The Future of Phones Is DIY Repairability

It's time for mobile makers to get with the program.

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Every space crew needs a mission patch. This company has designed NASA's for 50 years

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.

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New research shows trolls don't just enjoy hurting others, they also feel good about themselves

A new Australian study shows if a person has high levels of sadism and high self-esteem, they are more likely to troll.

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Is reverse aging already possible? Some drugs that could treat aging might already be on the pharmacy shelves

At 67 years old, Dr. Nir Barzilai looks about the same as, if not younger than, he did 10 years ago. It’s apparent in side-by-side photographs, and it’s what most people who know him say. Barzilai lives a healthy lifestyle. He exercises every day, eats right, and practices intermittent fasting. He’s also been taking the diabetes drug metformin off label for 10 years. He has never been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes—the conditions for which the drug is approved and prescribed—but takes it for a different off-label reason.

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A mysterious object is being dragged into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center

For two decades, scientists have observed an elongated object named X7 near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way and wondered what it was. Was it pulled off a larger structure nearby? Was its unusual form the result of stellar winds or was it shaped by jets of particles from the black hole?

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Meteorite Crater Discovered in the Vineyard of a Winery

Our planet has been bombarded by celestial bodies and meteorites since the first moment of its formation. While some of these meteorites disappear while still in the atmosphere, some can reach the earth and shape geographical landforms. For example, some gulfs were formed in this way. In fact, considering the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, it can even be said that some meteorites had an impact on biological evolution.

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Robots to do 39% of domestic chores by 2033, say experts

Researchers quizzed 65 AI experts on which tasks robots are likely to do in the near future.

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'Runaway' black hole the size of 20 million suns found speeding through space with a trail of newborn stars behind it

Astronomers have discovered a "runaway" black hole, potentially the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their host galaxies.

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Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone

For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear. We are two astronomers who depend on dark night skies to do our research. For decades, astronomers have been building telescopes in the darkest places on Earth to avoid light pollution.

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The future of Starship includes national security missions

As SpaceX prepares to attempt Starship’s first orbital flight, the company is contemplating military applications for the super-heavy launch vehicle. Starship holds the potential to become a mobility platform for the U.S. military, said Gary Henry, senior advisor for national security space solutions at SpaceX.

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Women with satisfying relationships tend to have fewer chronic illnesses

University of Queensland research has found women who have quality relationships in their 40s and 50s are less likely to develop multiple chronic conditions in older age.

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Scientists Say They Gene Hacked Mice to Double Remaining Lifespan

San Diego-based biotech startup Rejuvenate Bio has claimed that its technology was able to extend the lives of old mice.

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Tech Companies Are Getting Into Neuroscience. Should We Worry?

The past few decades of neuroscience research have produced a wide array of technologies capable of measuring human brain activity. Functional magnetic resonance imaging, implanted electrode systems, and electroencephalograms, or EEGs, among other techniques, have helped researchers better understand how our brains respond to and control our bodies’ interactions with the world around us.

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You might start seeing AI chatbots everywhere, thanks to 'the GPT effect'

As Microsoft's new Bing search engine and Google's Bard bot gear up to compete, AI-powered chatbots could reshape how people use the internet.

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Reflexive fear responses tend to linger in people with anxiety disorders, study suggests

People with and without anxiety disorders learn to fear a threat equally quickly, according to new research However, people with anxiety disorders tend to have a harder time learning to stop being afraid (when the threat is gone) compared to healthy individuals. These trends can be detected by monitoring fear-potentiated startle responses.

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Frequent use of cannabis might lower the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatment for anxiety

A study of adults seeking treatment for anxiety and related disorders in Canada found that individuals who reported using cannabis more frequently had poorer outcomes of cognitive-behavior therapy compared persons who used cannabis less often or not at all. In spite of this, cognitive-behavior therapy was quite effective at treating anxiety symptoms, even in the group of frequent cannabis users. The study was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. ...

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"Nothing" doesn't exist. Instead, there is "quantum foam"

Quantum physics shows that there is no such thing as "nothing." Even in a vacuum, particles can blink into and out of existence.

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The inventor of the web thinks everyone will have their own personal A.I. assistants like ChatGPT

More control over your data and your own personal A.I. assistant. They are part of the vision of the future of the web, according to its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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Scientists Actually Did It: They Built a Real Working Tractor Beam

One that manipulates objects and everything.

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Astronomers spot a rogue supermassive black hole hurtling through space leaving star formation in its wake

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) lurk in the center of large galaxies like ours. From their commanding position in the galaxy's heart, they feed on gas, dust, stars, and anything else that strays too close, growing more massive as time passes. But in rare circumstances, an SMBH can be forced out of its position and hurtle through space as a rogue SMBH.

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Webb telescope sees once invisible structures inside spiral galaxies | CNN

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The new images reveal the surprising weblike structures the stars create inside galaxies as they evolve.

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SpaceX faces a $175,000 fine for not submitting info ahead of a recent launch

SpaceX faces a $175,000 fine from the FAA after failing to submit trajectory and potential collision analysis data.

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Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low

Sea-ice measurements in Antarctica have registered a new minimum, breaking the record set only one year ago.

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Children will show compassion unless it costs them, research finds

Young children are willing to help others in distress unless it comes at a personal cost, new research into the ability of children to show compassion suggests. A study analysing the behaviour of 285 four- and five-year-olds has found that children responded less compassionately to others when a personal reward was at stake.

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Investigation under way as ninth dead whale washes up in New Jersey

Authorities looking into ‘unusual mortality events’ amid concern from conservatives and activists that wind turbines are at fault

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says A.I. will change everything about war

A.I. could be as disruptive for warfare as nuclear weapons, but the US needs to move fast to catch up with rivals.

