Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal ax
The 6-year-old boy found the rock and then didn’t tell anyone for three years. But a new examination reveals it was made by some of the last Neanderthals.
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Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense
On Tuesday, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation advised Americans to share a secret word or phrase with their family members to protect against AI-powered voice-cloning scams, as criminals increasingly use voice synthesis to impersonate loved ones in crisis. “Create…
TikTok’s two paths to avoid US ban: Beg SCOTUS or woo Trump
On Friday, a US appeals court upheld a federal law that could ban or force a sale of TikTok early next year. Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act into law in April, and the US…
Notre Dame is reopening. What does that mean for its acoustics?Â
Researcher Brian Katz is studying the acoustics of the Paris cathedral and how it’s been altered throughout the centuries.
Most expensive dinosaur skeleton ever now on display in New York City
‘Apex,’ one of the most complete stegosaurus fossils ever found, is on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to ‘small men’ on the internet: ‘I should have expected this.’
The astronaut and MIT engineer’s monumental milestone was marred by misogyny: “Instead of being on cloud nine, I’m crying in my seat.”
‘Eight billion bucks or bust’: From pirates to ‘stupid mistakes’ — the wild story of how James Webb Space Telescope almost failed to launch
“Budget overruns, bureaucratic malfeasance, congressional oversight, review-​board reckonings, the whole process of rethinking how to test a space telescope from the ground up: Webb had survived them all. One other factor, however, continued to create havoc with the budget and…
NASA delays historic Artemis missions — yet again
The Space Launch System blasts off from its Florida launchpad.
Gut microbiome may have fueled the growth of humans’ big brains, study suggests
A new laboratory study in mice suggests that primates like humans evolved large brains with a helping hand from microbes that live in the gut.
Short daily walks may reverse cognitive aging by four years, study finds
Everyday physical activity, like going for a short walk or playing with the kids, may provide short-term benefits for cognitive health, equivalent to reversing four years of cognitive aging. That was a key finding for my colleagues and me in…
