Incels significantly overestimate how much society blames them for their problems and underestimate the level of sympathy from others, according to new research published in Personality & Individual Differences. Involuntary celibates, or “incels,” represent an online subculture of men who…

One thing Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings does well is invoke terror. Not just the terror of an overwhelming mass of dark energy encroaching on your fortress, which is what the story suggests. Moreso, the terror of hoping your little…

Feelings of loneliness can negatively impact a marriage, but a recent study suggests that certain positive traits can help protect the relationship from these harmful effects. Researchers discovered that when spouses are grateful and forgiving, the negative impact of loneliness…

In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice assistants. Nearly 12 years later, that fictional premise has veered closer to reality with the release of a new conversational…

US Health Secretary and long-standing anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for his equivocal response to the raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which as of Tuesday has grown to 159 cases, with 22 hospitalizations and one…

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is calling wooly mice, which have long fur reminiscent of the woolly mammoth. The long fur was created through…

There’s little that Internet denizens love more than a snazzy personality test—cat videos, maybe, or perpetual outrage. One trend that has gained popularity over the last several years is personality quizzes based on so-called ambiguous images—in which one sees either…

Three critical vulnerabilities in multiple virtual-machine products from VMware can give hackers unusually broad access to some of the most sensitive environments inside multiple customers’ networks, the company and outside researchers warned Tuesday. The class of attack made possible by…

Most readers come away from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984 with the same singular desire: to inhabit the world of the book by playing a late ’90s first-person puzzle-adventure PC game that includes a “zero-g training sphere” for some…

Google’s AI ambitions know no bounds. A new report claims Google’s next phones will herald the arrival of a feature called Pixel Sense that will ingest data from virtually every Google app on your phone, fueling a new personalized experience.…

Apple reportedly filed an appeal in hopes of overturning a secret UK order requiring it to create a backdoor for government security officials to access encrypted data. “The iPhone maker has made its appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an…

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open has found that subtle differences in brain structure during late childhood are linked to whether young people start using substances like alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis in their early teens. Children who initiated…

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in a couple of weeks. For two of the crew members, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, it has been a long, strange trip.…

A study on mice found that a six-hour sleep disruption interfered with the consolidation of fear memories, making them weaker. This disruption also increased the levels of mRNA encoding brain-derived neurotrophic factor, a molecule implicated in changes to the brain…

President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect today, and the White House increased a tariff on China from 10 to 20 percent in an executive order. Canada, Mexico, and China announced retaliatory moves, and stock markets…

It’s time for Google’s newest Pixel Drop update, which will deliver a batch of enhancements to the company’s smartphones. Pixel Drops, which arrive quarterly, refine and expand the features on Pixel phones. This probably won’t come as a surprise, but…

A recent study has uncovered a concerning link between young men’s consumption of online content from so-called “manfluencers” and increased negative attitudes toward women. Researchers found that young men who follow more of these influencers on social media are more…

Federal health policies and decisions are quickly becoming less transparent under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—despite him telling Health Department employees just last month that he would work with them to “launch a new era of radical transparency.” Since…

It’s not the update that most Apple watchers were hoping for, but today, Apple announced upgrades to two of its iPads, including the standard iPad and the quirky middle child, the iPad Air. The iPad Air moves up from an…

In the past decade, Americans have become increasingly aware that climate change is harming the health of people in the US, according to a new survey. The survey, which was conducted in December and released Friday, also shows increased trust…

Early on Monday morning, a bank of Tesla Superchargers went up in flames in Littleton, Massachusetts. While the cause of the fire is unknown, Tesla’s Superchargers are not known for bursting into flames, and a $5,000 reward is being offered…

New research published in the Journal of Attention Disorders reveals a significant increase in the number of working-age adults in the United States who report having ever been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. The study found that nearly 14%…

“4090 performance at $549.” That’s what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said of the GeForce RTX 5070 when he announced the card at CES in January. Thanks to AI, this new midrange GPU would be able to match the frame rates…

How do athletes perform well under pressure? A meta-study, published in the International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology, reveals that athletes who perform well under pressure rely on high self-efficacy, mental toughness, and cognitive-behavioral strategies such as pre-performance routines,…