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Enlarge / The second Intuitive Machines lander is prepared for hot-fire testing this week. (credit: Intuitive Machines) One of the miracles of the Apollo Moon landings is that they were televised, live, for all the world to see. This transparency…
Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.
Enlarge / Frostpunk 2 has you planning and building districts, rather than individual buildings or roads. You make plans, and a particularly icy god laughs. (credit: 11 Bit Studios) I can’t remember every interaction I had with the advisers in…
Enlarge (credit: Sky) Hundreds of owners of smart TVs and streaming devices from United Kingdom telecom Sky reported that their hardware stopped powering on Thursday. Sky hasn’t confirmed the cause of the problem, but a botched update is largely suspected.…
Enlarge / Ralph de la Torre, founder and chief executive officer of Steward Health Care System LLC, speaks during a summit in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (credit: Getty | ) A Senate committee on Thursday voted overwhelmingly…
Enlarge / Guys, it was just a group chat! Over fantasy football! (credit: John Lamb | Getty Images) Philadelphia has learned its lesson the hard way: football makes people a little crazy. (Go birds!) Police here even grease downtown light poles…
Enlarge / An Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K) on an iPhone. (credit: Anker) Anker is recalling three models of MagSafe iPhone batteries due to a fire risk, it said yesterday. The models being recalled are the Anker 334 MagGo…
If the pluripotent stem cells can be turned into precursors to egg and sperm cells, the feat could potentially be a big deal for giant panda conservation.
Researchers recently published a study in the journal Biological Psychology investigating how infants respond to eye contact from both humans and humanoid robots. The study found that infants, even at just 6 to 8 months old, recognize the significance of…
Enlarge / No one likes being dazzled by an oncoming car at night. (credit: Getty Images) Magna provided flights from Washington, DC, to Detroit and accommodation so Ars could attend its tech day. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.…
Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish. (credit: Starlink) New Starlink customers have to pay a $100 “congestion charge” in areas where the satellite broadband network has limited capacity. “In areas with network congestion, there is an additional one-time charge to purchase…
Climate change will fundamentally challenge the world’s urban centers. Three cities — San Diego, Milan and Jakarta — offer lessons for how to adapt to a warming planet.
Enlarge / The cycle of building and breaking up of supercontinents seems to drive long-term climate trends. (credit: Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images) Global temperature records go back less than two centuries. But that doesn’t mean we have no idea what the…
Enlarge / The Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN (credit: Adam Nieman/CC BY-SA 2.0) Since its founding in 1954, high-energy physics laboratory CERN has been a flagship for international scientific collaboration. That commitment has been under strain since the Russian…
Enlarge / Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and candidate for governor, delivers remarks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024, in Asheville, North…
The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii has a unique reproductive strategy that might allow it to claim territory quickly.
A month-long study of a man’s brain revealed that its volume consistently shrunk over the course of each day and then reset overnight.
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
A Korean study published recently suggests people with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed a particular class of drug might be at a significantly lower risk of dementia. The researchers compared the health outcomes of more than 110,000 people aged…
Enlarge / The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011, in Middletown, Penn. (credit: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) Microsoft and Constellation Energy have announced a deal that would re-open Pennsylvania’s shuttered Three Mile…
Get the Nikon Z6 II plus accessories for $1,496.95 in this Adorama deal — including 64GB card, carry case and more.
Researchers examining Facebook comments on news articles about sexual assault in the Deep South of the United States have found that rape myths—false beliefs that excuse perpetrators and blame victims—continue to dominate online discussions. In a study published in Deviant…
Enlarge (credit: Bruce Yuanyue Bi via Getty) A United Nations report released Thursday proposes having the international body oversee the first truly global effort for monitoring and governing artificial intelligence. The report, produced by the UN secretary general’s High Level…
Cosmological data suggest unexpected masses for neutrinos, including the possibility of zero or negative mass.
Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest.
