Thursday, February 13, 2020

THEE STRANGER NEWS (Feb. 13th, 2020)

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Science & Futurism

* "Prototype rocket engine developed by Made in Chelsea star could HALVE the journey time to Mars and pave the way for nuclear-powered interstellar spacecraft travelling at 500,000mph" (2020-02-10, dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7987277/Successful-ion-powered-rocket-engine-test-slash-space-missions-Mars-HALF.html) [archive.is/25XvL], synopsis: Argon ion-powered thruster test by Pulsar Fusion reached around 56,000mph. If scaled up to industrial scale it could reach a maximum speed of 100,000mph. But at greater temperatures a similar engine could allow for nuclear fusion
This would be able to reach a top speed of around 500,000mph in space. Conventional propulsion would be required to reach orbit before the fusion reactor takes over in long-duration space travel.

* " ‘Made in Chelsea’ Star Develops Rocket Engine Able to Halve Earth-Mars Journey Time – Report" (2020-02-11, sputniknews.com/science/202002111078282734-made-in-chelsea-star-develops-rocket-engine-able-to-halve-earth-mars-journey-time--report/) [archive.is/m4LZF]: The developer says the new method could power rockets to be twice as fast as the maximum speed of a traditional rocket engine and could be developed further to be a dozen times faster by using soon-to-be-developed nuclear fusion technology.
Pulsar Fusion, a British company headed by former "Made in Chelsea" star Richard Dinan, has reportedly succeeded in developing a prototype of an argon/ion-powered rocket engine capable of slashing in half the time it takes for a spacecraft to reach Mars.
The company successfully tested a miniature prototype engine and recorded a maximum speed of 56,000 mph. The company claims that if the engine is scaled to full-size, it could reach 100,000 mph, over double the maximum exhaust speed of 40,000 mph reached by standard rockets working on traditional propulsion methods, according to the Daily Mail.
“This is a perfectly functional, full size ion engine and could be immediately commercialised for space applications", Pulsar Fusion CEO Richard Dinan said, according to the Daily Mail.
Dinan said that the new engine could be further developed to use nuclear fusion up to 500,000 mph, over a dozen times faster than the normally accepted speed of traditional rocketry.
The young entrepreneur explained that his new engine works by heating Argon gas to 1,600°C and magnetising it to cause the gas to fly out at enormous velocity. Dinan said that his company is aiming to build an engine that can operate at fusion temperatures, offering still greater velocities far in excess of the purported 500,000 mph.

- (2020-01-31, https://twitter.com/RichardDinan/status/1223353029044379648): Plasma space thruster test today @PulsarFusion developed for research into nuclear fusion rocket technology

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* "Artificial atom breakthrough could be new key to quantum computing: research" (2020-02-12, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/12/c_138776701.htm) [archive.is/glxwd]
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* "3D printer that could cover burns with ARTIFICIAL SKIN undergoing trials" (2020-02-09, rt.com/news/480429-skin-printer-cananda-tests-burns/) [archive.is/akanX]
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* "Achilles’ heel of ALL viruses? Scientists discover holy grail which could lead to UNIVERSAL vaccine" (2020-02-12, rt.com/news/480654-achilles-heel-defence-all-viruses/) [archive.is/M0ASO]

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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]

* "Pluto’s beating ‘frozen heart’ is in charge of its weather – study" (2020-02-05, rt.com/news/480118-pluto-frozen-heart-controls-weather/) [archive.is/016vp]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.

* "Media Sounds Alarm as Potential Killer Asteroid May Shoot by Earth in 5 Days" (2020-02-10, sputniknews.com/science/202002101078277807-potential-killer-asteroid-shoot-toward-earth/) [archive.is/KT0jh]
* "Space force assemble? 1km-wide asteroid headed this way at 57,000kmph" (2020-02-11, rt.com/news/480575-1km-wide-asteroid-earth-flyby/) [archive.is/Ba0gZ]

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Ancient News

* "9,990-YEAR-OLD SKULL MAY REWRITE ANCIENT AMERICAN HISTORY; The woman the bones belonged to was markedly different to other ancient Americans" (2020-02-05, inverse.com/gaming/fortnite-harley-quinn-event-skin-price-challenges-birds-of-prey) [archive.is/FEYcw]
* "Skulls from ancient North Americans hint at multiple migration waves" (2020-01-31, livescience.com/skulls-from-first-north-americans-diverse.html) [archive.is/VBCrh]
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* "Stone Age Well is World’s Oldest Wooden Structure" (2020-02-02, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/wooden-structure-0013236) [archive.is/6ZwB8]
- image caption The oldest wooden structure unearthed at the excavation site in Czech Republic. / Attribution: Michal Rybníček, of Mendel University

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* "Ancient carvings of scores of animals unearthed in Spanish cave" (2020-02-08, rt.com/news/480396-ancient-cave-carvings-discovered-spain/) [archive.is/EEbCd]

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* "3 independent domestication events occurred in melons: research" (2020-02-04, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/04/c_138755095.htm) [archive.is/XGx69]
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* "1,300-Year-Old Saxon Coin Found by Treasure Hunter Rewrites English History" (2020-02-02, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/saxon-coin-0013237) [archive.is/sscYI]
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* "Archaeologists find ancient lion statue at Cambodia's temple complex" (2020-02-04, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/04/c_138754969.htm) [archive.is/ArgNx], photo [archive.is/BtVOe], caption: Photo released by Cambodia's Culture Ministry shows a crane lifting a newly-discovered lion statue out of the ground in Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, Feb. 3, 2020. Archeologists have unearthed a large ancient lion statue during an excavation at an ancient pond's jetty in the Banteay Chhmar temple's complex in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, a culture official said on Tuesday.

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* "Konye-Urgench, Protected After Genghis Khan’s Destruction" (2020-02-07, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/konye-urgench-0013256) [archive.is/NRMur]
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* "English Family Fined for ‘Cynical’ Destruction of Medieval Village" (2020-02-04, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/medieval-village-0013245) [archive.is/HurpQ]

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* "Syria war: Forgotten amid the bombs: Idlib's ancient, ruined riches" (2020-02-08, bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51177433) [archive.is/h6XOy]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Enigmatic Ancient Wheel: The 300-Million-Year-Old Wheel and Anomalous Ancient Tracks Across the World" (2018-11-15, ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/ancient-wheel-0010997) [archive.is/RgTgy]


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Curiata

* " ‘Flammable ice’ discovery offers ‘tantalizing clue’ to potential ALIEN life – study" (2020-02-08, rt.com/news/480408-life-discovered-flammable-ice-alien/) [archive.is/5ka2g]
- image caption: The microhabitat that grew the life has been dubbed the 'Death Star' by researchers.


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