Category: Technology
A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering
Stardust’s prospective clients seem to be governments: As countries consider geoengineering, Stardust could be poised to sell them tools to meet those goals, several experts[more...]
The Art of the Perfect Nap
Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy. A sleep researcher explains how to get it right.
Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time
That’s what DESI was designed to do: take precise measurements of the apparent size of these bubbles (both near and far) by determining the distances[more...]
How do I check the battery health of a used laptop for sell?
battery health of a used laptop for sell Checking the battery health of a used laptop for sell is a critical step to ensure that[more...]
Researchers Rush to Save US Government Data on Trans Youth—Before It Disappears
If you think this sounds familiar, you’re not wrong. When Trump assumed the presidency in 2017, scientists, archivists, and librarians at the University of Pennsylvania[more...]
Synchron’s Brain-Computer Interface Now Has Nvidia’s AI
Cosmos can also generate tokens about each avatar movement that act like time stamps, which will be used to label brain data. Labeling data enables[more...]
After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the US astronauts stranded for nine months on the International Space Station, finally made it home on Tuesday, March 18.[more...]
How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu
For cats who enjoy spending time outside, Feah says that leashed walks are a good option. She also encourages cat owners to consider constructing secure[more...]
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Navigating the workforce cuts has “been absolute chaos,” says Armando Rosario-Lebrón, a vice president of the National Association of Agriculture Employees, which represents workers in[more...]
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture
In a 1985 paper, the computer scientist Andrew Yao, who would go on to win the A.M. Turing Award, asserted that among hash tables with[more...]
Wildfires Are One of Hurricane Helene’s Lasting Legacies
Dozens of other fires broke out in Georgia and western North Carolina, which were both hard-hit by Hurricane Helene. In some areas, the fallen trees[more...]
A Tanker Collision Threatens One of the UK’s Most Important Coastlines
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.An oil tanker carrying jet fuel was recently hit by a cargo ship while[more...]
Can’t Wrap Your Head Around Pi? Here’s a Cool Visual to Help
Pi is an irrational number, and like some irrational people it just goes on and on. What is it with this crazy, crucial number?
Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections
Social scientist Kasley Killam has always been fascinated by the science of human connection. In college, for instance, she once decided to conduct a personal[more...]
Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines
So the UK government signed two partnerships: one with BioNTech to provide 10,000 patients with access to personalized cancer treatments by 2030, and a 10-year[more...]
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One Photographer’s Quest to Redefine the Shark
I expected to meet a dreaded “man-eater,” but when I saw it, I realized that it was a defenseless animal, more afraid of me than[more...]
Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call
This 4G NIB had a shorter than planned shelf life, but even if the mission had been successful, the NIB would still be short-lived. Dow[more...]
This Is How Measles Kills
The phenomenon is known as immune amnesia, and it can leave people vulnerable to other infections for several weeks to months. Research has shown that[more...]
Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat
The Mississippi House of Representatives just passed a bill banning cultivated meat. This makes Mississippi the third state to outlaw meat grown in vats from[more...]
What’s Really Happening With Elon Musk and Those ‘Stranded’ Astronauts?
As a result, the Crew 9 mission launched in September with just two astronauts. Wilmore and Williams joined that crew for a full six-month increment[more...]
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’
Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to exclusively own the names Telepathy, Telekinesis,[more...]
New Proofs Expand the Limits of What Cannot Be Known
In other words, Hilbert’s 10th problem is undecidable.Mathematicians hoped to follow the same approach to prove the extended, rings-of-integers version of the problem—but they hit[more...]
The Biggest US Banks Have All Backed Out of a Commitment to Reach Net Zero
Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel for the shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow, said disclosure is a prerequisite for holding banks to their climate[more...]
The Extreme Weather Conditions That Drove the Carolina Wildfires
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Scores of wildfires broke out across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia in early[more...]
SpaceX’s Latest Starship Explosion Marks Two Consecutive Failures
SpaceX has contracts with NASA worth approximately $4 billion to design and develop a human-rated Moon lander based on the Starship design. The Starship lander[more...]
