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Last year was not a good one for a lunar lander company based in Pittsburgh named Astrobotic. In January, the company’s very first spacecraft finally launched after years of delays, carrying dozens of payloads, scientific instruments, and time capsules. But…
Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond, and they paint an alarming picture for Tesla. Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK—all affluent countries that are key markets for Tesla’s…
President Trump has already begun to introduce changes that weaken the Endangered Species Act, a cornerstone of U.S. conservation law.
A recent study published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has shed light on the subconscious visual preferences people have regarding the appearance of buttocks. Researchers used eye-tracking technology to analyze where people look when viewing images of female buttocks and found…
Defining AI chatbot personality could be based on how a bot “feels” about itself or on how a person feels about the bot they’re interacting with.
A mirror proxy Google runs on behalf of developers of the Go programming language pushed a backdoored package for more than three years until Monday, after researchers who spotted the malicious code petitioned for it to be taken down twice.…
Do you long for that tart fruity flavor of a sour beer but wish the complicated brewing process were faster? Norwegian scientists might have the answer: field peas, as well as beans and lentils. According to a new paper published…
Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it “Inkathazo,” or “trouble,” as the team struggles to understand the physics behind it.
“What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the surface?”
A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality highlights how perceptions of dark tetrad traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism—in politicians influence voter behavior, focusing on the 2020 U.S. presidential election, comparing perceptions of Donald Trump and Joe…
