Science and Technolgy blog
New research published in the International Journal of Sexual Health has found that men’s perceptions of female genitals are mostly positive but show considerable variation. While most men view female genitals in a favorable light, focusing more on functional aspects…
One of the key differences between Apple’s Macs and the iPhone and iPad is that the Mac can still boot and run non-Apple operating systems. This is a feature that Apple specifically built for the Mac, one of many features…
On April 15, 2019, the world watched in transfixed horror as a fire ravaged the famed Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, collapsing the spire and melting the lead roof. After years of painstaking restoration costing around $740 million, the…
James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is trying to rein in data brokers that sell Americans’ personal and financial information with a new rule that would classify the brokers as consumer reporting agencies. But the proposal has a dim future…
The Steam Link was a little box ahead of its time. It streamed games from a PC to a TV, ran 1,500 0f them natively, offered a strange (if somewhat lovable) little controller, and essentially required a great network, Ethernet…
Recent research published in Scientific Reports has found that certain advanced AI chatbots are more adept than humans at making judgments in challenging social situations. Using a well-established psychological tool known as a Situational Judgment Test, researchers found that three…
There’s a common popular science demonstration involving “soap boats,” in which liquid soap poured onto the surface of water creates a propulsive flow driven by gradients in surface tension. But it doesn’t last very long since the soapy surfactants rapidly…
China has immediately retaliated against the US following new export curbs that the Biden administration announced Monday, which restrict a wider range of Chinese businesses from accessing any foreign products that include even a single US-made chip. On Tuesday, China’s…
The fibers, made from white flour and formic acid, average just 372 nanometers in diameter and might find use in biodegradable bandages.
Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.
Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.
Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more ways than one when he learned that the tech giant had briefly helped the US military develop AI to study drone footage. In 2020 he left his job working…
An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid.
Research into psilocybin’s promise as a mental health treatment is expanding beyond mood disorders. In a new study, researchers found that participants consumed the psychedelic substance in a therapeutic context reported reduced depression and improvements in their sleep quality. The…
Wolves from three different packs were seen licking red hot poker flowers. That sweet tooth could make them the first known large predator pollinators.
The stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter will be livestreamed for everyone to see.
Bird flu has landed on a California farm that shuns virus-killing pasteurization, leading to a second recall of raw milk and a suspension of operations at the company, Raw Farm in Fresno County. According to a November 27 alert by…
Oh, Enron, I thought—hoped and dreamed?—you were long, long gone, confined to the dustbin of history reserved for seriously fraudulent companies. But apparently not. More than two decades after Enron’s bankruptcy in December 2001, the company is back. Well, at…
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical peers exhibit opposing patterns in empathy and Dark Triad traits, situated 180 degrees apart within a shared psychological space, according to a study published in the Journal of Individual Differences. Empathy—the ability to…
Mackensey Wilson, 14, never planned on doing a science fair project. But when one of her dogs kept getting rashes that seemed to be linked to what pet food she’d been eating, Mackensey got curious. She wanted to know what…
Nearly 1,000 years ago, astronomers in China and Japan saw something strange in the sky. It seemed to be a new star. Even stranger, for several weeks that star was bright enough to be seen in the daytime. Eventually the…
Excess energy from wireless 6G networks could be harvested by a copper coil and the human body.
The Conger Ice Shelf disintegrated in 2022. Satellite data leading up to the collapse hint at worrying changes in a supposedly stable ice sheet.
A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae.
Scientists have uncovered a link between ancient viral elements embedded in human DNA and the genetic risk for two major neurodegenerative diseases: multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neuron disease. By analyzing…
Ralph Loya was pretty sure he was going to lose the corn. His farm had been scorched by El Paso’s hottest-ever June and second-hottest August; the West Texas county saw 53 days soar over 100° Fahrenheit in the summer of…
A Delaware judge today rejected Elon Musk’s bid to reinstate a Tesla pay package that was worth over $50 billion at the beginning of 2024 and has now crossed $100 billion based on Tesla’s latest share price. The judge also…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is more than just an AI language model with a fancy interface. It’s a system consisting of a stack of AI models and content filters that make sure its outputs don’t embarrass OpenAI or get the company into…
Scientists have been searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life for decades. So, where are all the aliens? Here are 12 intriguing theories …
Rob Bauer, the chair of a NATO military committee, reportedly said, “It is more competent not to wait, but to hit launchers in Russia in case Russia attacks us. We must strike first.” These comments, supposedly made in 2024, were…
Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of these creatures that it took 20 years just to figure out what exactly it was. Things…
Alcohol is deeply rooted in our cultures and habits, and in most Western countries, its significant economic weight grants it a much more favourable legal status and social perception than other drugs. This is likely why teenagers consider it the…
Joe Biden’s final move to stop China from racing ahead of the US in AI may be too little too late, reports say. On Monday, the Biden administration announced new export controls, perhaps most notably restricting exports to China of…
Elon Musk on Friday filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking a federal court to block OpenAI’s planned conversion from a nonprofit to for-profit entity. The motion in US District Court for the Northern District of California is the latest…
A favorite among nature enthusiasts, the Celestron Nature DX ED 12×50 is reduced at Amazon for Cyber Monday — but you’ll need to be quick to avoid missing out!
When an updated, remastered, or otherwise spiffed-up version of a game is released, nobody—not long-time fans, not archivists, not anybody, really—ever asks for the original version of that game to be taken down. Does this seem to stop game studios…
Companies have been discussing migrating off of VMware since Broadcom’s takeover a year ago led to higher costs and other controversial changes. Now we have an inside look at one of the larger customers that recently made the move. According…
China’s new Long March 12 rocket made a successful inaugural flight Saturday, placing two experimental satellites into orbit and testing uprated, higher-thrust engines that will allow a larger Chinese launcher in development to send astronauts to the Moon. The 203-foot-tall…
The Dell Inspiron 16 Plus, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU and the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, can be yours for $1,100 this Cyber Monday.
We’ve not often seen big discounts on the gorgeously designed Molekule Air Mini+ so this one had us breathing heavily in that newly-purified air.
Researchers have named a new species in the Homo genus. What do we know about these “big headed” people?
An analysis of data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) found that children of mothers who experienced higher stress during pregnancy tended to have elevated levels of an inflammation marker, interleukin-6 (IL-6), at age 9. These…
Findings from a cave in Gibraltar suggests Neandertals may have used complex fire structures to obtain adhesives from plants.
In a surprise move, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has stepped down as head of the company after less than four years, as reported by Reuters and other outlets. The change caps a chaotic year for Intel, which is poised to…
SpaceX recently hit some notable milestones with its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, and even in the full context of history, the performance of the vehicle is pretty incredible. Last Tuesday, the company launched a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites from…
Sony Picture’s Kraven the Hunter explores origins of titular villain. Hollywood is coming off a record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend, thanks to the winning trifecta of Moana 2, Gladiator II, and Wicked Part 1. Can other upcoming releases ride that wave? Perhaps…
Volkswagen workers in Germany have gone on strike today in the largest industrial action taken against the company since 2018. The union IG Metall, which represents about 120,000 VW workers, voted to approve the strike on November 22, describing the…
A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research sheds light on how cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for hoarding disorder influences brain activity, reflecting reductions in maladaptive beliefs about possessions. Researchers found that adults undergoing group CBT showed increased brain…
A standard EEG test requires electrodes that come with pitfalls. A spray-on ink, capable of carrying electrical signals, avoids some of those.