Is It Electric or Magnetic? Depends on Where You Stand
If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions are the result of one or more[more...]
Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps
These findings could be hugely important for the future of the aviation industry. Climate change is making weather conditions more unpredictable and severe. Over the[more...]
If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives
For years, Ukrainian officials have hinted that they are working on Starlink alternatives. But the truth is, there aren’t many options on the table.The one[more...]
An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health
However, what has happened now is that we have a massive increase in autism, and it is not having the downstream effect of making children[more...]
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The State Department’s air quality program eventually became an example of a smart, efficient diplomacy that boosted American soft power while bringing about real-world changes.[more...]
How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon This Month
Astronomy lovers in America will be treated to a great show in this month. In the early morning of March 14, a total lunar eclipse[more...]
Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur
De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating what the company calls the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab mice, which have[more...]
A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Consequences of the United States rapidly slashing foreign aid are reverberating across the world, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an unidentified illness[more...]
A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time
With its Blue Ghost lunar module, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has just achieved what no other private company, anywhere in the world, has ever accomplished: successfully[more...]
The US Solar Power Industry Is Trying to Rebrand as MAGA-Friendly
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Seamus Fitzgerald hears a lot of opinions about solar power. As the[more...]
What Tools Are Used for Performance Regression Testing?
Performance Regression Testing Performance regression testing is a crucial process in software development that ensures a system continues to perform well after code changes. It[more...]
These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No Light
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Most of life’s engines run on sunlight. Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly[more...]
Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak
A Texas health authority is warning against “measles parties” as the outbreak in West Texas grew to at least 146 cases, with 20 hospitalized and[more...]
Appalachians Are Trapped in a Disastrous Cycle of Flooding and Rebuilding
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia.[more...]
The Lunar Economy Is Coming
The lunar economy, complete with its own supply chain, may seem like a distant concept, but its foundations are already here. It will center around[more...]
USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working
“Uganda’s Ebola outbreak occurred on the same day as the foreign aid freeze. Despite that, the waiver for assistance in addressing the outbreak was quickly[more...]
The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu
In the US, poultry vaccination would likely focus on egg-laying chickens, as opposed to broiler chickens, which are raised for meat. During the current outbreak,[more...]
Jak długo działają laptopy Dell?
działają laptopy Dell Wymiana lub wyjęcie dysku twardego z laptopa Dell to zadanie, które można wykonać samodzielnie, o ile posiada się podstawową wiedzę techniczną i[more...]
DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica | WIRED
Staffers have already pushed back. “People have been painting waste bins saying “Antarctica is for ALL” in rainbow, people’s email signatures [have] pride additions, [others][more...]
A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC
A mysterious disease with Ebola-like symptoms has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the World Health Organization, the disease was first[more...]
A Jumping Lunar Robot Is About to Explore a Pitch-Black Moon Crater for the First Time
These two instruments and Grace’s camera might tell us if there is ice in the crater. Although sheet ice sitting on the crater’s floor is[more...]
Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them
Monica Retamosa was in the middle of changing the batteries of a tape recorder when she heard a bellbird for the first time. Standing on[more...]
Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way
New research from a team at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics suggests that the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, hosts[more...]
DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System
Four representatives of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force have been installed at the National Institutes of Health, according to multiple[more...]
Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas
Ninety cases of measles have been reported in Texas in less than a month, marking the worst outbreak of the disease in the border state[more...]
Did a Rock Hit Your Windshield, or Did Your Windshield Hit a Rock?
Now the ball behaves more like you would expect. Its horizontal velocity decreases so that it falls behind the original car. But it’s still not[more...]
The Saw-Toothed Function That Broke Calculus
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the[more...]
Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Just four West African countries are the foundation of an industry worth[more...]
Microsoft’s New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a[more...]
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
“It requires a nice healthy demand to ensure that for each of the generic companies, it’s going to be worth their while,” says Bekker. “We[more...]
