Paleolithic deep-cave compound likely used for rituals
Archaeologists excavating a paleolithic cave site in Galilee, Israel, have found evidence that a deep-cave…
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Thousands of child sex abuse victims sue Apple for lax CSAM reporting
Thousands of victims have sued Apple over its alleged failure to detect and report illegal…
The oldest known ritual chamber in the Middle East has been found
Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early…
Google gets an error-corrected quantum bit to be stable for an hour
On Monday, Nature released a paper from Google’s quantum computing team that provides a key…
US businesses will lose $1B in one month if TikTok is banned, TikTok warns
TikTok is doing everything it can to delay a potential ban starting the day before…
Meet Hyperlight, Ars Technica’s new, even brighter “Light” mode
Like many sites, apps, and operating systems, Ars Technica has both “Light” and “Dark” visual…
Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly
On Monday, OpenAI released Sora Turbo, a new version of its text-to-video generation model, making…
Itch.io platform briefly goes down to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report
Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few…
13 proteins tied to brain aging seem to spike at ages 57, 70 and 78
A new study claims to have identified 13 proteins associated with either accelerated or decelerated…
New study reveals how ancient ‘sky disc’ was made, squashing claims it was a forgery
The research details the elaborate process used to manufacture the Nebra Sky Disc during the…
Cognitive strain intensifies reward sensitivity, study reveals
Periods of stress and mental fatigue are often when people feel least equipped to resist…
Raspberry Pi 500 updates sub-$100 desktop PC with more speed, optional monitor
One of the selling points of the Raspberry Pi 5 (released in October 2023) is…
Obesity rates are down. Is that because of weight-loss drugs?
Earlier this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported data showing that adult…
Generative AI is an energy hog. Is the tech worth the environmental cost?
Generative AI and the hype around it has rung in excitement and alarm bells this…
1,500-year-old Anglo-Saxon burial holds a ‘unique’ mystery — a Roman goblet once filled with pig fat
The sixth-century burial of an Anglo-Saxon teenage girl surprised archaeologists when they discovered a small…
Google’s new quantum chip has solved a problem the best supercomputer would have taken a quadrillion times the age of the universe to crack
Google’s new 105-qubit ‘Willow’ quantum processor has surpassed a key error-correction threshold first proposed in…
Loneliness and isolation rates among older Americans return to pre-pandemic levels, but still remain high
Loneliness and social isolation among Americans aged 50 to 80 have largely reverted to the…
Latest James Webb data hints at new physics in Universe’s expansion
Physicists have been puzzling over conflicting observational results pertaining to the accelerating expansion rate of…
A squid-inspired medical device could reduce the need for needles
The device, which directs a liquid by mimicking squids’ high-pressure jets, could provide alternative delivery…
Philippines volcanic eruption: Kanlaon volcano ‘may progress to further explosive eruptions’
The Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time,…
James Webb telescope confirms we have no idea why the universe is growing the way it is
A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes,…
Hippocampal neurogenesis decreases PTSD symptoms in mice, study finds
A study on mice found that interventions increasing the creation of new neurons in the…
Win hardware, collectibles, and more in the 2024 Ars Technica Charity Drive
It’s once again that special time of year when we give you a chance to…
Trees may be even bigger climate heroes than we thought
Trees are important for the health of our planet. For one, they pull carbon dioxide,…
