Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket
Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude…
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Ancient, engraved stones may have been buried to summon the sun
Members of a Stone Age culture in Denmark may have ritually buried stones to counter…
Stone Age people made sun stone ‘sacrifice’ to banish ‘darkened sun’ after a volcanic eruption, archaeologists say
Hundreds of stone artifacts discovered on a Danish island may have been offered to the…
Why the FDA banned the common food dye Red No. 3
Evidence that the synthetic dye Red No. 3 is harmful comes from studies in rats,…
Focused ultrasound shows promise in treating Alzheimer’s by reducing amyloid plaques
A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery highlights the potential of focused ultrasound…
Texas defends requiring ID for porn to SCOTUS: “We’ve done this forever”
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments that could determine if a Texas age-gating law…
Startup necromancy: Dead Google Apps domains can be compromised by new owners
Lots of startups use Google’s productivity suite, known as Workspace, to handle email, documents, and…
FDA bans red dye No. 3 in food
The FDA will no longer allow red dye No. 3 in foods or ingested drugs,…
One of Iceland’s largest volcanoes sees swarm of 130 earthquakes — could it be about to blow?
The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland’s largest eruption for 300 years back in…
Generative AI simplifies science communication, boosts public trust in scientists
AI-generated summaries of scientific studies are not only simpler and more accessible to general readers…
The trailer for Daredevil: Born Again is here
Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock returns in Marvel’s new series Daredevil: Born Again. Daredevil is among…
Tire simulation is so good it’s replacing real-world testing
Tires might be one of the more prosaic parts of a car, but they are…
This PDF contains a playable copy of Doom
Here at Ars, we’re suckers for stories about hackers getting Doom running on everything from…
Firm developing a fully reusable rocket raises a quarter of a billion dollars
A Washington-based launch company announced Wednesday that it has raised $260 million in Series C…
20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we thought
The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found…
‘Warm water’ from deep sea flowing towards one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves
Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the…
Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men
Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is…
Is humanity alone in the Universe? What scientists really think.
News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it,…
Meta takes us a step closer to Star Trek’s universal translator
Back in 2023, AI researchers at Meta interviewed 34 native Spanish and Mandarin speakers who…
Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins
It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting…
SEC sues Elon Musk, says he cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk yesterday over his late disclosure of a…
Lethal snake venom may be countered by new AI-designed proteins
The current way to produce antivenoms is antiquated. Experiments in mice suggest that an artificial…
Iron Age Celtic women’s social and political power just got a boost
Ancient DNA indicates women stayed in their home communities and married partners from outside the…
Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it’s shooting a beam of energy right at us
The newly discovered “blazar,” which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the…