The Ozempic Shortage Is Over
The US Food and Drug Administration has determined that semaglutide is no longer in shortage, a move that will have implications for patients taking cheaper,[more...]
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The widespread layoff of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown vital research into disarray, according to former and current employees of the agency. Scientists hit[more...]
The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising
An asteroid discovered late last year is continuing to stir public interest as its odds of striking planet Earth less than eight years from now[more...]
Czy mogę uruchomić maszyny wirtualne na moim komputerze Dell?
maszyny wirtualne na moim komputerze Dell Wirtualizacja to technologia, która umożliwia uruchamianie na jednym fizycznym komputerze wielu wirtualnych maszyn, które działają jak odrębne urządzenia z[more...]
Your Next Pet Could Be a Glowing Rabbit
Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project[more...]
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
The National Science Foundation fired nearly 170 workers in a Zoom call on Tuesday morning as part of the Trump administration’s agenda to reduce the[more...]
Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
Years ago, on the Gulf of California, Palacios began implanting small acoustic devices in rays that transform them into data messengers. Fishermen, hired for the[more...]
Czy monitor Dell ma matowe wykończenie?
monitor Dell ma matowe wykończenie Półmatowa powierzchnia antyodblaskowa U2723QE prawdopodobnie podzieli opinie. W jasnych pomieszczeniach Dell odbija znacznie więcej światła niż całkowicie matowy monitor, co[more...]
A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here
Quantum computing has enormous potential, but it faces a scalability problem. For such a machine to be useful in real terms, multiple quantum processors need[more...]
This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new[more...]
Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the summer of 2023, Vasileios Tsianos, the vice president of corporate[more...]
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Could a private company create forecasts on its own without NOAA data?It would be difficult for one company to provide comprehensive weather data in a[more...]
Your Love Life on Ozempic
When it comes to erectile dysfunction, sleep is often an overlooked factor, says Petar Bajic, director of men’s health at the Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological[more...]
California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain
California’s weather whiplash has been a problem dating back centuries, or more. Fire is a natural and necessary part of California’s diverse ecosystems, but the[more...]
A Nose-Computer Interface Could Turn Dogs Into Super Detectors
So far the array has been tested in rats, with a version for dogs coming later, Lavella says. In a demo video viewed exclusively by[more...]
This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike
Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring approximately 40 to 100 meters wide, will pass very close to Earth in December 2032—and might even strike the planet. Because[more...]
Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
A week after the inauguration, US senator Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a flurry of congressional subpoenas to 14 agencies, including the NIH and HHS.[more...]
How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out
Stoiber and her colleagues at EWG keep an eye on the consumer-grade water filtration systems available in the US. The organization’s tests have found that[more...]
It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
When the frozen carbon dioxide has all melted in the summer, distinctive marks are revealed on the Martian landscape. These are known as “araneidoform terrain,”[more...]
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
The 2022 report includes an analysis of 82 universities, the indirect cost rate they receive from federal grants, and the indirect cost rate they receive[more...]
How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World
At the world’s most renowned meteorite show, in Ensisheim in France, I noticed there were many dealers from Morocco. Unlike most of the Europeans and[more...]
Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As part of a broad effort to bypass Congress and unilaterally cut[more...]
Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up around a thousand of them[more...]
The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk
Last year alone, the US contributed $3.7 billion in humanitarian aid to sub-Saharan Africa. At least 73 percent of this was allocated to health programs,[more...]
Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Many of us have witnessed unusual and even antisocial behavior at an airport or[more...]
‘Dengue Boy’ Is the Weird, Fleshy Novel You Need Right Now
Evolution, ethnography, epidemics—this is the soup from which Dengue Boy, a brilliantly strange new novel by the Argentine author Michel Nieva, emerges. The eponymous Dengue[more...]
Donald Trump’s NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal
Carl Bergstrom, a theoretical and evolutionary biologist, believes the journal is part of an ongoing effort to cast doubt around established scientific consensus. “If you[more...]
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
An engineer named Nikhil Rajpal is representing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),[more...]
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
A number of federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency that monitors and models the oceans and atmosphere[more...]
