Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago
The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.
TECH DEIYO
Science and Technolgy blog
Category news
1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind
The discovery of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools upends what we know about tool manufacturing in East Africa.
Jeff Bezos brings Amazon work culture to Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos has moved to introduce a tough Amazon-like approach to his rocket maker Blue Origin, as the world’s third-richest person seeks to revive a company that has lagged behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The space company’s founder and sole shareholder…
NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with a Falcon 9 launch, NASA has been providing a series of increasingly worrisome updates about the health of the small orbiter. Trailblazer appears to be…
Poll: Should we bring back woolly mammoths?
Colossal scientists just created “woolly mice” in another step towards their ultimate goal of resurrecting woolly mammoths. But should we be tinkering with extinct species? Take our poll and have your say.
Is drinking together more fun? Study sheds light on the science of shared intoxication
Feeling more connected and enjoying conversations more is a common reason people drink alcohol in social settings. Now, research published in the journal Psychopharmacology provides scientific backing for this experience. The study found that alcohol enhances the enjoyment of social…
MacBook Air gets the M4, a new blue color, up to 32GB of RAM, and a $100 price cut
As expected, Apple has officially refreshed its MacBook Air lineup with its M4 chip, the same silicon we’ve already seen in products like the MacBook Pro, the iMac, and the Mac mini. And in most ways, it’s a straightforward update,…
Apple intros new Mac Studio models with M4 Max and… M3 Ultra?
Apple announced its first Mac Studio updates in nearly two years today, a few months after bringing the M4 and M4 Pro chips to the Mac mini. As before, Apple offers a lower-end and a higher-end configuration of the Mac…
Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip
Apple’s first Mac Studio refresh in nearly two years is a welcome update, injecting fresh life into two computers that were still getting by with M2 chips. But the company took a bit of a strange approach to the update,…
The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling
The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.
