Scientists discover a weird fact about people with no sense of smell

A recent study published in Nature Communications has uncovered that individuals with congenital anosmia—a condition where a person is born without the ability to smell—exhibit altered patterns of nasal breathing compared to those with a normal sense of smell. These…

OpenAI’s API users get full access to the new o1 model

Application developers who access OpenAI through its long-running API will now have access to the company’s latest full o1 model, rather than the months-old o1-preview. The upgrade is one of a number of new features being rolled out to OpenAI’s…

Facing ban next month, TikTok begs SCOTUS for help

TikTok has asked the Supreme Court to step in before it’s forced to shut down the app in the US next month. In a petition requesting a temporary injunction, TikTok prompted the Supreme Court to block the ban and grant…

Here’s the new hybrid Honda Prelude, on sale late 2025

The fact that Honda was working on a new Prelude coupe was not entirely secret—not after the automaker unveiled a show car at this year’s Long Beach Grand Prix. This morning, the Japanese automaker confirmed that the new Prelude will…

Let’s learn about octopuses

Octopuses are about as strange as any fictional aliens we might dream up. Each of these soft-bodied cephalopods has eight arms attached to its head. And each of those arms is lined with hundreds of suckers that taste what they…

Neuroscientists uncover how the brain maps behavioral sequences

A new study published in Nature has identified brain cells that act like “map makers,” helping animals track their position within sequences of behaviors. These neurons, located in the medial frontal cortex, can encode abstract patterns of progress, enabling the…

Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs

The incoming Trump administration has even more plans to delay electric vehicle adoption than previously thought. According to Reuters, which has seen transition team documents, the Trump team wants to abolish EV subsidies, claw back federal funding meant for EV…

T-Mobile opens beta registration for Starlink-enabled cell phone service

T-Mobile today said it opened registration for the “T-Mobile Starlink” beta service that will enable text messaging via satellites in dead zones not covered by cell towers. T-Mobile’s announcement said the service using Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellites will “provid[e] coverage…

Scientists develop AI-based method to detect ADHD by analyzing videos

A group of U.K. scientists has developed a machine-learning-based method to detect ADHD by analyzing the actions of individuals in video clips. These videos included recordings of study participants working on specific tasks, captured using multiple cameras from different angles.…

Why do we get headaches from drinking red wine?

Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking—something like 10,000 years. As chemists specializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.…