Early Detection Tools Help but They Can’t Stop Every Wildfire
A little after 6:25 am on November 8, 2018, a 911 dispatcher received the first report of a fire near the Poe Dam in northern[more...]
These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
When I spoke with Guldin in December, after the first stage of the pilot had finished, he sketched a rough vision of what this work[more...]
RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record
But Kennedy’s prior record of discrediting vaccines and his connection to the anti-vaccine movement was a major sticking point for Democrats and a handful of[more...]
Why Computer Scientists Need Magic 8 Ball-Like Oracles
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Pose a question to a Magic 8 Ball, and it’ll answer yes, no, or something annoyingly[more...]
RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment
It also puts him on a collision course with people who worry that a switch to organic crops would make it much harder for the[more...]
Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
The optimal fuel route for Mars involves arriving when the two planets are roughly on opposite sides of the sun. This launch window repeats every[more...]
The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research
Science is, in its very nature, collaborative. Many consortiums and alliances within scientific fields cross borders and language barriers. Some labs may be able to[more...]
Federal Spending Freeze Threatens Ecosystems and Public Safety
Environmental advocates warned that the order could have immediate and dire consequences for Americans if it takes effect.“From the White House, this is the reckless[more...]
Washington, DC Plane Crash: Everything We Know So Far
Investigators are scrambling to figure out why a military helicopter and a passenger airplane collided and plunged into the Potomac River in Washington DC late[more...]
Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday evening to make a perplexing[more...]
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This Blood Vessel Was Grown in a Lab With Real Human Cells
Each year, about 185,000 people in the United States undergo amputation. Nearly half of those are due to injured blood vessels cutting off circulation to[more...]
5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know
All the tech we rely on, from cars to smartphones, was engineered using physics. You don’t need to know the science to use these things.[more...]
Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in complex relationships. In the ocean, the[more...]
The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: Who’s most likely to embrace[more...]
The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of national wildfire reports, says understanding[more...]
This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could[more...]
Science Has Spun Spider-Man’s Web-Slinging Into Reality
Slowly but surely, we are making good on the gadgets we imagined, as kids, that the future would hold. Penny Brown’s video watch from Inspector[more...]
How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis
Fire has always shaped the landscape in California. But today it burns hotter, more frequently, and spreads farther than ever before—a shift driven by human[more...]
This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity
California-based Vast Space has big ambitions. The company is aiming to launch a commercial space station, the Haven-2, into low Earth orbit by 2028, which[more...]
The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One
As avian influenza rages through birds and dairy cattle across the United States, Georgia has become the latest state to detect the virus in a[more...]
Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Will Worsen Climate Crisis
On his first day in office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders that will set the United States on a radically different[more...]
Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster
“President Trump is trying to downsize the WHO, and the question is whether other high-income nations like those in Europe, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere, pick[more...]
Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
AirNow’s fire map includes data from PurpleAir sensors (represented by small circles on the map), and Watch Duty, a nonprofit app for tracking fires, also[more...]
There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers
But that wasn’t obvious. They’d have to analyze a special set of functions, called Type I and Type II sums, for each version of their[more...]
Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires
This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As wildfires continue to burn all around Los Angeles, influencers have[more...]
Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem
Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally for the rest of the[more...]
See 6 Planets Align on January 21
Observing the planets is one of the most awe-inspiring ways to witness the magic of the night sky—and there’s no better way to view them[more...]
How Does a Circuit Board Manage Impedance Control?
Circuit Board Manage Impedance Control Impedance control is an essential part of any circuit board design. Without it, energy can reflect back off of a[more...]
Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
After the first 20 minutes, the water temperature seemed to increase at a fairly constant rate of 0.0006 degrees Celsius per second. This increase in[more...]
Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury
At 06:59 Central European time time on January 8, the BepiColombo spacecraft successfully performed its sixth flyby of Mercury, the innermost planet in the solar[more...]
An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60
As the rate of humanity’s data creation increases exponentially with the rise of AI, scientists have been interested in DNA as a way to store[more...]
