How worried should we be about PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’?
Recent studies suggest PFAS can pass through human skin and through the placenta. What does…
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New study suggests novel syndrome in babies born to mothers who used fentanyl
A recent study published in the journal Genetics in Medicine Open has identified a potential…
Aventon, a major e-bike maker, tries its hand with a hardtail
Enlarge / Aventon’s Ramblas hardtail mountain bike. (credit: John TImmer) Full suspension mountain bikes are…
Switch 2 is around the corner, but Nintendo announces a new Switch accessory anyway
Nintendo’s Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) seems useful, but it’s coming out at a strange time…
Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?
For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a…
Experiment: Measure the speed of light with a laser
Objective: Measure the speed of light in gelatin using a laser pointer Areas of science:…
These are the top Prime Day health and fitness tech deals you can buy
From Apple Watch to Beats earbuds and rowing machine, here are our favorite health and…
Here are the best telescope deals I wish I was buying today
Looking for the best telescope deals? We’ve rounded up the best deals on the market…
Humans reached Argentina by 20,000 years ago — and they may have survived by eating giant armadillos, study suggests
The discovery of butchered bones belonging to a glyptodont, a giant relative of the armadillo,…
Last day so act fast: Best Prime Day fitness tracker deals I recommend
Save on fitness trackers from Garmin, Samsung, and Fitbit with these huge Prime Day deals…
These are the cheapest binocular deals you can buy
We’ve rounded up the best binocular deals on the market to help you save money…
Famous Taung Child fossil from South Africa is 2.58 million years old, new study finds
A new study examines fossil teeth of the Taung Child to hone in on its…
Astronomers want to change how we define a planet — again
Astronomers are proposing a new, more quantitative definition of what makes a planet. The new…
9 miles of solid diamonds may lurk beneath Mercury’s surface, new study finds
New simulations suggest that a 9-mile-thick layer of diamonds may lurk deep below the surface…
‘ChatGPT moment for biology’: Ex-Meta scientists develop AI model that creates proteins ‘not found in nature’
The ESM3 model can ‘write’ new proteins from scratch, opening up new possibilities for synthetic…
Deadly snake delivers enough venom to kill 400 humans in record-breaking ‘milking’
A coastal taipan named Cyclone recently delivered three times the average amount of venom for…
Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots
Science Robotics, Volume 9, Issue 92, July 2024.
Scale-inspired programmable robotic structures with concurrent shape morphing and stiffness variation
Science Robotics, Volume 9, Issue 92, July 2024.
Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots
Science Robotics, Volume 9, Issue 92, July 2024.
Scientists Say: Astronomical interferometry
Astronomical interferometry (noun, “As-troh-NAH-mih-kul IN-tur-fur-AH-meh-tree”) Astronomical interferometry is a technique to view distant things in…
Soccer-playing robots show how nimble AI-powered machines can be
ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence tools are already reshaping our digital lives. But our AI interactions…
This paleontologist studies ancient mammal movement — virtually
Like most little kids, Anne Kort was fascinated by dinosaurs. But by high school, she…
Microbes in the Arctic may be releasing more climate-warming gases
Earth’s tundra is warming about four times faster than the rest of the planet. The…
Forget moon walking, lunar visitors. Try horizontal running
It was a drizzly day, last year, when two researchers first took on the Wall…
