Squall line tornadoes are sneaky, dangerous and difficult to forecast
New research is revealing the secrets of these destructive twisters, which dodge radar scans and often form at night.
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10 crafty ways animals hunt their prey
Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey.
Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?
Enlarge / This is one method of burning a disc. (credit: 1001slide / Getty Images) We noted earlier this week that time seems to have run out for Apple’s venerable SuperDrive, which was the last (OEM) option available for folks…
Elon Musk’s lawsuit over alleged X ad boycott “a very weak case,” professor says
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Antitrust law professors aren’t impressed by Elon Musk’s lawsuit alleging a supposed X advertising boycott amounts to an antitrust violation. Based on the initial complaint filed by Musk’s X Corp., it looks like…
‘Breaking,’ aka breakdancing, is in the Olympics for the 1st time — here’s the brain science behind it
Here’s the brain science of breaking, the dance style making its Olympic debut in Paris.
Barrage of solar explosions could bring auroras to the U.S. this weekend as Perseid meteor shower peaks
Three powerful solar eruptions could bring auroras as far south as New York and Idaho right at the peak of the Perseid meteor shower this weekend.
Listening to music could enhance some aspects of ketamine therapy for depression
A study conducted in Switzerland on individuals with treatment-resistant depression suggests that these patients might better tolerate intranasal esketamine or racemic ketamine therapy when they listen to music during treatment. The study found that patients who listened to music experienced…
Zigzag walls could help buildings beat the heat
A corrugated exterior wall reflects heat to space and absorbs less heat from the ground, keeping it several degrees cooler than a flat wall.
One startup’s plan to fix AI’s “shoplifting” problem
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty) Bill Gross made his name in the tech world in the 1990s, when he came up with a novel way for search engines to make money on advertising. Under his pricing scheme, advertisers would pay…
AI models trained on AI-generated data could spiral into unintelligible nonsense, scientists warn
If left unchecked,”model collapse” could make AI systems less useful, and fill the internet with incomprehensible babble.
