Rock carvings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs found underwater near Aswan
Archaeologists discovered rock carvings featuring several pharaohs during an underwater expedition near Aswan, Egypt.
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Rare ‘stiff person syndrome’ treated with reconfigured cancer therapy
A case study shows how a therapy typically used for cancer could be adapted to treat a disorder that Céline Dion recently disclosed she has.
Pornography triggers stronger brain reward responses than gaming or money
Recent research published in Human Brain Mapping sheds light on the neural mechanisms of associative learning related to internet-use behaviors, specifically focusing on online gaming and pornography. The study found that pornographic stimuli are more strongly associated with reward responses…
Google, its cat fully escaped from bag, shows off the Pixel 9 Pro weeks early
Enlarge / You can have confirmation of one of our upcoming four phones, but you have to hear us talk about AI again. Deal? (credit: Google) After every one of its house-brand phones, and even its new wall charger, have…
NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad
Enlarge / NASA completed assembling the VIPER rover last month at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. (credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas) NASA has spent $450 million designing and building a first-of-its-kind robot to drive into eternally dark craters at the…
Report: Apple TV+ will soon get a lot more movies made by studios other than Apple
Enlarge / Apple seeks to continue to augment its library of original films like Argylle with films from other studios. Apple TV+ has carved a niche for itself with strong original programming, and while it’s still far behind the likes…
FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high
Enlarge / A telephone in a prison. (credit: Getty Images | Image Source) The Federal Communications Commission today voted to lower price caps on prison phone calls and closed a loophole that allowed prison telecoms to charge high rates for…
Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they’ve found a solution
The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream through.
The Mazda CX-90 PHEV gives luxury car vibes for a mainstream price
Enlarge / Can the big Mazda CX-90 make up for how disappointed we were with the last electrified Mazda we drove? (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Fairly or not, the Mazda CX-90 PHEV had a lot to make up for. The last…
The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) You have to read the headline on Nvidia’s latest GPU announcement slowly, parsing each clause as it arrives. “Nvidia transitions fully” sounds like real commitment, a burn-the-boats call. “Towards open-source GPU,” yes, evoking the company’s “first…
