip. Sea-Kit is capable of speeds of up to four knots (4.6mph), has a capacity of up to 2.5 tonnes and is powered by a hybrid electric-diesel engine.
Found next to an Aldi, the 'UK's answer to Tutankhamun's tomb': Burial site thought to belong to Anglo-Saxon Prince Saexa is uncovered in Essex in one of Britain's 'most significant archaeological finds EVER'
A royal burial site found beneath a roadside verge in Essex has been hailed as the 'British equivalent of Tutankhamun's tomb'. Discovered between a pub and an Aldi supermarket in Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, in 2003 the relatively humble site clearly lacks the opulence of the famous pharaoh’s treasures. But it is thought to be the burial chamber of the brother of Anglo-Saxon King Saebert - a powerful prince who was among the first Anglo-Saxons to reject paganism in favour of Christianity. Archaeologists now believe it to be the earliest Christian royal tomb ever unearthed in the UK and a highly significant find. Pictured (clockwise from top right to bottom left): An artist's impression of the inside of the chamber; an archaeologist at the dig site; Conservator Claire Reed, inspecting the remains of a wooden drinking vessel; the mound under which the burial site was found.
Spectacular photos taken by the Rosetta space probe during its 4 BILLION mile journey to reach a comet show in stunning detail one of the most important scientific journeys of this century
Newly-released images from the Rosetta space probe shows stunning views of the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is millions of miles away from Earth. The high-resolution images were captured by the Rosetta space probe which orbited the comet for more than two years, between 2014 and 2016. Pictured left, the comet. Top right, a close-up of the surface of the comet and bottom right, the planet Mars.
Ford is using a 'Wall-E' lookalike self-driving robot that can avoid obstacles to ferry parts around its factory in Spain
The robot 'Survival' has been designed by Ford engineers and is being trialled in Spain. It can sense its environment and dodge obstacles with LiDAR technology and is made of a shelf that has 17 slots for different weights and size. Ford says around 40-employee hours a day are saved on mundane tasks because of Survival.
Ancestor species of modern humans and Neanderthals that lived in Spain one million years ago resorted to CANNIBALISM as it was more cost-effective than hunting other animals
Researchers from Spain's National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH) found remains with clear evidence human tooth marks, cuts and and fractures expose the marrow all found. Then they calculated the cost and the benefit of consuming other humans when compared with data for other prey. They found other animals had more calories per meal and per bite, but the ease and lack of effort needed to catch humans made it more energy efficient in the long run.
Stunning decorations of a sphinx, centaur and panther are revealed for the first time in 2,000 years on the walls of the Domus Aurea palace built by the tyrannical Roman Emperor Nero
Archaeologists accessed the room of the Domus Aurea in Rome and found its walls adorned with panthers, centaurs and a mythical sphinx. Small figures are bordered in red and yellow on the walls, with a white background. One scene shows the god Pan, another a man armed with a sword, quiver of arrows and a shield fighting a panther while the sphinx image shows it on a pedestal. There are also aquatic creatures, both real and imagined, architectural motifs of the time, vegetal garlands and branches of trees with delicate green, yellow and red leaves.
Ancient Polish grave could reveal a chilling 5,000-year-old story of how men returned from a hunt to find the women and children of their extended family had been ruthlessly massacred
A prehistoric burial site reveals the brutal massacre of an extended family of women and children who lived near the modern day village of Koszyce in Poland 4,800 years ago (left). Scientists reconstructed the remains (right) based on the relationships between the remains. A middle-aged woman was placed next to her two young sons and a 30-to 35-year-old mother was laid to rest alongside her teenage daughter and five-year-old son. It remains unknown why there are so many men disproportionately absent from the grave, but it is speculated a large group may have been away hunting or farming. A plethora of goods was also found at the site, indicating the people belonged to the Globular Amphora culture.