The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See It Shine
Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach[more...]
Los Angeles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses
The planners and residents working to rebuild Los Angeles won’t be starting from a blank slate, however. Existing roads, infrastructure, and plots of lands will[more...]
GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help
Far above your head, constellations of satellites are working constantly to provide the positioning, navigation, and timing systems that quietly run modern life. Known as[more...]
You Have NASA to Thank for Wireless Headphones and Vacuum Cleaners
Many people see space exploration as a waste of resources. Of course, there is the counterargument that scientific discoveries have intrinsic cultural value, that space-related[more...]
The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell
Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics?
The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water
Depressurization, the other big contributor to contamination, occurs when firefighting efforts draw massive amounts of water from the system in a short period. “A water[more...]
Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week
Devastating wildfires continued to burn throughout the Los Angeles metro area on Friday, extending mandatory evacuations and school closures across the region. Next week promises[more...]
These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Dry conditions across Southern California in early January 2025 set the stage for a[more...]
New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 2024, superconductivity—the flow of electric current with zero resistance—was discovered in three distinct materials. Two[more...]
A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal” that fell from the sky and crashed near[more...]
How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Health—and How You Can Protect Yourself
As a series of massive fires continues to blaze through the Los Angeles area, blanketing neighborhoods with smoke and forcing thousands of people to evacuate[more...]
Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser
The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers and ranchers that are now[more...]
The Tide Could Finally Be Turning Against the LA Fires
“With those winds being very calm this morning, I believe we can actually make some progress, turn a corner, and start to build some containment[more...]
The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test
Lloyd and his wife later bought another home in Hidden Valley Lake, a town that has taken ambitious steps to reduce flammable vegetation, but their[more...]
California’s Wildfires Show No Signs of Slowing Down
On Tuesday, Santa Ana winds swept seaward through Southern California, scattering embers and then fanning flames of a growing wildfire. By nighttime, residents received urgent[more...]
Viewers of Quantum Events Are Also Subject to Uncertainty
It gets better. What if B is also anchored to a quantum object that’s in a superposition of two locations? Then A’s quantum state is[more...]
Healthier Cities Will Require a Strong Dose of Nature
If current global trends are correct, in 2025, around 41 million people will die from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)—which include cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory[more...]
There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic
Public health is under pressure. Across health care systems around the world, funding is declining, exhausted professionals are leaving the field, and in the US[more...]
How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black?
Courtesy of Rhett AllainBut what about the colors from a video projector? It essentially does the same thing. However, instead of a bunch of tiny[more...]
Beyond Meat Says Being Attacked Has Just Made It Stronger
Do you think they’re still doing a good job?I do. I think they’ve changed the narrative. I think they’ve taken something that was a threat[more...]
Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an Empty Airplane?
It's the last flight of the day and the plane is pretty empty. So you’re thinking, maaaybe you’ll just move up a few rows, where[more...]
Give Your Social Health a Decent Workout
Next year will mark a turning point when people worldwide finally recognize that their health is not only physical and mental, but also social. Social[more...]
To Improve Your Gut Microbiome, Spend More Time in Nature
Microbes in our gut can have a profound impact on our health, but research is showing that those surrounding us in our environment—what’s known as[more...]
How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump
Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space[more...]
A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time
Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving[more...]
How Thin Can Flexible PCB Be Made?
Flexible PCB Ultra-thin flexible PCBs are a vital part of devices that demand flexibility and weight reduction. They are also used in wearable tech such[more...]
The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start
Deshawn “DJ” Chow waited a year to receive a treatment that could change his life. The 19-year-old was born with sickle cell disease, which makes[more...]
The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language
In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans[more...]
The Universe Is Teeming With Complex Organic Molecules
Asteroids are less pristine than comets, having often endured heating and the effects of liquid water. But these effects can produce dramatic new organic complexity.[more...]
December Wildfires Are Now a Thing
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In Southern California, December wildfires are somewhat uncommon but not[more...]
