Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast.
That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who developed the theory of natural…
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Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemicals’
Wearing silicone wristbands that absorb pollutants could help scientists monitor for chemicals in the air. Venier Lab Every morning, people fasten their watch, slip on a bracelet and head out the door without thinking much about what they might…
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Scientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year Partnership
A new pair of molecular tools is allowing scientists to uncover how plants and fungi coordinate their ancient underground partnership. For about 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have maintained a mutually beneficial partnership. The fungi…
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Strontium optical clock accurate to within 1 second over 30 billion years
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China have achieved a major breakthrough in optical clock technology, developing a strontium optical lattice clock with stability and uncertainty both surpassing the 10⁻¹⁹ level,…
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Strange signals are coming from the centre of our Galaxy. Scientists say they’ve worked out what they are
A team of astronomers say they may have worked out the source of three mysterious signals known to be coming from the heart of our Galaxy.
The team say the source could be a particular kind of dark matter and, if true, the discovery could be one…
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Behind the feed: New research explores how social media algorithms shape our digital lives
Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you see next. But how many of us stop to think about what’s actually driving those decisions and what’s at stake when we don’t?
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AI fake-news detectors may look accurate but fail in real use, study finds
A dubious link from a friend. A headline too sensational to be true. A video that seems fake but you can’t be sure. As online misinformation grows harder to detect, new artificial-intelligence tools promise to help us separate fact from fiction….
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First Starship V3 launch slips
SpaceX is pushing back the first launch of the latest version of Starship even as NASA is asking it to accelerate work on a lunar lander version of the vehicle.
The post First Starship V3 launch slips appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Smart pillow lets users stream podcasts and music with hugs and presses
A “smart pillow” that enables people to access digital content at bedtime without looking at screens could help cut down on problematic evening smartphone use, its inventors say. Computing scientists at the University of Glasgow built the…
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How Nasa contractors are pressing on to bring humans to the moon with Artemis | Nasa
It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday when chief executive Justin Cyrus learned of a surprise press conference called by Jared Isaacman, the new administrator…
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