Daniel Starkey
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Future of Spacecraft Propulsion: How Fast (and How Far) Could We Go?
It’s one thing to let slip the surly bonds of Earth and venture that little bit further into the cosmic backyard. Space, as we often define it, is a short hundred miles up. … → Read More
Why Haven't We Found Aliens Yet?
For a few decades now, the leading edge of science and especially astronomy has been at least partially dedicated to the search for one of the most fundamental philosophical questions we have — … → Read More
2019 Tech Trends Worth Getting Hyped About
Hot on the heels of CES 2019, we’ve just seen what tech companies hope will be the major shakers for this year. But, which of these trends are just that, and what is … → Read More
How to Stay Cybersecure for the Holidays
The past couple of years have been a dizzying barrage of grim news on the cybersecurity front. If it’s not major companies storing passwords in plain text, it’s hackers taking control of everyday, … → Read More
The Forgotten Genius of the Buran-Energia
The US Space Shuttle is one of the most iconic spacecraft in history. While its mission record is — tragically — not perfect, it still managed to boost the Hubble Space Telescope, as … → Read More
Why SpaceX’s Next-Gen Rockets are Powered by Methane
Rockets are some of the most powerful machines ever devised. Their job, in essence, is to take millions of gallons of explosive fluid and control the reaction such that a comparatively tiny bit … → Read More
9 Times Your Smart Speaker Got Weird
Smart speakers have been the new *thing* for a couple of years now. ABle to play your favorite music or audio book, or simply give you weather updates with a vocal prompt, they’re … → Read More
Why Is Rocket Science so Hard?
Somewhat apocryphally, rocket science has been cemented in our culture as one of the hardest things you can possibly do. Right up there with brain surgery (which, of course, lead to the comedic … → Read More
6 Times Nuclear Scientists Caused Major Nuclear Incidents (Almost)
Much like rocket science, nuclear physics is super hard. One of the biggest concepts scientists need to consider is criticality — or the threshold of control of a nuclear reaction. Because atoms in … → Read More
Scientists Gave Octopi Molly and They Loved It
MDMA has long been known as a party drug. It can make people cuddly, euphoric, and even help with severe PTSD. And it’s because of that last bit that researchers have taken to … → Read More
What Can We Actually Do About Climate Change?
Let’s be honest, talking about global warming sucks. It’s a huge bummer, it often seems like nothing can be done. And more often than not, the messages that we receive tell us to … → Read More
Ostensibly Carnivorous Species of Shark Actually Prefer Salads
We’re always learning new weird things about our animal friends. And time and again we need to adjust our thinking as we unearth new data. This go round, scientists have claimed that the bonnethead … → Read More
Moon Dust May Be Key to Building a Moon Base Quickly
There’s this idea in space travel that if you can avoid carrying something with you, you absolutely should. Until we invent teleporters or space elevators or anti-gravity whosits, we have to carry everything … → Read More
This Virtual Pupper Could Help Prevent Dog Attacks
Dogs are perfect. This is an objective fact. But sometimes, humans don’t really understand what dogs are trying to communicate, and we can miss their warning signs. And dogs, just like people and … → Read More
Most Robots Are Stupid-Easy to Hack
Here at Geek, we’ve been pretty consistent in our warnings of the coming cyber dystopia. And, today we’re gonna keep on keepin’ on. This time, new research suggests that hacking bots — which, … → Read More
Lockheed Martin Unveils New Deep Space Habitat
With SpaceX and Blue Origin pushing the envelope of private space travel forward, other companies, including many aerospace veterans are adapting, demoing, and experimenting with new tech. In that vein, Lockheed Martin has … → Read More
Applying Einstein's Equivalence Principle to the Rest of the Universe
Einstein’s got one helluva legacy in the world of physics, and there are plenty of cases where even though we’ve had decades to study his ideas, we still haven’t managed to perfectly extrapolate … → Read More
These Tags Convert Just About Anything Into a Smart Device
The revolution of smart devices marches on as researchers have made printable tags that mirror some functionality of standard smart gadgets. While that might sound like a major leap at first, it obviously … → Read More
Find Out if the Dog Dies, Before You Watch a Movie
We all have that one friend who can’t bear to watch a movie where an animal dies (me, for example). And yeah, I get the real world is hard, and we shouldn’t shelter … → Read More
Silkworms Engineered to Produce Spider Silk
One of the main goals of many in genetic engineering spheres has been to create creatures that will easily and quickly produce one of the strongest materials we currently know of — spider’s … → Read More