Science news this week: Cleopatra curiosities and quantum leaps
Dec. 14, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well…
TECH DEIYO
Science and Technolgy blog
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick…
Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials
A sophisticated and ongoing supply-chain attack operating for the past year has been stealing sensitive…
These discoveries in 2024 could be groundbreaking — if they’re true
Did microbes ever live on Mars? Did an “elevator” help build Egypt’s first pyramid? Some…
Simple vaping ‘quitline’ can help over 40% of young people quit, study finds
A study used several strategies to help young adults go from vaping every day to…
Just a fraction of the hydrogen hidden beneath Earth’s surface could power Earth for 200 years, scientists find
Trillions of tons of hydrogen gas are likely buried in rocks and reservoirs beneath Earth’s…
35,000-year-old ‘tortoise shell’ carving may be Holy Land’s oldest evidence of ritual behavior
A carved boulder found deep in a cave in Israel may have been used for…
Elon Musk slams SEC as agency threatens charges in Twitter stock probe
Elon Musk has at least one more battle to wage against Securities and Exchange Commission…
Werner Herzog muses on mysteries of the brain in Theater of Thought
Werner Herzog has made more than 60 films over his illustrious career. His documentaries alone…
Cancer screening and quitting smoking have saved nearly 6 million lives
Prevention, screening and treatment advances combined stopped 5.94 million deaths from cancer in the United…
‘Like they were demon possessed’: Geomagnetic super storms are causing tractors to dance from side to side across US farms — and the sun is to blame
Powerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America.…
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time…
F1 Arcade trip report: Great sims make for a compelling experience
Formula 1’s recent popularity still feels a little strange to longtime fans of the sport,…
Don’t use crypto to cheat on taxes: Bitcoin bro gets 2 years
A bitcoin investor who went to increasingly great lengths to hide $1 million in cryptocurrency…
The gut ‘remodels’ itself during pregnancy, study finds
The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding,…
Dark personality traits linked to “virtuous victim signaling” and exploitation of accusations
Researchers have replicated and expanded a prior study to investigate the role of dark tetrad…
The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
ORLANDO, Florida—Earlier this year, officials at US Space Command released a list of priorities and…
Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for 3,000 years
3,000-year-old clay tablets show that some associations between emotion and parts of the body have…
Nearby exoplanet has grown a tail 44 times longer than Earth — and it’s acting like a giant ‘stellar windsock’
Researchers have detected a giant tail of gas leaking from an exoplanet near Earth. The…
Feminine advantage in harm perception obscures male victimization
A review published in Biology Letters highlights that harm toward women is perceived as more…
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time…
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
On Wednesday, a video from OpenAI’s newly launched Sora AI video generator went viral on…
The 2024 eclipse gave a rare view of the sun. Here’s a peek at early data
Teams are starting to analyze data from the total solar eclipse to learn more about…
Marble Caves: Chile’s ethereal turquoise caverns with ‘mineral ice cream’ on the walls
The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile.…
