Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded
A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.
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How to fireproof a city
Down the street from the Los Angeles Angels’ stadium in Anaheim, a crowd gathers to watch two homes burn. In less than 30 minutes, one structure is reduced to its smoldering, blackened wood frame, while the other, thanks to simple changes to its design, is remarkably unscathed. Of course, this was the point of the […]
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How Does the Hive Mind Work in ‘Pluribus?
The “Joining” seems to connect people via radio waves. Let’s dig into the physics at play.
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Natural Cycles launches wristband to replace thermometers for its FDA-cleared birth control app
Natural Cycles, the company behind a controversial FDA-cleared birth control app, is replacing its thermometer with a wristband that measures skin temperature, heart rate, and movement during sleep. The newly-launched wristband costs $129.99 and syncs with the Natural Cycles app, which uses an algorithm to determine a person’s “daily fertility status.” Users can already track […]
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain Tech Startup Merge Labs
Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.
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Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later
New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.
Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill
In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don’t raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns.
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Trump Declared a Space Race With China. The US Is Losing
If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there.
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Anker goes big with new whole home backup system
Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker’s Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts and reduce monthly energy bills, or even eliminate them completely. The base $4,299 E10 system […]
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Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches
Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as “really dangerous”, Google wrongly advised people […]
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