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- Surprising Study Finds Student Athlete Concussions Associated With Slightly Improved Cognitive Performanceby Noor Al-Sibai on September 7, 2024 at 4:00 pm
In a shocking new analysis, an international group of researchers are suggesting that concussions from college sports injuries may slightly help cognitive performance. As the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia explains in a press release about the research, analysis of data for more than 15,000 people found that those who'd suffered a
- Waymo Giving 100,000 Robotaxi Rides Per Week But Not Making Any Moneyby Frank Landymore on September 7, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Waymore Revenue As its competitors falter, Waymo, the Google-owned and California-based robotaxi service, is seemingly in cruise control. According to figures the company shared in August, Waymo is now giving over 100,000 paid rides to customers each week, using its fleet of fully-autonomous and specially-equipped Jaguar SUVs. That's double the amount of […]
- Scientists Intrigued by Signs of Hidden Ring of Objects at Edge of Solar Systemby Frank Landymore on September 7, 2024 at 2:30 pm
New observations with the Subaru Telescope have uncovered the existence of an intriguing cluster of objects at the edge of our Solar System. The resulting studies, which will be published in the Planetary Science Journal, suggest that there could be an entire structure of objects lying beyond the uncharted darkness of the Kuiper Belt,
- Bill Gates, Who Could Afford a Private Army of Researchers, Says He Does His Research Using ChatGPT, Which Makes Mistakes Constantlyby Noor Al-Sibai on September 7, 2024 at 1:45 pm
The seventh-richest man in the world has come out as a major ChatGPT stan, admitting that he uses it for personal research. In a wide-ranging interview with The Verge, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates explained that he often uses the OpenAI chatbot to learn things. "You know, I’m often learning about topics, and ChatGPT is an excellent
- Our Galaxy Appears to Be Touching Another Galaxy, Scientists Sayby Victor Tangermann on September 7, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Researchers suggest the Milky Way may stretch much farther into the vastness of outer space than initially thought and is already touching its closest neighbor Andromeda. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the international team of researchers posits a new definition for the boundary between interstellar space and the
- Scientists Say SpaceX Starship Explosion Tore a Hole in the Atmosphereby Frank Landymore on September 7, 2024 at 12:15 pm
Holy Fail When SpaceX's Starship rocket blew up — for the second time — it punched a hole open in our atmosphere, according to new research. Four minutes after launching from SpaceX's facility in Boca Chica, Texas on November 18, the Starship's superheavy booster exploded at an altitude of roughly 56 miles after separating from
- Trump Says He's Putting Elon Musk in Charge of Making the Government Super Efficient, Like He Did With Twitterby Victor Tangermann on September 7, 2024 at 11:30 am
During a characteristically meandering and largely incoherent speech in New York on Thursday, former president Donald Trump called for the creation of a "government efficiency commission" to audit the entire federal government and implement "drastic reforms." During the speech, he tapped his latest number one fan, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk, to […]
- Government Scientist Investigating Whether Aging Parts of Your Brain Can Be Replaced With Cloned Tissueby Noor Al-Sibai on September 7, 2024 at 10:45 am
A biologist with the US government's research and development arm is working on a radical new approach to aging — replacing parts of the human brain with cloned tissues. As the MIT Technology Review reports, researcher Jean Hébert was recently hired by the US Advanced Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) for his revolutionary plan to bring
- Scientists Use Wild Trick to Create Transparent Mice Where You Can See Their Internal Organs, Like a Clear 90s Nintendoby Frank Landymore on September 7, 2024 at 10:00 am
Researchers have developed an ingenious way of making mice transparent, so that you can see their little organs, veins, and all their other fleshy circuitry with the naked eye. The secret? Doritos dust. Well, sort of — so put those grubby fingers away. Specifically, it's the yellow food dye found in those bingeable tortilla chips
- Deranged Anti-Abortion Law Will Keep Hospitals From Saving Dying Women, Doctors Sayby Maggie Harrison Dupré on September 6, 2024 at 8:21 pm
In May, the Louisiana state legislature passed an unfathomably stupid and unscientific law that rebranded the increasingly politicized mifepristone and misoprostol drugs as ____> “It is causing a lot of confusion and angst just not understanding, just not knowing — they’re still trying to figure out
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- Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope imageon September 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm
The Triangulum Galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Scientists make lab-grown black hole jetson September 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm
By using protons to probe how a magnetic field responds to an expanding plasma, experimenters have replicated the particle jets spewed out by active black holes.
