Science

Here, we take a look at five pieces of sci-fi technology and see how likely it is for us to use them ourselves in the near future. 

A meteor was spotted in New York, flying over the Statue of Liberty before exploding above Manhattan. However, NASA if it, or military activity, caused the loud booms.

Researchers identified at least three plague outbreaks spanning six generations that they could trace in one of the studied families.

Pyramid scheme? Turns out being an elite Egyptian scribe had a lot of drawbacks.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a method to integrate engineered skin tissue with humanoid robots, enhancing mobility, self-healing, sensors, and realism.

The study concluded that "spiders from Israel were more likely to carry Rhabdochlamydia than those from the US and South Africa."

Asteroid 2024 MK is around 154.9 meters wide, around the size of 258 Henri Delaunay trophies won during UEFA European Football Championships (Euros). And it's flying very close to Earth.

Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 is around the size of 770 adult male lions from head to tail. 

The new glass type is expected to revolutionize optics and electro-optics, satellite communication, remote sensing and biomedicine.  

The space agency said they will continue to investigate why the hardware did not burn up during entry and update their systems so it does not occur again.