Indian authorities believe wolf attacks have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and confusion grips local villages.
Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia’s First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park’s bald cypress swamp.
A study on mice found that adding omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to their diets effectively counteracts depressive and anxiety-like behaviors induced by stress. Not only did the supplementation reduce these stress-induced symptoms, but it also lowered anxiety levels in mice…
Enlarge / Europe’s first Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from a new launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. (credit: Jody Amiet/AFP via Getty Images) Welcome to Edition 7.12 of the Rocket Report! For once, a week with not all that…
PFAS — also known as forever chemicals — are thousands of fluorine-rich compounds. And these human-made chemicals can be found everywhere. They’re in school uniforms, food packaging, cosmetics and personal care products. They seep into our food and drinking water.…
AI development is accelerating — with some scientists suggesting machines will be more intelligent than the smartest humans within the next few years.
New research suggests that black holes may actually be “frozen stars,” bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an event horizon, potentially solving some of the biggest paradoxes in black hole physics.
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that specific networks in the brain, when damaged, may influence the likelihood of developing religious fundamentalism. By analyzing patients with focal brain lesions, researchers found that damage…
Painting city roofs white could lower the temperature in London dramatically on the hottest days, new research suggests.
Enlarge / Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Virendra Sachdeva, two members of Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party, celebrate the landing of India’s Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the Moon on August 23, 2023. (credit: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin) A mistrial was declared today in the trial of former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who was accused of bribing a powerful state lawmaker’s ally in order to obtain legislation favorable to AT&T’s…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut down a service that facilitated the unlocking of more than 1.2 million stolen or lost mobile phones so they could be used by someone other than their rightful…
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) LinkedIn admitted Wednesday that it has been training its own AI on many users’ data without seeking consent. Now there’s no way for users to opt out of training that has already occurred,…
Enlarge / The Windows App runs on Windows, but also macOS, iOS/iPadOS, web browsers, and Android. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft announced today that it’s releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run…
Enlarge / Fitbit’s Charge 6. (credit: Google) Users of Fitbit’s iOS and Android apps have been reporting problems with the apps’ ability to sync and collect and display accurate data. Some have been complaining of such problems since at least…
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) After California passed laws cracking down on AI-generated deepfakes of election-related content, a popular conservative influencer promptly sued, accusing California of censoring protected speech, including satire and parody. In his complaint, Christopher Kohls—who…
The people who created the Pitted Ware Culture may have used seal hides to build boats.
The year was 1920. It was George “Babe” Ruth’s first season playing for the New York Yankees. During that season, he scored an amazing 54 home runs. He alone scored more home runs than any team. However, “The Bambino,” as…
Enlarge / Sometimes this is all you need. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Image) Remy Ra St. Felix spent April 11, 2023, on a quiet street in a rented BMW X5, staking out the 76-year-old couple that he planned to…
Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in Milan.
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Florian Gaertner) The maker of a homeopathic nasal spray with a history of contamination is refusing to recall its product after the Food and Drug Administration once again found evidence of dangerous microbial contamination. In a…
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of what used to be possible, before BattlEye ruined things. Last week, Rockstar added BattlEye support to Grand Theft Auto V, offering some much-needed anti-cheat protection for the game’s highly successful GTA Online multiplayer mode. That…
Enlarge / Math for English Majors talks about numbers as nouns, verbs as calculations, and algebra as grammar. (credit: Ben Orlin) Galileo once famously described the universe as a great book “written in mathematical language and its characters are triangles,…
Enlarge (credit: Ben Orlin) Math teacher Ben Orlin writes and draws the (aptly named) blog Math With Drawings and is the author of a new book, Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language. To mark its…
The PS5 Pro version of the 30th anniversary bundle comes with both varieties of DualSense controller, a plate for an (optional) optical drive, and other accessories. [credit: Sony ] Sony launched the original PlayStation console in Japan on December 3,…
