Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water as Earth does today. If that...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How does the brain think? – Tom, age 16, San Diego, California Have...
BEIJING: A Chinese research team has realized the fractional quantum anomalous Hall state of photons for the first time by using an independently developed quantum experimental system, the University of Science and Technology of China...
Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust whose names are missing from official memorials. More...
We love outlandish ideas and companies that take risks — that, after all, is how science and technology progress. But with every success comes a dozen failures and that’s what this list celebrates.These are some ideas that...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and is improving at an unprecedented pace. Now we are edging closer to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) — where AI is smarter than humans across...
Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone whisper in your ear the right words to say at the exact moment you need them? That’s the Business of Kelly Kinnebrew, a psychologist in Boulder. She’s a conversation coach who helps...
WASHINGTON: Google and the US Justice Department wrapped up closing arguments on Friday over claims that the Alphabet unit has unlawfully dominated web search and related advertising, in a case the government contends could...
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and the biggest assembler of Apple's iPhone, reiterated on Sunday it expected a rise in second-quarter revenue, and reported record sales for the...
Researchers have developed a new coin-type sodium-based battery that can charge rapidly “in seconds” and could potentially power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles (EVs) in the future.By combining anode materials...
Join our 1M+ followers on FacebookJoin the conversation on X (formerly Twitter)Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours https://t.co/I75ZBzhpTrApril 25, 2024Get the latest science news...
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall system, such as the atmosphere or ocean. Many have been developed by hundreds of scientists...
An experimental two-dimensional semiconductor can harness the power of ambient light to serve as a "smart filter" and vastly improve the quality of photos taken with cheap cameras.The platform, which measures 0.4 by 0.4 inch (1 by...
The future of automobiles is electric, but many people worry about the safety of today's electric vehicles.Public opinion about EV crash safety often hinges on a few high-profile fire incidents. Those safety concerns are...
BERLIN: German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time. "We're signalling Germany's...
ZURICH: a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia. What...
Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of physical contact in cattle herds...
The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of kidnapped hostages imprisoned...
WASHINGTON: US District Judge Amit Mehta peppered the Justice Department and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google with questions in the first day of closing arguments in the government's antitrust lawsuit against the...
Qualcomm (QCOM.O), opens new tab shares climbed about 10% to a more than two-year high on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fueled rebound in demand, especially in China, following a years-long slump. Sales...
If all goes well late on May 6, 2024, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast off into space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Launching from the Kennedy Space Center, this last crucial test for Starliner will...
