# 38: Science Highlights Daily | 2019-02-24

in discoveries •  6 years ago 

This is a curated articles about the latest discoveries in science and interesting articles tackling technology and society.

Wolves are spreading in Germany by moving into military land: Chelsea Whyte


Wolves have returned to Germany. The animals seems to be spreading by moving between military training grounds, preferring these to protected natural areas

Virgin Galactic reaches space again – this time with a passenger: Chelsea Whyte


The first test passenger has gone to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic’s Unity space plane, a key milestone in the firm’s quest to send paying customers to space

Quantum experiment suggests there really are ‘alternative facts’: Anil Ananthaswamy


A complex probe of the foundations of quantum mechanics suggests that the nature of reality depends on who is looking – there are no objective facts we can agree on

Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy: Leah Crane


When a star goes supernova it is usually destroyed in a powerful explosion, but four stars have survived to tell the tale and are running away fast

How the zebra got its stripes: The problem with ‘just-so’ stories: Michael Marshall


The mystery of why zebras have stripes has puzzled biologists for decades, and while we are closing in on the answer, the question isn’t settled yet

Liberals who want a Green New Deal must include nuclear power: David Titley


The congresswoman who sponsored the US Green New Deal suggested the plan won’t include any new money for nuclear power – that’s a mistake, says David Titley

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 may finally kick-start the asteroid mining era: Leah Crane


The turn of the decade saw a huge surge of interest in asteroid mining, but now this would-be industry has flopped. Can a tiny Japanese probe revive it?

Fears of OpenAI’s super-trolling artificial intelligence are overblown: Douglas Heaven


Elon Musk-backed firm OpenAI has built a text-generating AI that it says is too dangerous to release because of potential misuse

No plugs needed: How wireless charging could set electric cars free: Michael Le Page


The rise of wireless charging for electric cars means you may never have to worry about plugging in again

The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines: David Hambling


The US Navy has a project that plans to use an autonomous submarine to launch a swarm of attack drones from underwater

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