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The measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has reached 208 cases. Texas officials reported 198 confirmed cases across nine counties as of Friday, with 23 people requiring hospitalization since the outbreak exploded at the end of January. Most…
Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated “malvertising” campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said. The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain…
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-Ho returns to the big screen this weekend with the sci-fi film Mickey 17. If you’re expecting the subtly devastating social commentary of his 2019 drama/horror/thriller-hybrid Parasite, I suspect you’ll be disappointed. Mickey 17 is a very…
Scientists have developed a powerful new tool to map different types of cells throughout the brain. Using this technique, researchers have discovered that specific brain cells crucial for memory, located in a region called the hippocampus, are especially susceptible to…
On Thursday, music labels sought to add nearly 500 more sound recordings to a lawsuit accusing the Internet Archive (IA) of mass copyright infringement through its Great 78 Project, which seeks to digitize all 3 million three-minute recordings published on…
A new study published in Journal of Adolescent Health has revealed that adolescents who experience high levels of loneliness are more likely to develop depression, PTSD, and stress-related conditions later in life, but do not experience a major impact upon…
Although digital media has surpassed physical media in popularity, there are still plenty of reasons for movie buffs and TV fans to hold onto, and even continue buying, DVDs. With physical media, owners are assured that they’ll always be able…
AI medical benchmark tests fall short because they don’t test efficiency on real tasks such as writing medical notes, experts say.
Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and human traits.
A study in China that tracked students’ physical activity for seven days found that those with insomnia slept better on days when they engaged in more vigorous physical activity or were more sedentary than usual. Conversely, their sleep worsened on…
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is probably the best CPU you can buy if you’re trying to put together a fast gaming PC, thanks to its eight Zen 5 CPU cores and extra helping of 3D V-Cache. You don’t really need…
Google released its scheduled March Pixel Drop earlier this week, adding AI scam detection, multi-camera streaming, and—possibly—buggy haptics. Pixel owners have been grumbling about the feel of vibrations, which have been described as “springy” and “hollow.” Others say the haptics…
A photo of starship launching in the distance with massive plume of smoke.
Elephants have good memories, but what about you? Take this quiz to find out how much you know about elephants.
Researchers say they have found “unequivocal evidence” that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.
Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.
Brain scans, postmortem dissections, artificial intelligence and lab mice reveal differences in the brain that are linked to sex. Do we know what they mean?
Neuroscience research has only recently begun to prioritize the inclusion of both male and female lab animals in studies. Could we see that shift reverse?
Ahead of the first-ever White House Crypto Summit Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a strategic bitcoin reserve that a factsheet claimed delivers on his promise to make America the “crypto capital of the world.” Trump’s order…
Intuitive Machines announced on Friday morning that its Athena mission to the surface of the Moon, which landed on its side, has ended. “With the direction of the Sun, the orientation of the solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in…
In Brazil, where humans and dolphins fish in tandem, cooperation both within and between species is essential for the longstanding tradition.
Researchers 3D-printed a model penis that could successfully become erect just like the natural version, parts of which were then implanted into pigs and rabbits with erectile issues.
Electric motors are, in so many ways, much better than internal combustion engines. They don’t waste most of the energy you put into them as heat and sound, they’re easy to control, and they make huge amounts of torque almost…
A second person has reportedly died of a measles infection, this time in New Mexico, as the virus continues to spread in the United States.
Changes in gender ideology are often observed as couples transition into parenthood, according to recent research published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. The study suggests that women are inclined to embrace more traditional roles following childbirth, a pattern…
Although the Trump administration will not publicly release its budget request for at least a few more weeks, senior agency officials are starting to be briefed on the president’s priorities. This includes NASA. As expected, the president’s plan for the…
A 1-degree-Celsius change in water temperature prompts sea turtles in Northern Cyprus to lay eggs nearly a week earlier on average.
SpaceX’s Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk’s rocket program after a failure under similar circumstances less than two months ago. Starship and its…
Scientists have built the first networked quantum computer using photons, demonstrating that room-temperature modules can be connected and scaled up.
Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.
Deep neural networks can quantify facial characteristics more accurately than previous methods, improving predictions of in-person attraction, according to a study published in Evolution & Human Behavior. Facial attractiveness significantly influences human mate selection, yet current methods for measuring key…
Welcome to Edition 7.34 of the Rocket Report! What a day in space Thursday was. During the morning hours we saw the triumphant second flight of the Ariane 6 rocket, a pivotal moment for European sovereignty in space. Then Intuitive…
Our brain’s memory center has a sleek design, new data show. The finding comes from looking at living human hippocampus tissue. This part of the brain plays a key role in learning and memory. The analyzed tissue revealed fairly few…
Does using cannabis earlier in life lead to faster cognitive decline as you get older? A recent study published in the journal Brain and Behavior that tracked the thinking abilities of thousands of men from young adulthood into middle age…
For a long time, the cheapest iPhones were basically just iPhones that were older than the current flagship, but last week’s release of the $600 iPhone 16e marks a big change in how Apple is approaching its lineup. Rather than…
The skeleton of a Stone Age child discovered in Thailand is rewriting what experts know about the prehistory of the area.
Ayahuasca, a traditional Amazonian brew known for its psychedelic effects, appears to enhance certain aspects of memory, according to a recent study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. When experienced users took the brew before viewing a series of scenes, their…
Sea ice cover dropped to a record low across February 2025 as global warming continues to breach the 1.5 C Paris Agreement target, according to data from the Copernicus satellite.
Inside a small control room, during the middle of the day on Thursday local time in Texas, about a dozen white-knuckled engineers at a space startup named Intuitive Machines started to get worried. Their spacecraft, a lander named Athena, was…
Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on more than just sounds – they’re learning how…
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of examples. Their system tackles some types of abstract pattern-matching tasks using only…
Here at Ars, we’ve written frequently about the video game industry’s ongoing problem with blatant game cloning, and the shifting legal and ethical landscape around the issue. But we’ve rarely seen a case of alleged game theft as blatant as…
An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird’s-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy. The data suggests Andromeda had a chaotic past unlike anything scientists expected.
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket lifted off Thursday from French Guiana and deployed a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite into orbit for the French military, notching a success on its first operational flight. The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana,…
Most Android phones ship with Google’s Gboard as the default input option. It’s a reliable, feature-rich on-screen keyboard, so most folks just keep using it instead of installing a third-party option. Depending on how you feel about circles, it might…
In an early clinical trial, an experimental norovirus vaccine given as a pill produced defensive responses exactly where it counts—in the saliva of older people most vulnerable to the explosive stomach bug. The results, published this week in Science Translational…
The Trump administration is eliminating a preference for fiber Internet in a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, a change that is expected to reduce spending on the most advanced wired networks while directing more money to Elon Musk’s Starlink and…
Expect an uptick in aurora sightings near the spring equinox on March 20, as celestial geometry swings in favor of geomagnetic disturbances.
1Password has announced a new feature that lets you assign a geolocation to items stored in your vault. At first glance, that might not seem like much: a new little box inside a mobile utility you use on occasion. But…
Creating new and exciting tech products requires thinking outside of the box. At this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference in Barcelona, we got a peek at some of the research and development happening in the hopes of forging a…
