Can you change your personality? Psychology research says yes — here’s how
Have you ever taken a personality test? If you’re like me, you’ve consulted BuzzFeed and…
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E-tattoos could make mobile EEGs a reality
A 3D-printable EEG electrode e-tattoo. Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Epidermal electronics attached to…
Bitcoin hits $100,000
Late Wednesday, bitcoin hit $100,000—a major milestone for the cryptocurrency, which has been experiencing a…
Rivian opens its adventure charging network to other EVs today
Today, Rivian announced that it is opening up the Rivian Adventure Network of fast chargers…
Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert
Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well…
Huge study reveals who fakes orgasms—and why they stop
A new large-scale study published in The Journal of Sex Research provides a deep dive…
Climate stress may undermine male spiders’ romantic gift giving
Even spider love lives show an effect of climate uncertainty: Stressed males may offer a…
Prenatal test accidentally picks up cancer in 50% of those with wonky results
In 2013, researchers reported an eye-opening case of a healthy pregnant woman with a puzzling…
Backdoor slips into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets
Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used…
Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone — rather than needing 1000s of servers to run — after breakthrough
Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new…
Secure attachment linked to lower PTSD symptoms in children, study finds
A meta-analysis of 30 research studies examining children with traumatic experiences found that securely attached…
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is pitch-perfect archaeological adventuring
Historically, games based on popular film or TV franchises have generally been seen as cheap…
50 years on, Lucy offers lessons for achieving fossil fame
One of the biggest superstars in human history lies in the National Museum of Ethiopia.…
Rare gold ‘Brutus’ coin minted after Julius Caesar’s murder is up for auction
An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar’s assassination, is up…
A spacecraft duo will fly in formation to create artificial solar eclipses
ESA’s Proba-3 mission will use one satellite to block out the sun for another satellite,…
Acromegaly: A disease that causes adults to grow uncontrollably
Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large…
Scientists sheds light on how our brains create mental “chapters” with new event segmentation study
A new study published in Current Biology sheds light on how the brain divides the…
These spiders listen for prey before hurling webs like slingshots
A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and…
Geminid meteor shower 2024: How to see the year’s last big display of ‘shooting stars’ before it’s too late
The Geminid meteor shower is upon us. Up to 120 “shooting stars” per hour will…
Dog domestication happened many times, but most didn’t pan out
Between 8,000 and 12,000 years ago, people in Alaska kept reinventing dogs with mixed results.…
OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a “12 days of OpenAI” period starting December…
Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space…
US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks
A US government security official urged Americans to use encrypted messaging as major telecom companies…
Dietary evidence bolsters Clovis hunters’ reputation as mammoth killers
Mammoths made up as much as 40 percent of the ancient North Americans’ diet, a…
