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Starlink yesterday obtained federal approval to provide service to cell phones, with some limits. The Federal Communications Commission issued an order that partially grants SpaceX’s application while imposing conditions and deferring a decision on some aspects of the application. Starlink…
Most airplanes in the world have vertical tails or rudders to prevent Dutch roll instabilities, a combination of yawing and sideways motions with rolling that looks a bit like the movements of a skater. Unfortunately, a vertical tail adds weight…
The discovery of complex fish trapping networks from 4,000 years ago hint at how the Maya rose up as a civilization in Central America and what is now southern Mexico.
The United States will have a second team competing in Formula 1 from 2026, when Cadillac Formula 1 will join the sport as its 11th team. The result is a complete 180 for the sport’s owner, which was highly resistant…
The Biden administration on Tuesday issued sweeping health care proposals that would see Medicare plans greatly expand access to blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, bar insurers from skipping out on paying certain claims that were granted prior authorization, and reinforce guardrails…
Google got some disappointing news at a status conference Tuesday, where US District Judge Amit Mehta suggested that Google’s AI products may be restricted as an appropriate remedy following the government’s win in the search monopoly trial. According to Law360,…
OpenAI has cut off testing access to its Sora video generation platform after a group of artists briefly shared their own early access in a publicly usable webpage Tuesday. The group, going by the moniker PR Puppets, claims the stunt…
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still aren’t sure why they do it.
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A new study published in BMC Psychiatry has found that women with ADHD are more likely to engage in risky behavior compared to their male counterparts, highlighting the importance of considering sex-specific differences in the treatment and understanding of ADHD.…
Lee Jung-Jae returns as Player 456 in the second season of Squid Game. The 2021 Korean series Squid Game was a massive hit for Netflix, racking up 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks and snagging 14 Emmy…
Sticky, sluggish proteins with “proteolethargy” may be a common denominator underpinning life’s ailments.
A new study shows a steep drop in cervical cancer deaths among the first cohort of women who were eligible for the HPV vaccine.
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Fossilized digestive material offers unparalleled insights into the dinosaurs’ diets, feeding behaviors and parasites.
A new study has revealed that cervical cancer deaths have strongly declined in the U.S. since 2016, likely due to increased rates of HPV vaccination.
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A recent study published in Political Behavior sheds light on what drives support for politically motivated violence in the United States. Researchers found that while overall public support for such violence is very low, those who do support it often…
Margaret S. Collins, the first Black American female entomologist to earn a Ph.D., overcame sexism and racism to become a termite expert.
Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world.
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An experimental study recently found that brief bouts of stair climbing improved cognitive switching performance and made individuals who engaged in this activity feel more energetic and happier. Participants who climbed stairs more intensively tended to have faster responses on…
Microscopic black holes could be careening through our solar system unnoticed. But their days of stealth may be numbered. Two research teams have just proposed ways to spot such baby black holes — if they truly exist. These black holes…
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Combining quantum science with machine learning has led to a model that can accurately measure how surfaces feel to the touch.
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Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, but exactly how they do it has long remained a mystery.
A man experienced cardiac arrest after eating a different flavor of candy than he had historically.
In a landmark study published in Nature Mental Health, scientists conducted the largest-ever multisite analysis of brain connectivity in young people with major depressive disorder. Using a large dataset of brain scans, the scientists found that youths with depression exhibited…
Even when a creative work is made by humans, we think it’s missing a key element of art if we think it’s been written by an AI — that capacity to fully immerse you in the world being created.
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Like a lot of children of the ’80s, my early gaming nostalgia has a huge hole where the Atari 7800 might have lived. While practically everyone I knew had an NES during my childhood—and a few uncles and friends’ older…
Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Virtual reality (VR) technology…
Lobby groups for Internet service providers claim that ISPs’ customer service is so good already that the government shouldn’t consider any new regulations to mandate improvements. They also claim ISPs face so much competition that market forces require providers to…
Sonar images released in January 2024 were proposed as the final resting place of the famous aviator’s missing aircraft. But further inspection has revealed a simpler explanation.
When you compare SpaceX to the world’s other space enterprises, it’s probably easier to list the things SpaceX hasn’t done instead of reciting all of the company’s achievements. One of these is the launch of nuclear materials. SpaceX has launched…
A recent study published in Political Psychology provides new insights into how cultural values and social identities influence attitudes toward criminal organizations like the Sicilian Mafia. The research found that individuals who strongly endorse values of masculine honor are more…
On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration finalized a CHIPS award of up to $7.865 billion to help fund expansions of Intel’s commercial fabs in the US. By the end of the decade, these fabs are intended to decrease reliance on foreign…
A recent firmware pushed to QNAP network attached storage (NAS) devices left a number of owners unable to access their storage systems. The company has pulled back the firmware and issued a fixed version, but the company’s response has left…
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A new reconstruction of a woman from a 17th-century “vampire” burial reveals a young-but-sickly woman whom villagers feared so much they buried her under a blade and padlock.
Federal agents briefly detained infamous ex-hospital CEO Ralph de la Torre early last week and seized his phone, according to an investigative report from the Boston Globe. De la Torre is the ultra-wealthy former CEO of the now-bankrupt hospital chain…
Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history.
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You had a great night out, but the next morning, anxiety hits: your heart races, and you replay every conversation from the night before in your head. This feeling, known as hangover anxiety or “hangxiety”, affects around 22% of social…
