Category: Science

New Tatooine-like exoplanet discovered orbiting twin suns. Meet BEBOP-1c.
Science, Technology

New Tatooine-like exoplanet discovered orbiting twin suns. Meet BEBOP-1c.

TBC Correspondent- June 17, 2023

The confirmation of the second-ever known planetary system around twin stars comes from the finding of the new planet BEBOP-1c. Astronomers pondered for many years ... Read More

The pendant dates back 20,000 years. Old DNA reveals who wore it.
Science, Technology

The pendant dates back 20,000 years. Old DNA reveals who wore it.

TBC Correspondent- May 26, 2023

An interesting relic dating back around 20,000 years was discovered by scientists carefully handling an elk's canine teeth that had been perforated to make a ... Read More

Japan’s deepest fish ever captured on camera
Science, Technology

Japan’s deepest fish ever captured on camera

TBC Correspondent- April 9, 2023

Researchers have captured footage of a fish swimming at an unprecedented depth in the ocean—the lowest observation of its kind ever recorded. The species, a ... Read More

Introducing Romania’s “world’s first” AI advisor to the government.
Technology, Science

Introducing Romania’s “world’s first” AI advisor to the government.

TBC Correspondent- March 6, 2023

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă of Romania presented his Cabinet to Ion, a new "honorary adviser" that automatically gathers Romanian citizens' thoughts and preferences through artificial ... Read More

On Wednesday, a rare green comet passed over Earth.
Science

On Wednesday, a rare green comet passed over Earth.

TBC Correspondent- February 6, 2023

Don't panic if you spot a little green light in the night sky on Wednesday; aliens haven't made landfall. NASA and astronomers predict that on ... Read More

New Study Claims More Evidence Is Neededto Prove the Possibility of Human Extinction
Science, Technology

New Study Claims More Evidence Is Neededto Prove the Possibility of Human Extinction

TBC Correspondent- August 8, 2022

Monday, August 1, 2022 – A new analysis has shown that the available evidence on climate catastrophe leading to human extinction comes mostly from science ... Read More

World’s biggest plant discovered off Australian coast
Science, Technology

World’s biggest plant discovered off Australian coast

TBC Correspondent- June 11, 2022

Scientists in Western Australia have discovered via DNA testing that a sizable underwater meadow is actually only one plant. It is said to have taken ... Read More

Centers Gold resolves conflict by giving Kyrgyzstan the Kantor mine.
Science, Technology

Centers Gold resolves conflict by giving Kyrgyzstan the Kantor mine.

TBC Correspondent- April 13, 2022

After nearly a year of litigation over the asset, Canberra Gold (TSX: CG) and the Kyrgyz Republic have achieved an out-of-court settlement in which the ... Read More

Russia restricts access to Voice of America and the BBC websites.
Science, Technology

Russia restricts access to Voice of America and the BBC websites.

TBC Correspondent- March 16, 2022

Russia blocked access to the websites of a number of international news agencies, including Deutsche Welle and the BBC, for allegedly disseminating inaccurate information on ... Read More

NASA selects Lockheed Martin to transport samples from Mars back to Earth.
Science, Technology

NASA selects Lockheed Martin to transport samples from Mars back to Earth.

TBC Correspondent- February 12, 2022

NASA said on Monday that Lockheed Martin's space business has been awarded a contract to develop the rocket that would transport the first Mars rock ... Read More

Climate Change and Glacier Reaction in the European Alps
Science, Climate

Climate Change and Glacier Reaction in the European Alps

TBC Correspondent- October 28, 2021

Perhaps the most noticeable indicator of Earth's changing climate is the presence of glaciers. They make it possible to see, on time scales short enough ... Read More

STEAM is the future and fortunately for students
Education, Science

STEAM is the future and fortunately for students

TBC Correspondent- October 19, 2021

Technology is changing company operations and what firms do, and this has an impact on how we should prepare our kids for success in this ... Read More

How extreme heat from climate change distorts human behavior
Science

How extreme heat from climate change distorts human behavior

TBC Correspondent- September 11, 2021

Nearly ten years ago, Meenu Tewari was visiting a weaving company in Surat, western India, on a hot summer's afternoon. Tewari is an urban planner ... Read More

Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future
Science

Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future

TBC Correspondent- September 4, 2021

Most days, Polytechnique Montréal physicist Stephan Reuter uses his knowledge of matter and energy to advance medical technologies. But recently, he was thinking about how ... Read More

Another possibility is that a moon-forming cataclysm set off Earth’s plate tectonics.
Science

Another possibility is that a moon-forming cataclysm set off Earth’s plate tectonics.

TBC Correspondent- March 14, 2021

Plate tectonics is the process by which Earth's crust is divided into several plates that move on the mantle beneath. It is crucial for shaping ... Read More

In Virgin’s levitating hyper loop pod system, the first passengers travel.
Science, Technology

In Virgin’s levitating hyper loop pod system, the first passengers travel.

TBC Correspondent- November 9, 2020

Eventually, high-speed pods might complete the trip from New York to Washington in 30 minutes. The world's first passenger flight on a high-speed levitating pod ... Read More

Dash Cam Captured Possible Meteor Blazing Over New Zealand
Science

Dash Cam Captured Possible Meteor Blazing Over New Zealand

TBC News Desk- February 20, 2015

New Zealanders are finding dash cams to be helpful after at least two of them recorded an astronomical event of a lifetime. A suspected meteor ... Read More