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NASA's "evolved structures" radically reduce weight – and waiting

Evolution has shaped the load-bearing skeletons of animals over aeons with incredible precision. Now, an accelerated simulation of the evolution process is helping NASA create stronger, lighter parts for its spacecraft projects – in record time.

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California reservoir overspills for first time in over a decade after rain

A California reservoir is overspilling for the first time in decades following heavy rainfall. Lake Cachuma, a reservoir in the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County, was 99.7 percent full on February 8. The lake was less than a third full two months ago.

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Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance

A new study explored reasons why some citizens of the former East Germany chose not to view files that the Stasi, the notorious secret police force, kept of them when the archives were opened in 1991. The study was published in the journal Cognition. ...

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Bill Gates thinks A.I. like ChatGPT is the 'most important' innovation right now

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks AI software like ChatGPT is the most important innovation right now, and could change health care and education for good.

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The sun just did something weird, and 3 other space stories you may have missed this week

Space is very big and quite often, very weird. Last week, an image captured by NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter looked just like a bear, and "The Green Comet" reached its closest point to Earth in 50,000 years. This week we’ve got a whole new set of developments. Here’s what you may have missed.

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The Endangered Species Act Turns 50: Assessing Successes & Failures

Thanks to the ESA, at least 227 species have been saved from extinction and 110 species have seen a tremendous recovery including American alligators, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and humpback whales.

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‘Remember me’: Ella’s law would be fitting legacy after London air pollution death, says mother

One of Ella’s dying wishes was that her siblings, who were really young, wouldn’t forget her and she also didn’t want her friends to forget her, obviously. She said to me: “‘Oh Mum. I hope they will remember me,” said Rosamund Kissi-Debrah recently. “I think Ella would like the fact that when you show her picture now, or you mention her name, most people know who she is.”

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Contrary to popular opinion, people with higher education level and cognitive ability are not more tolerant

A 15-year study of young people in Finland found that education level, nonrational thinking, cognitive potential, and cognitive performance were not associated with social intolerance -- i.e., intolerance toward different attitudes, lifestyles, cultures, or values of others. On the other hand, higher social intolerance was associated with low flexibility, high perseverance and low persistence. The study was published in Brain and Behavior. ...

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Suck It, Saturn: Jupiter Now Officially Has Most Moons in the Solar System

Jupiter is a superstar in our solar system. It’s the biggest, it’s wonderfully gassy, and it now has the most documented moons, clocking in at 92 natural satellites. Its new count became official on January 20, 2023, when the Minor Planet Center recognized the last of a batch of 10 newly identified moons. Jupiter is stealing the title from Saturn, which only has 83 documented moons.

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Terence Dickinson, astronomy popularizer, dies at age 79

Dickinson, a former member of Astronomy magazine's staff, led a life dedicated to revealing the wonders of the universe to countless others.

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Researchers successfully prevent peanut allergic reactions in mice, blocking onset in its tracks

An allergen-specific inhibitor devised by researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the Indiana University School of Medicine has successfully pre...

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Vaccine hesitancy is associated with interacting with low-quality information online, study finds

People who frequently interact with low-quality news websites tend to express more reservations about COVID-19 vaccines, according to new research that examined behavior on the social media platform Twitter. The findings have been published in the scientific journal PNAS Nexus.

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Tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned

Lunar Flashlight is now targeting high-Earth orbit, with monthly moon flybys.

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Renewable energy forecast to dominate global power sector growth by 2025

Pollution from the power sector could finally start to fall.

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Greedy people have more money but are less satisfied with their lives, according to new study

A Dutch study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests that greed may be good for our pockets but comes at a psychological cost. The findings revealed that greedy people tended to have higher household incomes but lower life satisfaction.

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Balloons launched 100,000 feet in the air by Eastern Michigan students will study cosmic rays

EMU's role in the data collection process is to provide information on how the atmosphere interacts with cosmic rays.

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Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don't

An updated Cochrane Review suggests face masks don’t reduce the spread of COVID in the community. But there are several reasons why this conclusion is misleading.

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Why humans may not be able to live on Mars without horrific health consequences

In July 1969, as the Apollo 11 astronauts prepared to trek to the moon, the Nixon Administration prepped some worst-case-scenario remarks in case this risky mission became deadly — a distinct possibility. Nixon's prepared statement, which was not widely publicized until 1999, was grim. It thanked the astronauts for their brave sacrifice, preceded by a clergyman who would've adopted the same procedure as a burial at sea: commending their souls to "the deepest of the deep," and concluding with the Lord's Prayer.

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BP sees biggest profit in 114-year history after oil and gas prices soar

It is the latest energy giant to report record annual profits after oil and gas prices soared last year.

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What's the safest seat on a plane? We asked an aviation expert

The bottom line is air travel is very safe – much safer than road travel. But that doesn’t stop us from wondering…

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Wind chill sends Mount Washington temperatures to 108 degrees below zero, setting new record

A record-setting wind chill of 108 degrees below zero was seen on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.

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Australia radioactive capsule: Missing material more common than you think

The world was fascinated by a capsule in Australia - but hundreds of radioactive items go missing each year.

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The world's first flying race car among suite of new technologies inspired by Olympic Games 2032

Smart stadiums, flying taxis, holographic technology and flying race cars are among the new technologies those in the industry say will be commonplace by the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

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Win-win: how solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife

Solar panels can provide places for animals to rest, shelter and breed – potentially benefitting both the land and farmers.

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