Science and Technolgy blog
Public trust in science has been in the spotlight in recent years: After the US presidential election in November, one Wall Street Journal headline declared that “Science Lost America’s Trust.” Another publication called 2024 “the year of distrust in science.”…
Spread across NASA’s headquarters and 10 field centers, which dot the United States from sea to sea, the space agency has had a workforce of nearly 18,000 civil servants. However, by the end of today, that number will have shrunk…
Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.
Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the ISS. If selected for a future mission, he will become the first physically disabled person in space.
A small study of adults with severe generalized anxiety disorder in Lebanon found that these individuals had a lower daily antioxidant intake. After six weeks of antioxidant supplementation, their anxiety symptoms decreased. The paper was published in Nutritional Neuroscience. Generalized…
Specs at a glance: Asus ROG Flow Z13 (XS96 model) OS Windows 11 Pro CPU AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (16 cores, 3.0 GHz) RAM 32GB LPDDR5X-8000 (non-upgradeable; XS99 goes up to 128GB) GPU AMD Radeon 8060S (integrated) SSD 1TB…
High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.
For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.
By combining digital and analog quantum simulation into a new hybrid approach, scientists have already started to make fresh scientific discoveries using quantum computers.
A new study published in Psychopharmacology suggests that while teenage exposure to THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, may have limited long-term effects on certain thinking skills, it could make individuals more susceptible to the cognitive impacts of stimulants…
