Future technology could one day allow a miniature, laser-propelled spacecraft — no heavier than a paperclip — to travel to a nearby black hole, according to a bold new proposal published on Thursday (Aug. 7).
The ambitious mission would aim…
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Release of ChatGPT-5 ‘Beginning of a New Era For Humanity’ : ScienceAlert
OpenAI released a keenly awaited new generation of its hallmark ChatGPT on Thursday, touting “significant” advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities as a global race over the technology accelerates.
ChatGPT-5 is rolling out free to…
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NVIDIA XGBoost 3.0: Training Terabyte-Scale Datasets with Grace Hopper Superchip
NVIDIA has unveiled a major milestone in scalable machine learning: XGBoost 3.0, now able to train gradient-boosted decision tree (GBDT) models from gigabytes up to 1 terabyte (TB) on a single GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip. The…
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The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns
About 5 billion light-years away from where you’re sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an astonishing black hole. It was only just measured by scientists who managed to peer through the fabric of warped…
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Researchers uncover dozens of traits driven by maternal versus paternal genes
By tracing maternal and paternal inheritance without parental DNA, scientists have mapped dozens of parent-specific genetic effects, uncovering how the same variant can drive or protect against disease depending on which parent it…
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Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods – MySA
- Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods MySA
- Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods KUT
- Dinosaur tracks may have been uncovered by Independence Day floods in Central Texas KXAN…
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Scientists Finally Explain Why Your Skin Wrinkles As You Age : ScienceAlert
Those ‘crow’s feet’ at the corners of your eyes really do deserve to be called laughter lines, according to a recent study by researchers from Binghamton University in New York.
Using skin samples from people aged 16 to 91, the team confirmed…
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How are thousands of fake papers polluting science? Study takes a look
Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical editors to attain the prestige that comes with publication, according to a new study in the Proceedings…
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Getting A NASA Grant Just Became Overtly Political
Keith’s note: This White House Executive Order “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking“ dropped today. Highlights:
- “Discretionary awards must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities.”
- “Applicants…
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Planetarium celebrates 1st images from Vera Rubin Observatory photo of the day for August 7, 2025
On June 23, 2025, planetariums around the world, including the historic Prague Planetarium, joined together to unveil the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
What is it?
Inside the domed theater of the planetarium, with its
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