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D-Wave Systems announced a developer preview of D-Wave Hybridâ„¢, a simple, open-source hybrid workflow platform for building and running quantum-classical hybrid applications. D-Wave Hybrid will...

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has constructed a hybrid quantum device made from two different types of qubits. They have created a device that can be quickly initialized and read out, and...

Russia has provided China with critical navy engine technology which will enable China’s newest destroyers to have enough electrical power for large railguns. China will fix and upgrade...

Disk rotating detonation engines could provide engines that are 10% more efficient, which could enable hypersonic planes. The USA, China, and Russia will be ramping up hypersonic weapon and...

There are many bunkers and facilities that are very deep underground. Iran has its Furdow Nuclear Facility which is 80 meters under hard rock and special hardened cement. Iran claims to have built a...

China’s H-20 stealth bomber will join the J-20 fighters, Y-20 airlifters and Z-20 helicopters in the Chinese Air Force’s “20” series of new aircraft. Many observers believe the “20” means they...

Russian had another successful hypersonic glide weapon test. Putin says the weapon is impossible to intercept. Currently, no military power has the means to intercept the mach 5+ hypersonic weapons...

China has completed and is now operating an advanced french designed EPR nuclear reactor with 1750 MW of power. This is the most energy from a single nuclear reactor. The main design objectives of...

Three new Swarm satellites were launched into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the SpaceX SSO-A on December 3. Swarm now has a constellation of seven satellites. The Federal Communications Commission settled...

Venezuela will struggle to produce 1 million barrels per day through 2019. The IMF and most other analysts expect the reported November production of 1.137 million barrels per day to drop by 18% or...

The SpaceX Starship is being made from stainless steel. The skin will get too hot for paint. The stainless steel will have a mirror finish for maximum reflectivity. It will require much less...

Huawei shipped over 200 million smartphones in 2018. Their top sellers were the P20, Honor 10 and Mate 20 series. In 2017, Huawei shipped 153 million phones. Samsung shipped about 300 million phones....

The first exchange of a few photons per pulse has been performed between two different satellites 20,000 kilometers apart. This was between the Russian GLONASS constellation and the Space Geodesy...

SpaceX had 21 successful launches in 2018. They ended 2018 by launching a GPS satellite. SpaceX had 18 launches in 2017. In 2016, SpaceX won a $83 million contract to launch this GPS satellite. This...

MAGMA is a small drone which will use a unique blown-air system to move the aircraft and it will enable stealthier aircraft designs. The supersonic blown air means moving wing flaps and other...

Elon Musk will do a full technical presentation of Starship after the test vehicle they are building in Texas flies in March or April, 2019. This would be 6 to 8 months ahead of previous...

Writers from Universe Today have created the ultimate resource for all backyard space enthusiasts. They provide everything you need to know to become an amateur astronomer. Universe Today is a top...

What kind of monstrous evil allows over one in four children in the world to become partially brain damaged? Adults starving to death is rare in the world. Being malnourished makes you weaker...

NASA astrophysicists were able to create DNA’s sugar in laboratory conditions that mimic interstellar space. The sugar molecular is the D in DNA. “We don’t yet know whether life is...

Brillouin Energy has made progress since the 2016 SRI report. The 2017 SRI report indicated that the reactions were at a few watts and fairly reliable coefficient of power (COP) of 1.2 to 1.4 and 2...

The US Air Force is providing SpaceX with $28.7 million for Starlink satellite experiments and for exploration of military applications. The SpaceX Starlink satellites will enable faster global...

Nike has been selling self-lacing running shoes for a few years at about $720 and now they will bring out a new version for about $300-350.

People wonder if SpaceX will have its first manned mission on Mars within ten years. I think this is skipping over the critical point when Elon Musk’s Mars Plans will become inevitable. Elon...

The third generation Boring Tunneling machine will start construction next year and it should be 15 times faster than existing tunneling machines. The first generation machine made the first Hawthorn...

Two SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches will use the same set of first stage booster cores. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat-6A spacecraft in March. The NASA Space Environment Testbed...

New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 & 2 observations made decades ago. The rings are being pulled into Saturn by...

This is a bit lengthy, but I wanted to explain why I have confidence in my financial analysis of SpaceX. I believe I have created a crude but justified proforma forensic financial analysis of SpaceX...

Many people say it is crazy that people need two eight-passenger SUVs or pickup trucks that are able to carry six people and two-tons of stuff. They say the goal of affluent wealth should not be the...

Every person who has dreamed about science fiction and making futuristic spaceship models has wanted to get towards personal custom versions of spaceships with 2001 and Star Wars FX model quality....

Berlin-based Blockchain non-profit MXC, announced the launch of their “Smart City IoT Standard”, the MXProtocol, in New York City in cooperation with MatchX GmbH and Citiesense. The 2019 NYC Smart...

The SpaceX Dragon 2 Crew capsule was revealed. SpaceX is targeting crewed Dragon flight prices of $160 million, or $20 million per seat if the maximum crew of 7 is aboard, and if NASA orders at least...

The Boring Tunnel will provide transportation at 150 miles per hour. This is about triple the speed of commuter traffic on Los Angeles Highways. The average weekday traffic on 18 different freeways...

SpaceX is raising $500 million at a $30.5 billion valuation to get the Starlink Satellite network deployed. SpaceX will get money from existing SpaceX investors and new investor Baillie Gifford and...

Here is the Carnival of Space 591. It features from Space focused blogs from around the internet. It runs weekly and as the number indicates has been running constantly for over eleven years. 1. The...

The 590th Carnival of Space is up at Universe Today. Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope Blog – Double Trouble: A White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers Astronomers have detected a bright X-ray outburst...

There were some emails about my article about being able to feed 40 billion people with today’s agricultural productivity. Food, energy, water, and ecosystems are connected. The complexity of...

Marijuana spent this year finding its feet. It may spend next year surfing a big wave of profits. Marijuana 1.0 was all about the legalization drive, the dumping of billions of dollars of cash into...

Ambri will be commercializing a utility-scale liquid metal battery within three years. In 2020, they want 10-foot cube commercial units in proof-of-concept field deployments. Ambri’s liquid...

Many people have not taken advanced math or advanced science. They think education is all about teaching. However, it is a mistake to believe that a smarter or more accomplished professor will be...

I will now tell you a true story of technology in the San Francisco Bay Area. It applies to most places in the United States. I know that I will soon be allowed to buy gigabit fiber. I know this...

I see several parts to the problem where many people believe the doomer overpopulation myths. The fear story resonates with deep caveman fears of starvation. Any individual person can experience...

There are many instances where the dreams of science fiction become popular consumer products. This is because good science fiction ideas and designs are minimum viable products (MVP). The MVP is the...

People worry about overpopulation because they have not looked into how food, family size, and money work. They have no basic understanding of numbers. I have researched this stuff a LOT but I think...

The Republican Senate and the Democratic House will betray the states that are electorally safe. This will be the smart move. They will try to put extra money and programs into the battleground...

I think if you want to understand the psychology of Elon Musk, then you should listen to lyrics of the Killerz song “The Man”. CBS 60 Minutes had a recent interview where Leslie Stahl...

There is a new report on the cost overruns on the California High-Speed rail project. Those no longer matter. The project will not get any meaningful money to complete any useful part. I predict this...