Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent
The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers will mounted with experimental hypersonic weapon systems, but what makes this…
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Why does Earth look flat if it’s really round?
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars
China’s planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA…
Reducing screen time boosts children’s mental health and prosocial behaviors, study finds
A new study published in JAMA Network Open offers experimental evidence supporting the idea that…
NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life
Now atop Jezero Crater, the robotic explorer found quartz indicative of habitable environments and possibly…
Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Large language models have found great success so far by using their transformer architecture to effectively predict the…
Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have…
Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack
AT&T and Verizon reportedly are not notifying most customers whose call records were stolen in…
Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands
Thousands of sites running WordPress remain unpatched against a critical security flaw in a widely…
Character.AI steps up teen safety after bots allegedly caused suicide, self-harm
Following a pair of lawsuits alleging that chatbots caused a teen boy’s suicide, groomed a…
Satellites reveal stunningly detailed maps of Earth’s seafloors
A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds…
How does fluoride prevent cavities?
Whether delivered in water or toothpaste, fluoride can help guard teeth against decay. But how?
The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players
Like with much of physical media, the onslaught against optical media is ongoing. In the…
OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now talk to a simulated version of…
Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA
Two recent studies suggest that the gene flow (as the young people call it these…
Generating power with a thin, flexible thermoelectric film
The No. 1 nuisance with smartphones and smartwatches is that we need to charge them…
Neandertal genes in people today came from hook-ups around 47,000 years ago
Most present-day humans carry a small amount of Neandertal DNA that can be traced back…
The ‘Blob,’ an unprecedented marine heat wave, killed 4 million seabirds
Millions of other animals may have perished too, suggesting the die-off event might be one…
Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long ‘pulse,’ 2 new studies reveal
An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe…
Our sun may be overdue for a ‘superflare’ stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns
A conceptual image of the sun launching a massive fiery plume toward Earth.
Largest-ever survey on ayahuasca highlights links to better mental health and wellbeing
A new study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs has uncovered significant associations between…
Intel Arc B580 review: A $249 RTX 4060 killer, one-and-a-half years later
Intel doesn’t have a ton to show for its dedicated GPU efforts yet. After much…
Google steps into “extended reality” once again with Android XR
Citing “years of investment in AI, AR, and VR,” Google is stepping into the augmented…
What are ‘attachment styles,’ and is there science to back them up?
Attachment styles are real, but there are a lot of misconceptions about how they work.