How to Manage Food Anxiety Over the Holidays
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Christmas can be a time of togetherness, fun, and relaxation. Yet, it can also[more...]
This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe
outbreaks of Oropouche virus have flared up in the Amazon for decades, but historically the pathogen has little troubled the rest of the world. But[more...]
What’s the Winter Solstice? Celebrations, Science, Livestream
Welcome to the official beginning of astronomical winter, which is marked by the winter solstice.In 2024, the winter solstice for the northern hemisphere starts on[more...]
What is the Best Method for Producing a Printed Circuit Board Prototype?
Best Method for Producing a Printed Circuit Board Prototype The design and production of a printed circuit board prototype is an essential step in the[more...]
Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course
In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide.The summer of 2024 broke the record for Earth’s hottest[more...]
CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu
The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them mild—until now.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[more...]
NASA Postpones Return of Stranded Starliner Astronauts to March
NASA has again postponed the return to Earth of Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station after Boeing's Starliner[more...]
The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error
Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic flame retardants from electronics wind up in some[more...]
What is the rework process in printed circuit board assembly services?
rework process in printed circuit board assembly services The rework process in printed circuit board assembly services refers to the procedures used to correct defects[more...]
Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process
Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength comes from their specificity—when you get ill, B[more...]
A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney
An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday.Towana Looney, 53, is[more...]
How do you select the right Pcb production manufacturer?
select the right Pcb production manufacturer Selecting the right PCB production manufacturer is a critical decision that can significantly impact the success of your electronics[more...]
How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein
Planting forests while growing protein-rich food seems like a win-win, so are there any potential drawbacks? Lynne Boddy, professor of fungal ecology at Cardiff University,[more...]
Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics
According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to about 400 million in 2024. This number is expected[more...]
The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one[more...]
Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry and dairy operations. More than 50 workers[more...]
Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty[more...]
Why Soccer Players Are Training in the Dark
“What’s interesting is that they haven’t just changed the light levels, they’ve changed the specific quality and waves of that light,” says Niall Macfarlane, a[more...]
RFK Plans to Take on Big Pharma. It’s Easier Said Than Done
But the administration would likely face legal challenges if it proposed additional restrictions or an outright ban on pharma ads, says Jim Potter, executive director[more...]
Humans Will Continue to Live in an Age of Incredible Food Waste
Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many forms must be transformed to get anything done.”[more...]
US Meat, Milk Prices Should Spike if Donald Trump Carries Out Mass Deportation Schemes
In recent earnings calls, shareholders in some publicly traded meat companies have asked whether the Trump administration’s deportation plans—among other issues—may pose a challenge to[more...]
Designer Babies Are Teenagers Now—and Some of Them Need Therapy Because of It
In these homes, a high value gets placed on achievement. I think the way these kids are created sends the message: “You're not good enough.[more...]
Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Habitat
every year, at the beginning of November, one of the most impressive natural spectacles in the world takes place in Michoacán, Mexico. Hundreds of millions[more...]
An Augmented Reality Program Can Help Patients Overcome Parkinson’s Symptoms
In 2018, Tom Finn took his father, Nigel, to a physiotherapy appointment. Nigel was living with vascular dementia, which can present with symptoms similar to[more...]
Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
Alex Smith was 11 years old when he lost his right arm in 2003. A drunk driver operating a boat collided with his family’s vessel[more...]
Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before
The money he earned doing that was enough to put Cocioba through the first couple of years of a biology degree at Stony Brook University.[more...]
These 3 Things Are Standing in the Way of a Global Plastics Treaty
There is significant disagreement over whether to create a dedicated plastics fund, paid into by developed donor countries, or use existing mechanisms such as the[more...]
Everyone Is Capable of Mathematical Thinking—Yes, Even You
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away:[more...]
Skip the Sea Kelp Supplements (2024)
If you're on HealthTok, you may have noticed a buzz around sea moss, sea kelp, or brown seaweed, which has become the latest “superfood” to[more...]
A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again they rejected all of the judge’s findings.In[more...]
A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert
Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing to rise. So far there have been[more...]
