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A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive starwww.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3005 Some 40,000 light-years away, a strange object could be either the heaviest neutron star or…
Artist's thoughts on SLIM after landing on the moon JAXA Japan is preparing for its first moon landing. The Smart Lunar Survey Lander (SLIM) is scheduled…
Masculinity under threat Research procedures in psychology can be innovative and complex, especially in the United States. Research called “”Investigating the impact of threatened masculinity on…
Huge deposits near Mars' equator may be made of water icePaopano / Alamy Stock Photo There may be a huge sheet of ice hidden at Mars'…
It is unclear which components of multivitamins are involved in improving cognitive function.Asia Vision/Getty Images Studies have shown that taking a daily multivitamin slows the rate…
Robots that can grow around trees and rocks like vines could be used to construct buildings or measure pollution in hard-to-reach natural environments. Vine-like robots are…
MArc Zuckerberg hired Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook’s chief operating officer in 2008 as the social network grew rapidly and sought to attract investment. Zuckerberg was just…
In 2003, those of us deeply involved in cervical cancer prevention heard startling news. The results of a four-year, placebo-controlled trial of a prototype vaccine against…
The first members of our species to reach China may have entered this region from the north Esteban de Armas / Alamy Modern humans lived in…
Artist’s rendition of DARPA’s X-65 experimental vehicleDARPA The U.S. military is developing aircraft that can fly without the mechanical control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, and…
Google’s CEO told employees to expect additional layoffs this year following recent layoffs that affected 1,000 employees. In a memo to staff on Wednesday, Sundar Pichai…
In an attempt to ignite fading consumer interest, Samsung is heavily emphasizing AI technology for its latest premium S24 Android phone. This includes instant phone translation,…
Fittingly, science has different ways of thinking about the multiverseEsch Collection/Getty Images The charm of the multiversepaul halpernBasic Books (US, on sale; UK, February 8th) In…
The image on the right is the latest and best image of a black hole. EHT collaboration Thanks to an update to the world’s first black…
IIt’s hard to believe that The Last of Us Part II was first released almost four years ago, right in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown…
I If you listened to Stephen Fry's recent podcast, you may have been confused. The recording of MS Singh's The Missing Lines was cut off after…
It’s been about two years since Sheryl Sandberg stepped down from the board of Facebook’s parent company, Meta. As Chief Operating Officer of Meta, Mr. Sandberg…
The distribution of ions at the air-water interface plays a decisive role in many natural processes. Some studies suggest that large ions tend to exhibit interfacial…
In bottom trawling, a weighted net is dragged across the ocean floor.NarisaFotoSS/Shutterstock Bottom trawling releases about 340 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each…
used by astronomers CSIRO's Australian Telescope Compact Array captured the most detailed radio images ever seen of the 47-member Tukanae star cluster, the second brightest globular…
NASA’s Stardust mission returned rocky material from the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 (pronounced “Wild-2”) to Earth on January 15, 2006. Comet Wild 2 contains volatile…
Paleontologists from the CSIC National Museum of Natural History have identified a new genus and species of medium-sized cat from a partial jaw found in the…
A controversial plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires aims to construct a new city on farmland in Northern California, with the potential to be put before…
According to a new study, Greenland’s ice sheet has lost approximately 1,965 square miles to glacier retreat since 1985, which is about the same area as…
Printed circuit board for “thermodynamic computer” normal computing A first-of-its-kind computer can use random “noise” inherent in our world to perform calculations. It is built using…
looking at viruses under a microscope Kokada/Getty Images What is disease X? Do not panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet, but it might someday. Disease The…
The pursuit of profits from artificial intelligence by big technology companies is reckless. Urgent action is necessary to mitigate the risks from this rapidly growing sector,…
Robot dodecahedron mounted on a submersible (circled area) brennan phillips The robotic dodecahedron can capture fragile deep-sea animals, collect tissue samples, and build three-dimensional scans of…
Over the past few decades, both men and women have benefited from improvements in medical care.ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Women have historically lived longer than men, but…
Tardigrade observed using a fluorescence microscope.Some organs are highlighted with fluorescent markers Smythers et al/PLoS ONE (CC-BY 4.0) Tardigrades are known for their ability to withstand…
Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish made from salted and fermented vegetables, may contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Magdalena Bujak/Alamy Fermented foods such as kimchi and artisan cheese can contain…
Apple overtook Samsung as the world’s top smartphone seller, ending the South Korean tech company’s 12-year reign as the industry leader. According to statistics from International…
Two weeks before the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, I flew to Tucson, Arizona, and knocked on the door of a suburban ranch-style home. I was…
Google made a promise in July 2022 to remove location data of users who visited abortion clinics. However, little progress has been made in fulfilling this…
DNA tiles assembled into a series of letters could represent a new form of computingOlivier Wyart/Headquarter, 2023. www.headquart.paris Images can be classified simply by analyzing how…
The Guardian has revealed that social media companies relying on artificial intelligence software to manage their platforms are producing unworkable reports on child sexual abuse cases,…
Geometric problems involve proving facts about angles and lines in complex shapesGoogle Deep Mind Google DeepMind's AI can solve some International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) problems in…
The year was 1974. While newspaper columnists were busy talking about the development of in vitro fertilization and the possibility of “test tube babies,” the surprising…
TikTok’s tarot card reader looks at me through the screen and draws a card. “If you’re watching this, this is made for you,” she said. And…
Researchers created tornado-like vortices in superfluid helium Yoshigin/Shutterstock Giant quantum vortices could allow researchers to study black holes. This vortex is a special form of liquid…
