From the Cook Islands to Poland, people everywhere strive to look their best—but the reasons behind these efforts are not always the same. A new study published in Evolution and Human Behavior explores the diverse motives for enhancing physical attractiveness…

Marriage is associated with increases in sexist attitudes shortly after marriage, particularly in men’s hostile sexism and women’s hostile and benevolent sexism, according to a study published in Sex Roles. Hostile sexism reflects antagonistic beliefs about women gaining power at…

A recent study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience has shed light on the genetic factors associated with misophonia, a condition in which certain sounds—such as chewing or breathing—provoke intense emotional reactions like anger, anxiety, or disgust. The researchers found that…

Archive.org, possibly one of the only entities to preserve the entire history of the Internet, was recently compromised in a hack that revealed data of roughly 31 million users. A little after 2 PM California time, social media blew up…

Raspberry Pi owners have always been prone to coming up with elaborate, technically-interesting-but-practically-questionable projects, and Pi enthusiast Jeff Geerling has an exciting new submission to that canon: an old AMD Radeon RX 460 GPU, connected to the Raspberry Pi 5’s…

Compounding pharmacies are suing the Food and Drug Administration so they can keep making imitation versions of popular—and lucrative—tirzepatide drugs, namely knockoffs of Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss. Generally, compounding pharmacies make customized formulations of drugs for…

If 2022 was the year AI image generators went mainstream, 2024 has arguably been the year that AI video synthesis models exploded in capability. These models, while not yet perfect, can generate new videos from text descriptions called prompts, still images,…

Hurricane Helene crossed the Gulf of Mexico at a time when sea surface temperatures were at record highs and then barreled into a region where heavy rains had left the ground saturated. The result was historic catastrophic flooding. One key…

A new study published in PLOS Biology provides fascinating insights into how our daily experiences and behaviors, such as sleep patterns, physical activity, and even our mood, leave lasting imprints on our brain’s connectivity. Conducted by researchers at Aalto University…

The US Department of Justice finally proposed sweeping remedies to destroy Google’s search monopoly late yesterday, and, predictably, Google is not loving any of it. On top of predictable asks—like potentially requiring Google to share search data with rivals, restricting…

Honda is recalling almost 1.7 million vehicles due to a steering defect. An improperly made part can cause certain cars’ steering to become “sticky”—never an attribute one wants in a moving vehicle. The problem affects a range of newer Hondas…

A new study published in The Journal of Sex Research indicates that Swedish adolescents are using pornography more frequently, with notable shifts in their attitudes. Between 2004 and 2020–21, both boys and girls have become more tolerant of pornography, yet…

Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments. Their latest breakthrough is a special switchable adhesive modeled…

Back in 2019, Google made waves by claiming it had achieved what has been called “quantum supremacy”—the ability of a quantum computer to perform operations that would take a wildly impractical amount of time to simulate on standard computing hardware.…

Older adults tend to seek more specific information while younger adults prefer a diversive approach, according to new research in Psychology & Aging. Noninstrumental information seeking, driven by curiosity, is common across various contexts in daily life. Prior studies suggest…

General Motors is shaking up its electric vehicle strategy once again. Despite bumper EV sales in 2024, the US automaker told investors yesterday that it will stop branding its batteries under the Ultium name. Perhaps more consequentially, it’s also abandoning…

Brazil’s Supreme Court is allowing Elon Musk’s X to resume operations, apparently ending a months-long battle after the social network paid over $5 million in fines and reluctantly agreed to suspend accounts accused of spreading disinformation. The court yesterday issued…

Thunderbird’s Android app, which is actually the K-9 Mail project reborn, is almost out. You can check it out a bit early in a beta that will feel pretty robust to most users. Thunderbird, maintained by the Mozilla Foundation subsidiary…

On Tuesday evening during a measurement flight, the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center dropped the ashes of Peter Dodge, a longtime radar scientist and hurricane hunter, in the eye of Hurricane Milton. The drop honored Dodge’s 44-year career and his contributions…

A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found a connection between an individual’s natural body posture and their personality traits. Researchers discovered that how a person habitually stands—when not influenced by external factors—reflects their attitudes…

Starting a new car company isn’t easy—just ask Henrik Fisker, whose second bite at that particular cherry ended the same way as his first when it filed for bankruptcy this July. At the time, Fisker said it wanted to try…

On Wednesday, the Nobel Committee announced that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to researchers who pioneered major breakthroughs in computational chemistry. These include two researchers at Google’s DeepMind in acknowledgment of their role in developing AI software…

A new study suggests that damage to the brainstem, the part of the brain that controls essential functions like breathing and heart rate, may be responsible for the long-lasting physical and mental health issues seen in patients who experienced severe…

Foreign influence campaigns, or information operations, have been widespread in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Influence campaigns are large-scale efforts to shift public opinion, push false narratives or change behaviors among a target population. Russia, China, Iran,…