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Lower cognitive function during teenage years may significantly increase the risk of having a stroke before the age of 50, according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Researchers found that adolescents with medium…
Enlarge / Amina Abakarova allegedly spreading mercury on her rival’s chess board. Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent “novichok” when making assassination attempts…
Enlarge (credit: Sonos) Addressing blowback from Sonos’ wildly unpopular app redesign will cost the company $20 to $30 million “in the short term,” according to CEO Patrick Spence. In May, Sonos launched an updated app that aggravated many users due…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) An advertising industry initiative targeted by an Elon Musk lawsuit is “discontinuing” its activities and has deleted the member list from its website. On Tuesday, Musk’s X Corp. sued the World Federation of…
The same physics that underlie mayonnaise could help physicists corral the ultrahot plasma needed to produce nuclear fusion.
Imagine feeling lost in a maze, a wave of anxiety washing over you as you struggle to find your way. Now picture that same maze with nostalgic images from your past lining the walls. Would these fond memories help you…
Enlarge / Absolute temperatures show how similar July 2023 and 2024 were. (credit: C3S/ECMWF) The past several years have been absolute scorchers, with 2023 being the warmest year ever recorded. And things did not slow down in 2024. As a…
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Google DeepMind) On Wednesday, researchers at Google DeepMind revealed the first AI-powered robotic table tennis player capable of competing at an amateur human level. The system combines an industrial robot arm called the ABB IRB…
Enlarge / Apple’s M2 Pro Mac mini. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple hasn’t updated its Mac mini desktop lineup since the beginning of 2023, when it added M2 and M2 Pro chips and discontinued the last of the Intel models. Bloomberg’s…
Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a couple of these folks should have lanyards that connect them by the pockets. (credit: Getty Images) If you’ve searched your name online in the last few years, you know…
