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Apple quietly announced a new version of its iPad mini tablet via press release this morning, the tablet’s first update since 2021. The seventh-generation iPad mini looks mostly identical to the sixth-generation version, with a power-button-mounted Touch ID sensor and…
The birth of a planet starts with a microscopic grain floating in a protoplanetary disk, a swirling cloud of gas and other particles surrounding a young star. How the gas and dust interact has implications for the formation of new…
On Monday, Google announced an agreement with Kairos Power to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs), marking the first deal of its kind. The partnership aims to bring Kairos Power’s initial SMR online by 2030, with additional…
NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter’s moon Europa. Here’s what will happen over the next 10 years.
Although it isn’t clear what the X-37B is used for, its new maneuver would help it to evade detection and perform undetected low-passes over Earth.
Sexual desire for a long-term romantic partner may be linked to increased desire for alternative partners, according to a study published in Human Nature. Traditional relationship science posits that sexual desire enhances relationship maintenance, reducing interest in alternative partners. However,…
Over her long career, Bonnie Buratti has seen the search for life in the solar system go from a joke to a flagship mission.
Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.
Alzheimer’s disease may harm the brain in two distinct phases, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in Nature Neuroscience. Using advanced brain mapping techniques, researchers discovered that in the first phase, which…
A recent study published in Translational Psychiatry found that ketamine, a medication typically used as an anesthetic, may significantly reduce suicidal thoughts in individuals with recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to those prescribed more common antidepressants. The research shows…
