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science
FDA designates Neuralink brain implant, infectious disease tests as ‘breakthroughs’
Check out STAT’s exclusive breakthrough device tracker. A brain implant to restore vision loss made by Elon Musk’s Neuralink and several tests to...
statnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature
What is science? Tech heavyweights brawl over definition
AI pioneer Yann LeCun and Elon Musk went head-to-head in a debate about modern research that drew thousands of comments. Fred Schwaller If you do...
nature.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Mapping the Link Between Personality and Cognitive Decline
A new study has identified three psychological profiles that influence brain health, cognitive decline, and dementia risk in aging adults. Profiles...
neurosciencenews.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature
Happy birthday Jaws! How the movie changed shark science
Half a century after its cinematic release, Jaws is still shaping how we view — and protect — the ocean’s top predators. Fifty years ago today,...
nature.com
- 19 days ago
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science
The Ancients May Have Been Right About Pompeii's Day Of Destruction In 79 CE
Did the infamous eruption accompany a warm summer's day or a cool autumn scene?...
iflscience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Dramatic changes on Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter revealed in 10 years of Hubble Telescope images (video)
The space agency has learned a lot over 10 years observing the weather of our solar system's outer planets. The Hubble Space Telescope has spent more...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Moon’s largest crater is rounder than 1st thought
• The South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest impact crater on the moon. Its 1,550-mile (2,500-km) expanse also makes it one of the largest known impact...
earthsky.org
- 30+ days ago
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science
Scientists Discover Unexpected Link Between Diet And Lung Cancer Risk
Most of us would probably think of smoking or air pollution when it comes to lung cancer risk, but researchers have discovered an intriguing link...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
New bone test could rewrite British history, say scientists
From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones could force...
bbc.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Immigrants Commit Fewer Crimes Than US-Born Citizens Across 150 Years of Data. It’s True Even for Undocumented Migrants
Since the 1960s, US-born citizens are twice as likely to be incarcerated as immigrants....
zmescience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Humans lived with giant sloths, mastodons in the Americas, scientists say
SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and...
masslive.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
‘Tragedy of the commons’ in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say
“We have to get serious about this and recognize that, unless we do something, we are in imminent danger of making a whole part of...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Plant-based waterproof material could replace single-use plastics
A waterproof, plant-based material that degrades quickly in the ocean could offer a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics in cups and straws....
newscientist.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Early Humans Likely Used Dugout Canoes to Travel the Open Sea 8,500 Years Ago
Learn how early humans made the 60-mile crossing from Europe to Malta, navigating at least partially by stars. Experts have added another skillset to...
discovermagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
The ‘true face’ of Lucy, humanity’s most famous ancestor
The true face of the tiny primate “Lucy”, who proved that our early human relatives walked on two legs 3 million years ago, has been revealed....
aol.com
- 30+ days ago
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health / learning / science
Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview
This video Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview is featured on Big Think....
bigthink.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Scientists Want To Entangle Human Brains With Quantum Computers To Learn About Consciousness
The "expansion protocol" would be a lot more invasive than you'd enjoy....
iflscience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Dinosaur Doomsday Crater Became an Ocean Oasis for 700,000 Years
Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the catastrophe. Around 66...
gizmodo.com
- 30+ days ago
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innovation / learning / science
Human-level AI is just a few ‘miracles’ away, Microsoft pioneer Nathan Myhrvold says
Will artificial intelligence ever catch up with human intelligence? And if it does, is humanity doomed? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold,...
geekwire.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds
NASA needs to "challenge conventional thinking and look to new and creative solutions for the exploration of Mars." NASA has released a new document...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Young Adults at Greater Risk in Mexico’s Rising Heat, Study Reveals
In an unexpected twist on established assumptions about heat vulnerability, a recent study published in Science Advances has found that young adults...
onegreenplanet.org
- 30+ days ago
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health
Is aluminum foil secretly harming your health? Here’s what science says
That roll of aluminum foil in your kitchen drawer might not be as innocent as you think. While it’s been a cooking companion for...
rollingout.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in California destroyed 300 megawatts of energy storage, forced 1200 area residents to evacuate...
newscientist.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards - NASA
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the...
nasa.gov
- 30+ days ago
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science
The penumbral plunge
Imagine a planet on the far side of the galaxy. We will never interact with it. We will never see it. What happens there is...
aeon.co
- 30+ days ago
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