BBC: Testing has just been completed on an 18-inch hybrid rocket that will be used in the Bloodhound SSC, a supersonic car currently being built. The car is the brainchild of an international educational initiative aimed at spurring children’s interest in science and technology. Powered by a jet engine and the rocket, the Bloodhound will attempt to break the world land-speed record of 763 mph and eventually reach 1000 mph by 2014. Designer Daniel Jubb said the test “went very well; the initial analysis suggests the rocket performed beyond our expectations.”
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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