Author - Ngoma Manuel

Nerds Rejoice! Minecraft is Now Playable on the Quest VR Headset

Virtual craftBeen waiting to try mining, building, and battling Creepers in Minecraft with your own two hands? You're in luck! A team of programmers that go by QuestCraft has launched an informal version of Minecraft to the Meta Quest headset this week, alongside guidelines on downloading and installing.According to virtual reality industry news outlet Road to VR, Minecraft was already...

Tanzania Gets Moving! Thanks to Stone Age Revolution

Credit: Adrienn TomorReaching a clinic, going to school, the marketplace, or work, for many people in rural Tanzania depends on safely traversing a river.Around 40 million people reside in remote areas of the East African country, among the world's poorest economies.High steel and reinforced concrete costs and a fast-growing population suggest the national...

Homvana: 2022’s Best Smart Sterilization Humidifier?

Credit: HomvanaWhat once was part of a lavish lifestyle are now a crucial part of our everyday lives-- smart home devices. In turn, they make our homes safer, easier, and cozier than ever. Today, Homvana gives the best smart humidifier to boost your home ambiance.What Is a Smart Humidifier?Typically, smart humidifiers include moisture to...

Space Hubble Captures Swirling Galactic Trio

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel, Dark Energy Survey, Department of Energy, Fermilab, Dark Energy Survey Camera, (DECam), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NoirLab/National Science Foundation/AURA, Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Acknowledgment: J. SchmidtThe Swirling Galactic TrioThe mass of dust and brilliant swirls of stars in this picture are the far-off galaxy merger IC 2431, which...

United States Sea Levels Expected to Rise at a Faster Rate Than in Previous 100 Years

According to the most recent projections, sea levels along the United States coastline rise will rise quicker within the following three decades than they did in the previous 100 years, bringing more flooding to coastal cities like New York and Miami.According to a report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels...

Update to Clinical Practice Guideline on Tympanostomy Tube Surgery for Children

On February 9, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Tympanostomy tubes, also called ear tubes, effectively lower or eliminate middle ear infections and eliminate persistent middle ear fluid and hearing loss related to middle ear...

Orangutans Instinctively Use Hammers to Strike and Sharp Rocks to Cut

Loui (the juvenile male orangutan) using the core as an active element to vertically strike on the concrete floor of the testing room during the Flake Trading condition of Experiment 2. Credit: Motes-Rodrigo et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Untrained, captive orangutans can finish two significant steps in the routine of stone tool use:...

Starship’s Advanced Model is Said to Have NASA Officials Sh**ting the Bed

SpaceX's Starship carrying out test flight maneuvers. Credit: SpaceXAccording to a statement from Politico, Elon Musk recently provided the first big update on SpaceX's Mars-bound rocket, Starship, and its competitors are monitoring on with "a mix of admiration and fright." At his latest Starship presentation, SpaceX CEO Musk emphasized the truth that Starship would...

Parker Solar Probe Captures Its First Images of Venus’ Surface in Visible Light

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA's Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible-light pictures of the surface of Venus from spaceSurrounded in thick clouds, Venus' surface is usually hidden from view. However, in two current flybys of the Earth, Parker used its Wide-Field Imager, or WISPR, to image the whole nightside in wavelengths...

Drones as Big as 747s Will Fly Cargo Around the World With Low Emissions

Credit: Volatus AerospaceThe global supply chain is presently experiencing all kinds of glitches, from material scarcities to labor scarcities and beyond. Moving goods from one point to another has become much more expensive, and there is no quick fix in sight. However, a San Diego-based start-up plans to meet some of the demand for air...