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The United Kingdom issued a secret order requiring Apple to create a backdoor for government security officials to access encrypted data, The Washington Post reported today, citing people familiar with the matter. UK security officials “demanded that Apple create a…
La Niña and record cold temperatures in the U.S. should have made Earth cooler, but January 2025 was still the hottest on record, with an average global warming of 3.15 F (1.75 C) above pre-industrial levels.
A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research has found that regular participation in dance classes can help ease depression in people with Parkinson disease. The research shows that both mood scores and brain activity in a…
Life isn’t so easy for automotive manufacturers right now. Take Porsche, which just published preliminary financial numbers for last year and projections for 2025. While things aren’t Tesla levels of bad, they’re not exactly great. Sales were down 28 percent…
If you watched the 2007 documentary King of Kong or followed the controversy surrounding score-chaser Billy Mitchell, you know all about Donkey Kong‘s famous kill screen. For over four decades, no one was able to pass the game’s 117th screen…
The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.
Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite images show the extent of this transformation.
The adult orcas swam around the ice demonstrating how to pull a seal off by its tail.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around it, astronomers hope to better understand how solar systems like our own take shape.
A new study has found that the use of a common type of antidepressant medication is not associated with diminished feelings of romantic love. The research, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, provides the first empirical evidence addressing long-standing…
