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Marine biologists identify new species of skate Leucolaja It lurks in the deep waters of the southwestern Indian Ocean. brown long nose skates (Leucolaya longirostris), holotype…
Named after the otherworldly sounds these tree frogs make, Boufis The rainforests of Madagascar are expanses, some of which remind us of the sounds of technological…
Mariana Castel/Millennium Images, UK When I think about the members of my social network, I am almost filled with feelings of pure love and warmth. I…
How can AI scientists compare to human scientists? Imaginima/Getty Images Human scientists and engineers can outperform agents based on advanced artificial intelligence models in games that…
Nima Momeni’s lawyer asserted in his opening statement that the technology consultant accused of stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee had no motive to kill him…
Marine biologists have discovered adult tubeworms and other extrusive animals beneath the ocean floor of the East Pacific Ridge, a volcanically active and rapidly spreading ridge…
WOne of the first indie game superstars of the 2000s, Derek Yu started designing games on graph paper with his friend John Perry while still a…
A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing close to Earth and will be visible until late October 2024. This image,…
Hello. Welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery. I’m the technology news editor for the Guardian US. Thank you for your participation.This week on iPhoneSlack notifications: 121.…
Boophis pikei, a new species of frog from MadagascarMiguel Vances (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs…
A close friend of Keir Starmer suggests that Westminster needs to distance itself from X, alleging that Elon Musk is purposely manipulating algorithms to further his…
Legislation supported by Labor, the Conservative Party, and child protection experts will require social media companies to exclude teenagers from algorithms intended to reduce content addiction…
Have you heard of Jazz Hand? The toes of these bats glow. When ultraviolet (UV) light hits the hairy toes of the Mexican free flying fox,…
The excavation at Asum suggests that the Vikings were not necessarily warriors. Bole Lund speculates that the site could have been a “standard settlement” like an…
Google has secured a groundbreaking deal to purchase energy from a group of small nuclear reactors in order to meet the electricity demands of ramping up…
There is a common belief that animals can smell fear, but can humans do the same? Can you detect someone’s fear just by their scent or…
Child safety activists have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to enforce new online laws following accusations that video game companies have turned their platforms into “hellscapes…
Save the Shark Ruthless predators, mindless killers, cannibals…sharks have a terrifying reputation that has little to do with reality. But without them, Earth’s oceans would be…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, where she manages the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space…
name: Landline phone. year: 148 years old. exterior: The cable that connects to your phone and connects to your home. I haven’t had a landline phone…
While I was on the treadmill at the gym the other day, I overheard a conversation between two men.”We had an amazing night last night,” one…
Life in the deep sea is challenging. The dark, cold environment with immense water pressure makes survival tough for deep-sea creatures. Adding to their difficulties is…
There is currently much discussion about processed foods, particularly “ultra-processed” products, in the field of nutrition. It seems that most people, regardless of their background in…
Europa Clipper launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 14, 2024 at 12:06 pm EDT, beginning a six-year journey to Jupiter's icy moon…
A recent discovery by a National Geographic documentary team suggests they may have uncovered part of the footprints of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the renowned climber who…
Tibetan PlateauNicolas Marino/Mauritius Images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is causing winter temperatures to rise faster than summer temperatures, especially in high-altitude regions. This “asymmetric” warming could change…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope detected Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, the Great Red Spot, on eight dates over a single 90-day oscillation period from…
Joy (Bel Powley) and William (Nick Robinson) after “discovering” sexMichael Tybulski/San Sebastian Film Festival turn me onmichael tybulski Truant Pictures (on digital platforms from November 4th)…
There are many ways computers store numbersAndrew Ostrovsky/Panther Media GmbH/Alamy Changing the way numbers are stored on computers could improve the accuracy of calculations without increasing…
Archaeological research has helped us understand the complex story of our species’ past, from early humans to the dawn of civilization and beyond. But some are…
Saturn photographed with an amateur telescopeGray Zone / Alamy Stock Photo When I was a teenager, I joined my school's urban astronomy club. It wasn’t popular.…
Westfield Shopping Center is not an ideal place for studying, but for Deborah Botende, it was one of her few options. Botende grew up in a…
Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The largest spacecraft ever developed by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch today to determine whether…
Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the HARPS instrument on ESO’s La Silla 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers discovered the hot Saturn-sized gas giant…
Reading time: 7 minutes As space agencies around the world set their sights on deep space missions, it is becoming increasingly important for scientists to understand…
WBack in 2011, Marc Andreessen was a venture capitalist with dreams of becoming a public intellectual. published an essay Titled “Why Software is Eating the World,'',…
Anemone: Soft gelatinous invertebrates, known as sea anemones, have a tubular body and poisonous tentacles surrounding the mouth. These carnivores live attached to rocks on the…
Despite lacking charisma or passion, she excels in maintaining a perfect rhythm and does not exhibit emotional outbursts towards the musicians under her three batons. Enter…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a surprising new perspective of the intermediate spiral galaxy Messier 90. This Hubble image shows Messier 90,…
Don’t worry if the salted bodies, partial skeletons, and taxidermied carcasses that fill the museum seem a little, well, quiet. In the latest coup in artificial…
