Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support
Matter, the smart home standard that promises an interoperable future for home automation, even if…
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DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people…
Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning. The founder of…
Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are rapidly expanding
The transition zone where unoccupied wildlands meet developed areas increased globally by about 35 percent…
Language use predicts depression and anxiety severity over time
A study published in Cognition & Emotion provides evidence that the general use of negative…
H5N1 bird flu is evolving to better infect mammals, CDC study suggests
Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus…
Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything
Meta has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections for a third-party…
Antimatter could travel by truck, a test with protons shows
A special particle trap designed to fit in a truck let researchers haul 70 protons…
Mysterious, city-size ‘centaur’ comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic “centaur” comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming…
Relaxation — not mystical experiences — emerges as best predictor of psychedelic therapy’s impact in surprising new study
A recent study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology examined the effectiveness of psychedelic-assisted therapy…
The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74
On Tuesday, Elwood Edwards, the voice behind the online service America Online’s iconic “You’ve got…
TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has notified Chinese chip design companies that it will suspend production…
Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound
Ask a few random people about Apple Intelligence and you’ll probably get quite different responses.…
A cosmic census triples the known number of black holes in dwarf galaxies
The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings…
‘Purple tunic’ from royal tomb belonged to Alexander the Great, scholar claims — but not everyone agrees
A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be…
Humans’ big brains may not be the reason for difficult childbirth, chimp study suggests
Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for…
Female body attractiveness more about curviness than waist-to-hip ratio, study finds
Two experiments in Germany using line drawings of female bodies suggest that perceived attractiveness of…
Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update
Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11…
Cretaceous ‘Pompeii’ of China isn’t what we thought
Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in…
Charles Darwin quiz: Test your knowledge on the ‘father of evolution’
Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how…
Pando: The world’s largest tree and heaviest living organism
Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of…
New parents often underestimate partner’s attraction to them, study suggests
In a recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers found…
Rocket Report: Australia says yes to the launch; Russia delivers for Iran
Welcome to Edition 7.19 of the Rocket Report! Okay, we get it. We received more…
This spider traps flashy fireflies as bait to catch related prey
Sometimes, fireflies shouldn’t follow the light. Especially when the web of an orb weaver spider…