- Giant oarfish: The 'doomsday' fish of legend that supposedly foreshadows earthquakeson September 7, 2024 at 12:00 pm
In mythology, giant oarfish are said to foreshadow earthquakes, although evidence shows this is not the case.
- Why doesn't stainless steel rust?on September 7, 2024 at 9:00 am
The special chemistry of this shiny iron alloy creates a protective layer on its surface that prevents it from rusting.
- 'Sensational discovery' of 2,000-year-old Roman military camp found hidden in the Swiss Alpson September 6, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Researchers used lasers to find the Roman military camp, which was "strategically" located overlooking a battleground.
- New tick-borne virus discovered in China can affect the brain, scientists reporton September 6, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Scientists present evidence of a newly discovered tick-borne virus that can infect humans and potentially invade the brain, in some cases.
- Watch Live: Boeing Starliner is about to return to Earth without its crewon September 6, 2024 at 7:55 pm
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth today after undocking from the International Space Station without its crew. A livestream of the mission begins at 5:45 p.m. ET.
- Anthrax has killed over 50 animals in Wyoming — what's the risk to people?by emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) on September 6, 2024 at 7:49 pm
At least 50 animals, including cattle and one moose, in Wyoming have died during a recent outbreak of anthrax. However, officials say the current risk to humans is small.
- Pollution harms men's fertility, but traffic noise affects women'son September 6, 2024 at 6:00 pm
The large-scale study linked exposure to air pollution with a higher infertility risk in men, while traffic noise affected women
- Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axison September 6, 2024 at 5:22 pm
New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely one of the biggest asteroid impacts the solar system has ever seen.
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- The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate changeon September 6, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a poleward shift in parts of these jet streams could cause dramatic changes in weather from the western US to the Mediterranean
- AI helps find simple charging trick to boost battery lifespanon September 6, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Charging new lithium-ion batteries with high currents can significantly increase their total lifespan
- Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might thinkon September 6, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Breaching is a common behaviour in a wide range of sharks and rays, and it is thought to have functions related to courtship, birthing and hygiene
- The mathematical theory that made the internet possibleon September 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Information theory tells us the limits of what can and cannot be communicated – and without it, the digital revolution could never have happened
- Greenland voyage sheds light on little-known ancient Arctic cultureon September 6, 2024 at 3:00 pm
On a recent expedition, researchers braved summer storms in northern Greenland to learn the secrets of the ancient peoples who lived there 4500 years ago
- Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valuable clues to policeon September 6, 2024 at 2:25 pm
Information on faces recognised, voice commands and internet searches can be extracted from an Amazon Echo smart assistant without help from the user or manufacturer
- Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soaredon September 6, 2024 at 5:01 am
The largest pterosaurs, ancient reptiles that were the first vertebrates to master flight, may have mostly soared while smaller ones flapped their wings, a pattern that persists in today's birds
- Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat coldson September 5, 2024 at 11:01 pm
Saline drops and sprays have already been linked to reduced cold symptoms in adults and now a study suggests they also work in children
- Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more infant deaths in USon September 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm
In counties in the US affected by a bat-killing disease, there has been a 31 per cent increase in insecticide use and an 8 per cent rise in infant mortality
- Mice turned see-through by a dye that lets you watch their organson September 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Rubbing a common yellow food dye onto a mouse's skin turns it temporarily transparent, so we can monitor its insides without harming the animal