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Enlarge (credit: Anova) Anova, a company that sells smart sous vide cookers, is getting backlash from customers after announcing that it will soon charge a subscription fee for the device’s companion app. Sous video cooking, per Ars Technica sister site…
The fossil, plus 17 others from more than 500 million years ago, reveal that early mollusks were slug-like creatures with prickly armor.
A ‘rule-breaking’ sunspot has fired off an extremely powerful X-class solar flare, launching a CME toward Earth that could bring vibrant weekend auroras.
An analysis of data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study revealed that women who feel powerless tend to endorse benevolent sexism more strongly. When their feelings of powerlessness increase, their endorsement of benevolent sexism at a later time…
Enlarge / For now, “you should see a doctor” remains good advice. ChatGPT was able to pass some of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) tests in a study done in 2022. This year, a team of Canadian medical…
Enlarge / Everyone loves a wagon, especially when it’s an M5. (credit: Fabian Kirchbauer Photography/BMW) Telling someone they can’t have something is a great way to make them want it. Take the station wagon, for example. This once-popular form factor…
Enlarge / The Fiat 500e Inspired by Beauty. (credit: BradleyWarren Photography) Over two decades of parenting has left me with a healthy appreciation for SUVs and minivans. But there comes a time when the nest empties and transportation needs change.…
Star formation has ceased within at least 16 million light-years of the quasar. A similar phenomenon may have fried the Milky Way when it was young.
The idea that artistic creativity and mental illness are connected has fascinated people for centuries. But is there any scientific basis for this belief? A recent study has sought to provide more empirical evidence on this topic by analyzing the…
The large language model gets medical calls wrong more often than not.
