Science and Technolgy blog
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with access to thousands of bitcoins was mistakenly dumped over 11 years ago. Since 2013, James Howells has been hoping to…
When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong was admitted to a hospital for a condition related to an enlarged prostate, doctors noticed something else about him—he was oddly gray, according to a case report in the New England Journal of…
The GNU General Public License (GPL) and its “Lesser” version (LGPL) are widely known and used. Still, every so often, a networking hardware maker has to get sued to make sure everyone knows how it works. The latest such router…
Scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement to limit global warming will likely be breached as data reveals 2024 was the hottest year in human history.
The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A hydrologist explains what’s happening.
A cutting-edge analysis of a skull found in Turkey in 1929 proves once and for all that it is not Arsinoë IV, Cleopatra’s half sister.
A recent study published in Sexual Health & Compulsivity has found that over 7% of Americans report concerns about sexual behaviors they describe as addictive. Notably, the researchers discovered that men, younger people, and sexual minorities are more likely to…
On Wednesday, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Future of Jobs Report 2025, with CNN immediately highlighting the finding that 40 percent of companies plan workforce reductions due to AI automation. But the report’s broader analysis paints a far…
Yesterday, Tesla revealed a facelift for its bestselling Model Y crossover. Or at least it did if you live in China—customers in the US and Europe will need to continue to wait for the revamped electric vehicle. Better efficiency was…
OpenAI says it has cut off API access to an engineer whose video of a motorized sentry gun controlled by ChatGPT-powered commands has set off a viral firestorm of concerns about AI-powered weapons. An engineer going by the handle sts_3d…
A new type of passenger plane will adopt a design that blends wings into the aircraft’s body, which its creators say will cut fuel consumption by 50% and reduce noise.
There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at play.
A newfound “chicken-size” dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how dinosaurs spread across the globe.
A new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence has found that certain forms of screen use, such as social media, texting, and video chatting, are associated with higher odds of experimenting with alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis among…
Only 5 percent of US consumers want their next vehicle to be a battery electric vehicle, according to a new survey by Deloitte. The consulting company gathered data from more than 31,000 people across 30 countries as part of its…
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal” that fell from the sky and crashed near a remote village in Kenya. According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100…
“Secret” excavations in Luxembourg reveal 141 Roman gold coins from eight Roman emperors and one usurper.
A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business, intensifying a bitter fight with the company’s chief executive Sam Altman. In a letter to…
Venu Sports, the sports streaming app that Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced as part of a joint venture in February, will no longer launch, the three companies said today. The app was supposed to give subscribers access…
AI has the potential to make health care more effective, equitable and humane. Whether the tech delivers on these promises remains to be seen.
A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry sheds light on the relationship between adolescent cannabis use and psychosis spectrum symptoms. Researchers found that adolescents who used cannabis during the study period reported more psychosis spectrum symptoms and greater distress from…
Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain’s four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.
For more than two decades, Theresa Betancourt has studied Sierra Leone’s former child soldiers. Her new book Shadows into Light tells their stories.
Two online studies found that individuals with pronounced trait anger are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. In these studies, participants were more prone to believing in theories that did not necessarily imply particularly evil intentions of the conspirators,…
CHICAGO, ILL. — If you hate getting your hair brushed, it’s probably because it hurts so much when the bristles hit a tangle. That painful zing travels faster than most any other type of pain. It zips down a nerve…
There’s a significant imbalance between matter and antimatter in our universe, but a strange particle called “the Majoran” could finally explain it, an audacious new study suggests.
The Wolf Moon — the first full moon of the year and of winter in the Northern Hemisphere — will be best seen on Jan. 14, shortly after it has occulted Mars.
Cold-water immersion has gained popularity as a recovery tool, often credited with promoting physical recovery and mental well-being. A recent study published in Physiology & Behavior investigated the effects of regular cold-water immersion on cognitive performance, sleep quality, and well-being.…
In April last year, the Environmental Protection Agency released its latest attempt to regulate the carbon emissions of power plants under the Clean Air Act. It’s something the EPA has been required to do since a 2007 Supreme Court decision…
Networks protected by Ivanti VPNs are under active attack by well-resourced hackers who are exploiting a critical vulnerability that gives them complete control over the network-connected devices. Hardware maker Ivanti disclosed the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0283, on Wednesday and warned…
More than 130,000 residents in Southern California face the catastrophic loss of property, and possibly life, as a series of wildfires have brought devastation to the region this week. The most notable fire developed late Monday or early Tuesday in…
At the end of 2024, a US court authorized the Department of Justice to sell 69,370 bitcoins from “the largest cryptocurrency seizure in history.” At bitcoin’s current price, just under $92,000, these bitcoins are worth nearly $6.4 billion, and crypto…
If you asked someone what they wanted from TVs released in 2025, I doubt they’d say “more software and AI.” Yet, if you look at what TV companies have planned for this year, which is being primarily promoted at the…
An upsized version of SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket rolled to the launch pad early Thursday in preparation for liftoff on a test flight next week. The two-mile transfer moved the bullet-shaped spaceship one step closer to launch Monday from SpaceX’s Starbase…
People who recovered from PTSD changed the way their brains handle intrusive thoughts, a study of survivors of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks shows.
From a Star Wars-style droid for your home to a Pixar-inspired lamp bot, these are the most interesting and innovative robots we’ve seen so far at CES.
A large road-based land vehicle can launch a two-person eVTO flying car that is stored in its trunk.
A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.
A recent study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science examined whether sexual orientation influences the desirability of altruism in a potential romantic partner. The researchers found that altruistic behavior is universally attractive, with no significant differences between heterosexual and homosexual participants…
Most crossword puzzle fans have experienced that moment where, after a period of struggle on a particularly difficult puzzle, everything suddenly starts to come together, and they are able to fill in a bunch of squares correctly. Alexander Hartmann, a…
A federal judge this week rejected Google’s motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit alleging that it invaded the privacy of users who opted out of functionality that records a users’ web and app activities. A jury trial is scheduled…
A detailed look at Yellowstone’s magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long term.
It’s the start of your spring marathon training, and here is everything you need, from the best running shoes to a home treadmill
An artist’s illustration of Earth’s magnetosphere.
A cache of precious metal regalia recently discovered in a Lithuanian cathedral sheds light on medieval royalty.
The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, balloon-like structure.
NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there’s a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life.
Human brains take in sensory data at more than 1 billion bits per second, but only process that information at a measly 10 bits per second, new research has found.
In the wake of the successful Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck, we have seen a wave of PC-based, Android-based, and even FPGA-based handheld gaming systems that can sometimes be hard to tell apart. The upcoming Atari GameStation Go sets itself…
When X CEO Linda Yaccarino took the stage as a keynote speaker at CES 2025, she revealed that “90 percent of the advertisers” who boycotted X over brand safety concerns since Elon Musk’s 2022 Twitter acquisition “are back on X.”…