The oldest DNA in North America: At-home genetic test traces Montana man's family history back 55 GENERATIONS to ancient humans that crossed the Bering Land Bridge 17,000 years ago
In a report from the Great Falls Tribune, Alvin 'Willy' Crawford's DNA was traced back 55 generations with a shocking 99 percent accuracy, making his lineage the longest ever traced by the ancestry testing company, CRI Genetics. Though Crawford believed his ancestors crossed the Bering Land Bridge, results show they traveled north from South America. From left to right: Alvin's brother, Darrell Crawford, map of the Bering Land Bridge
Incredible £2,500 gloves used by Ariana Grande which transform hand gestures into complex musical compositions will be released in July
Gloves that can transform hand movements into music are available now to pre-order. English songwriter Imogen Heap, left, spearheaded the project which she came up with a decade ago. Wearers can perform drum beats with the beat of a fist or the flick of a wrist along with vocal fades and whole string ensembles. Only a handful of specially selected musicians have had access to the technology until now including pop star Ariana Grande, right, who performed wearing the gloves on her 2015 world tour.
First 'deepfake' AI that can replicate people moving creates footage of crowds of imaginary humans that are indistinguishable from the real thing
The pair of AIs that drew up the fake humans in the above footage were developed by DataGrid, a start-up based at the Kyoto University in Japan. Having previously created an AI that could generate realistic-looking facial images, the company's scientists have turned their sights on developing algorithms that can model an entire human body, and animate it.
Balloon self-inflates after it's removed from liquid nitrogen and gases inside the warming rubber begin to expand
Fascinating footage shows a balloon re-inflate after being shrunk in liquid nitrogen in a lab in Florida. When taken out of the tub it starts to expand rapidly back to its original size and shape. When balloons are dipped into freezing liquid nitrogen, it causes them to shrivel up because the gases inside shrink. When allowed to reach higher temperatures, they re-inflate and are brought back to their original state
South Americans were taking cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs a THOUSAND YEARS ago, according to a new study
A research team was searching for ancient occupations in the dry rock shelters of the now-dry Sora River valley in south western Bolivia when they found a ritual bundle as part of a human burial. The bundle - bound in a leather bag - contained, among other things, two snuffing tablets used to pulverise psychotropic plants into snuff, a snuffing tube - for smoking hallucinogenic plants, and a pouch made of three fox snouts.
Incredible footage from the Hubble telescope reveals the enormity of the universe as it combines 7,500 images of galaxies up to 13.3 billion years old
Researchers from various teams including Yale and the University of California-Santa Cruz created the Hubble Legacy Field which includes 265,000 galaxies dating back 13.3 billion years. The mosaic image (left) of nearly 7,500 photos shows ancient galaxies formed only 500 million years after the big bang. Looking deeper into space means looking earlier into the universe's history. The farthest galaxies are 1 in 10 billionth of the brightness that our naked eyes can detect and the zoomed out video (right) puts this distance into perspective.
Watch the sunrise from MARS: NASA's InSight rover takes incredible images of the sun rising and setting on the red planet
NASA's InSight lander has shown off its photography skills by taking pictures of the Mars horizon's sunrise and sunset with its robotic arm. The lander had taken some practice shots in March. According to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who operate the NASA mission, one version of each of these images comes in 'raw' form. The colour-corrected version looks an eerie blue colour, which is how humans would see the sunrises and sunsets on Mars.
Touchdown! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin nails two smooth landings as its New Shepard rocket booster AND capsule return to Earth after 11th test flight
The firm’s reusable New Shepard rocket lifted off from the West Texas launch site shortly after 9:30 a.m. (EDT) Thursday morning and climbed to an altitude of roughly 346,000 feet before returning back to Earth. It touched back down in a 'nice soft landing,' marking the fifth time this particular New Shepard booster has gone to space and back. The capsule, which separated prior to apogee and briefly allowed the on-board payloads to experience 'some nice, clean microgravity,' deployed its parachutes and landed not long after.
Seven wonders of the Ancient World brought back to life in stunning 3D reconstructions which reveal how the architectural masterpieces would have looked in their heyday
Only one of the original seven survives today, the Great Pyramid of Giza (bottom left), with the others lost over time as a consequence of war, crumbling civilisations and natural disasters. The Colossus of Rhodes (top left) was a staggering feat of engineering and building and the statue towered 100 feet (32 metres) above the harbour in Rhodes. Statue of Zeus at Olympia (top right) was built on top of a wooden frame and throne - ensuring its long-term demise. It would have been destroyed in 426AD in a fire at Constantinople.The Lighthouse of Alexandria (bottom right) set the bar high for all others built and was built a burning fire atop a cylindrical tower, atop an octagonal middle, atop a square base.
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