Environmental Sensing Is Here, Tracking Everything from Forest Fires to Threatened Species
You are in a lush forest. Sunlight filters through the bright green canopy, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Towering trees rise over delicate ferns,[more...]
The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Merge
However, modeling has shown that it is difficult to scatter enough stars toward the black holes to solve the final-parsec problem.Alternatively, each black hole might[more...]
We’ve Never Been Closer to Finding Life Outside Our Solar System
In 2025, we might detect the first signs of life outside our solar system.Crucial to this potential breakthrough is the 6.5-meter-diameter James Webb Space Telescope[more...]
Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines
scientists in the US have developed a technology that can detect land mines from far away and with high accuracy, potentially lowering the risk of[more...]
A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US
On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after a flesh-eating parasite was detected in animals[more...]
Mark Cuban’s War on Drug Prices: ‘How Much Fucking Money Do I Need?’
When Mark Cuban is feeling spicy, he’ll always let you know. The billionaire businessman, basketball owner, and Shark Tank impresario lit up WIRED’s The Big[more...]
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes
Saturn as captured by the Voyager program. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesOnce the Voyagers’ planetary journeys were over, it was possible to begin a new mission phase.[more...]
These Stem Cell Treatments Are Worth Millions. Donors Get Paid $200
“If you are a student and you live on $700 as a monthly budget, $200 extra is nice,” says Bernow. “If you work 10 hours[more...]
Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic Air?
Amid all of these concerns, the city has been turning to drones to monitor pollution hotspots, in addition to those spraying water to suppress PM2.5.[more...]
An Uncertain Future Requires Uncertain Prediction Skills
We live in an Age of Uncertainty. Not just because of the global threats to societies, but many face unprecedented insecurity at a personal level,[more...]
Chocolate Has a Sustainability Problem. Science Thinks It’s Found the Answer
Elsewhere, Mars is looking to get to the literal root of the problem by improving the resilience of the all-important cocoa plant. The food giant[more...]
Tune In to the Healing Powers of a Decent Playlist
Beliefs and practices about music's ability to heal the mind, body, and spirit date back to the Upper Paleolithic period, about 20,000 years ago. Music[more...]
The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets
Recycling is important, yes. But it is also utterly insufficient to meet our needs. We tend to think of it as the best alternative to[more...]
The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes
More than 2 million years ago, a mutation reduced the power of the chewing muscles in human ancestors. That may indicate they were doing more[more...]
Returning the Amazon Rainforest to Its True Caretakers
In 2025, a small, indigenous nation that calls itself the “people of many colors” will go home for the first time in 80 years. Their[more...]
How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and Flooding
According to Bodoque, we need to improve flood-risk mapping too. There is a need to characterize vulnerability in a holistic manner, which implies considering the[more...]
Tryptophan Isn’t What Puts You Under on Thanksgiving. It’s the Carbs
Every year, I promise myself I’m not going to eat myself into a food coma: I’ll eat responsibly, front-load my belly with salad, and go[more...]
The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons
If you double the radius of a balloon, you increase the volume by a factor of eight (since volume is proportional to the radius cubed).[more...]
Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled
“I remember in Geneva, two months ago, we said, ‘Pay attention, because on this specific week there is a risk of shortage if there is[more...]
3 Simple Rules to Beat the Downsides of Aging
We humans may be the only species that is aware of our mortality. We are obsessed with how to postpone the inevitable and, failing that,[more...]
Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational
In 2025, we will see AI and machine learning begin to amplify the impact of Crispr genome editing in medicine, agriculture, climate change, and the[more...]
Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink announced on Tuesday that it is launching a study to test its implant for a new use: allowing a[more...]
Mathematicians Just Debunked the ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’
Their result shows the importance of not taking anything for granted, said Noga Alon, a mathematician at Princeton. “We have to be suspicious, even about[more...]
How to Create a Future of Cheap Energy for All
When asked why they chose Tado, he said that customers’ main reason was, “I want to save money. The second reason is, I want to[more...]