The longest a spacecraft has lasted on the surface of the hellscape that is Venus was a little over two hours. In 1981, the Soviet Venera 13 probe touched down on Venus. It relayed back some ...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) have developed a new heat-proof memory device that can operate at temperatures as high as 1,112 Fahrenheit (600 degrees Celsius), sufficient ...
Ultra-heat resistant computer storage can operate at Venus-like temperatures and may be used in extreme conditions such as nuclear plants and even for future NASA missions. New computing storage ...
A research team has developed a liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics the intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytraps. Exhibiting memory and counting properties, the ...
Keep your phone out of direct sunlight, or anywhere else the heat might be magnified (like the dashboard of a car). Avoid intensive phone use. The less a phone’s processor has to run, the easier it is ...
Modern SSDs are an engineering wonder. They're extremely fast and very reliable, despite being housed next to massive heat-belching graphics cards in gaming PCs. But like all silicon-based chips, they ...
Astronauts driving a vehicle around the landscape of the moon must not only face dangers related to zero gravity and falling ...
Gwen Osborne, a 72-year-old retired newspaper reporter in Chicago, liked to spend long hours in her apartment reading her Bible and writing. It's also where she died, overcome by the temperatures ...
Heat exhaustion is an illness that can happen when your body gets too hot and can't cool itself. It's a response to losing too much water and salt, usually because of too much sweating. It can ...
Here in Texas, gardening becomes a bit more difficult whenever the first major heat wave of the summer arrives. That’s because high heat can cause severe water loss through transpiration, which ...
Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. As I was walking in downtown Manhattan last weekend, featuring ...