Extremely rare ‘failed supernova’ may have erased a star from the night sky without a trace
An artist’s rendering of a black hole
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Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu
A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu…
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Many of you know that most of our staff is spread out all over these…
Review: The fastest of the M4 MacBook Pros might be the least interesting one
In some ways, my review of the new MacBook Pros will be a lot like…
Spotify’s Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life
Spotify has lost all enthusiasm for the little music devices it sold for just half…
Lucid dreaming app triples users’ awareness in dreams, study finds
In a recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition, researchers at Northwestern University showed that…
The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus
Transmission of Oropouche virus to the womb has been confirmed in two stillbirths and one…
Pando, the world’s largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests
The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old.
Leonid meteor shower 2024: How to spot ‘shooting stars’ and ‘fireballs’ over the US this week
The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with…
Our ancestor Lucy may have used tools more than 3 million years ago
An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool…
2,600-year-old Celtic wooden burial chamber of ‘outstanding scientific importance’ uncovered by archaeologists in Germany
The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a “stroke…
Sex-specific brain pathways influence threat processing
A new study published in Nature Neuroscience reveals that male and female mice process threats…
Accelerated muons bring next-gen particle colliders closer to reality
Muon colliders could slam the subatomic particles together in hopes of unlocking physics secrets. Giving…
Vampire bats have a really strange way of getting energy, scientists discover after putting them on treadmills
Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists…
Apple Watch Series 10 now at its lowest-ever price — this Black Friday Apple deal is just too good to miss
Amazon has dropped the Apple Watch Series 10 price by $50 and it’s also price-matched…
Plastic-eating mealworms native to Africa discovered
Larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm found to feast on polystyrene then break it down…
How is paper made from trees?
Plant-based paper has been used for thousands of years, but exactly how is it created…
Congress members less outspoken against COVID-19 policies after personal infections, study finds
An analysis of health data and social media posts of U.S. Congress members found that…
Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI
In the short-term, the most dangerous thing about AI language models may be their ability…
Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia
Amazon is poised to roll out its newest artificial intelligence chips as the Big Tech…
A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer
The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why…
Smaller than an Escalade IQ, bigger than a Lyriq: The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq
Cadillac has another new electric vehicle on the way. It’s the 2026 Vistiq, a three-row…
Mazda gives the 2025 CX-50 a big efficiency boost to 38 mpg with hybrid power
Mazda won itself a lot of fans over the years with the sharp styling and…
New ‘gold-plated’ superconductor could be the foundation for massively scaled-up quantum computers in the future
New superconducting material paves the way for the next stage in quantum computing
