Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

More and more satellites are being added to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) every month. As that number continues to increase, so do the risks of that critical area surrounding the Earth becoming impassable, trapping us on the planet for the foreseeable future. Ideas from different labs have presented potential solutions to this problem, but one of the most promising, electrodynamic tethers (EDTs), have only now begun to be tested in space. A new CubeSat called the Spacecraft for Advanced Research and Cooperative Studies (SPARCS) mission from researchers at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran hopes to contribute to that effort by testing an EDT and intersatellite communication system as well as collecting real-time data on the radiation environment of its orbital path.

A recent study looked at the challenges New Space may face, in terms of impact on the ozone layer. The study was published recently in the journal of Nature (link) by researchers out of University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, Harvard University, and the Institute for Atmospheric Climate Science and the Physics-Meteorology Observatory in Switzerland.

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesnt mean they wouldnt work on other bodies around the solar system. One of the most interesting places that one could work is around Ceres, the Queen of the Asteroid Belt, and potentially one of the biggest sources of resources for humanitys expansion into space. A new paper from researchers at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Industrial CNT, a manufacturer of Carbon Nanotube (one potential material for the space elevator), details just how useful such an elevator could be.

9 Great '80s Hard Rock Bands That Weren't Hair MetalRoss Marino / Bill Tompkins / Fin Costello / Jim Shea / Gia Knaeps, Getty ImagesOur list of nine great '80s hard rock bands that weren't hair metal is a reminder that the decade had plenty of movers and shakers outside of the glammed-up Sunset Strip scene.As bands such as Motley Crue, Bon Jovi and Poison were moving albums by the...

By turning excess green energy into storable heat, the sand battery helps to maximize the use of renewables.

Its astonishing the sensitivity they pack into a brain smaller than a grain of rice.

If you really put your back into it, then you can create yourself like a wonderful work of art, with the freedom and individuality that the nihilist condition opens up, Seiriol Morgan told IFLScience.

The World's Largest Sand Battery Was Just Switched On In FinlandThe world’s largest sand battery is online and ready to make the most of Finland's renewable energy. Once fully operational, this giant device is expected to cut carbon-equivalent emissions from the local heating network by about 160 tons each year, slashing the district’s heating emissions by nearly 70 percent.Towering at 13...

Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer MigrationEvery spring, Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) fly up 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to take shelter in the handful of high-altitude caves that stay cold enough for them through the heat of the Australian summer. Flying that far is a mighty feat for an insect, but the more impressive achievement is for...