dragonfly, new discoveries, saturn, titan

Recipe Is Different, but Saturn’s Moon Titan Has Ingredients for Life

Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up for her own interstellar voyage, she is playing a key role in an international mission — dispatching a robotic drone to Saturn’s moon Titan — set to blast off in 2027. For nearly two decades, the global ...

Troy Oakes

Titan's Dragonfly quadcopter.

How to Attract Dragonflies and Eliminate Mosquitoes

If you are plagued by mosquitoes and are looking for a natural way to deal with these insects, Mother Nature has a solution for you — dragonflies. Over 80 percent of a dragonfly’s brain is used to process visual information. Some species can detect movement as far as 60 feet away. Dragonflies have a voracious ...

Raven Montmorency

A dragonfly resting on a flower.

US General Lashes out Against Google for Assisting China

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and one of the top generals in the country, Joseph Dunford has accused Google’s AI program in China of benefiting Beijing’s military. The comments have set off a storm and Google executives are reportedly planning to meet the general to allay his fears. He was speaking at a ...

Jack Roberts

Google Employees Fear Project Dragonfly Still Alive and Kicking

Last year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the company had no immediate plans to go ahead with implementing project Dragonfly, a censored search engine, in China. Since he never confirmed that the project was fully shut down, there was always speculation that it was active. And now, a few employees at Google have uncovered ...

Nspirement Staff

Project Dragonfly Draws Huge Protests

When information about Google’s Project Dragonfly leaked online, there was a huge uproar among Internet rights activists, since Dragonfly would have complied with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censorship policies and made life harder for the country’s citizens. A new wave of protests has hit Google as the latest reports suggest that the company might ...

Armin Auctor