Science and Technolgy blog
When a beloved pet dies, many of us feel the pain of loss deeply, often likening it to the loss of a family member. But what about the surviving pets? Do they grieve the loss of their companions, too? A…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government so they could install custom malware that’s exceptionally stealthy and advanced, researchers reported Monday. The vulnerability,…
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Thomas Trutschel) With the country experiencing a relatively large summer wave of COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration is considering signing off on this year’s strain-matched COVID-19 vaccines as soon as this week, according to a…
Enlarge / Composite image showing color variation of emerald green bookcloth on book spines, likely a result of air pollution (credit: Winterthur Library, Printed Book and Periodical Collection) In April, the National Library of France removed four 19th century books,…
Fusarium wilt is threatening the global supply of bananas, but researchers might have found a way to control the disease.
A ‘once in a blue moon’ event might not be as infrequent as you think.
A new study helps solve the “final parsec problem” that has made supermassive black hole formation impossible to explain, pointing to a strange form of dark matter as the key.
Enlarge (credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) AMD has agreed to buy artificial intelligence infrastructure group ZT Systems in a $4.9 billion cash and stock transaction, extending a run of AI investments by the chip company as it seeks to…
A metal detectorist found more than a half dozen pieces of silver jewelry while exploring farmland in Denmark.
On Aug. 8, NASA scientists may have spotted a record number of sunspots when hundreds of individual spots were estimated to occur within 24 hours.
