For as long as people have prized gold, some of them have tried to make it out of something cheaper. …
Berkeley’s “Formula 1 Microscope” Uses a 75-Kilowatt Laser to See Tiny Proteins
It took 15 years, a laser bounced more than 10,000 times between mirrors, and a trick first discovered in 1930. …
NASA’s Mars Rover Now Holds the Off-World Driving Record, and It Mostly Drives Itself
There’s a new long-distance champion in the solar system, and it has six wheels and no driver’s seat! On Oct. …
SpaceX Just Delivered Gear to Make Artificial Retinas in Space. Here’s Why
A private American spacecraft just delivered a factory’s worth of science to the International Space Station, including hardware to make …
UNBELIEVABLE! Tesla’s Roadster Hits 60 MPH in Under a Second, Flies, & Jumps a Semi
Elon Musk promised the “most exciting, whether it works or not, demo ever.” On Thursday night in Texas, Tesla delivered …
NC State Engineers Turned a Laser Beam Into a Radio Antenna Made of Air
Every radio, from a pickup truck’s AM dial to a satellite in orbit, needs an antenna. Usually that means a …
Scientists Built a Clock That Loses One Second Every 30 Million Years
Keeping time sounds simple until you try to do it perfectly. Now a team of physicists in Europe has built …
Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why
You’re probably used to the month of February having an extra day every four years, during the leap year. Timekeepers …
Nobel Prize Goes to IceCube, the Mile-Deep Telescope Hidden Under the South Pole
Most telescopes point up at the sky. The one that just won a Nobel Prize points down, through nearly a …
This Bug-Blocking Fabric Grew 3.56 Times More Strawberries. Here’s How It Works
Anyone who has grown strawberries knows the heartbreak. You baby the plants all season, and then the bugs get to …
This Wallpaper Makes Electricity From the Humidity in Your House
What if the walls of your house could make electricity out of thin air? Engineers at Binghamton University in New …
Breaking: Public Transit Exists, Local TikTok Comment Section Stunned
A TikTok posted by creator Jasmine, who posts as @heyjbritt on June 18, shows the creator riding the LA Metro …
The Egg That Never Saw a Chicken: What’s Really in Your Protein Bar
Walk down the baking aisle or grab a protein bar off the shelf, and there’s a decent chance the “egg” …
Powering America’s AI Future from the Top of the World
Barry McCardel, co-founder and CEO of Hex and a veteran of Palantir, recently floated an idea that deserves far more …
The Pentagon Can Build Killer Drones. It Needs to Move Faster.
August 06, 2026 The debate over U.S. autonomous weapons policy is dominated by concerns over moving too fast. Detractors warn …
How Aluminum is Made
Have you ever wondered how aluminum is made? From reddish bauxite rock to glowing liquid metal, aluminum production is one …
China just flipped the PhD script — and it’s working like a charm.
China just flipped the PhD script — and it’s working like a charm. In most of the world, getting those …
Want a quad robot? They’re awesome and a bit scary.
The company that makes these, Unitree, says: “High-performance quadruped robots with dynamic movement and real-world adaptability. Ideal for education, research, …
An AI Broke Into a Real Company’s Servers — Just to Cheat on a Test
There’s a story that surfaced this week that deserves more attention than it’s gotten, because it reads less like a …
The Square Nobody Patented
In 1994, a small team at a Japanese auto-parts supplier solved a factory floor problem so specific it barely sounds …
The Forever Metal: Why Almost All the Aluminium Ever Made Is Still With Us
Pick up an aluminium can, a bike frame, or a saucepan, and there’s a good chance you’re holding metal that …
A Tiny Nuclear Battery Just Went to Space — And It Could Change How We Explore the Moon
Forget solar panels for a second. Early on July 7, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force …
The Boxes Quietly Rewiring America’s Grid
While the headlines chase whatever culture-war fire is burning that week, a genuinely consequential shift has been happening in fields, …
Have I Been Flocked? Find out here
A little noticed surveillance technology, designed to track the movements of every passing driver, is fast proliferating on America’s streets. Automatic …
Instant volumetric 3D printing – The bio & manufacturing technique that will change everything.
It was called Stereolithograhy. It’s a form of 3D printing technology used for creating models, prototypes, patterns, and production parts …
Stop! That ‘Human Verification’ Box Might Be Hacking Your Computer
ClickFix Attacks: A Plain-English Guide What it is ClickFix is a social engineering trick. Instead of getting you to download …
It isn’t about where they’re building data centers anymore. It’s why they’re building where they’re building.
Here’s Erin Brockovich’s map of every data center in America. 🚨: Erin Brockovich launches a map tracking AI data centers, …
More Green Waste Poisoning the Environment.
Last week we looked at recycling challenges for solar panels and wind turbines. https://selfreliancecentral.com/2026/05/19/a-landfill-of-renewables-a-land-full-of-poison Now, we’re going to look at …
The Pentagon’s Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already in Its Own Warehouses
By Matt Bedingfield, May 19, 2026 Last week, U.S. Navy destroyers began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz …
A landfill of “renewables” = a land full of poison.
The Hidden Avalanche: The Growing Waste Crisis from “Renewable” Energy Technologies Solar Panels: A Looming Toxic Avalanche Millions of solar …