Death by GPS: are satnavs changing our brains?

We increasingly rely on GPS to get from A to B. But what happens if we’re led catastrophically astray – and are we losing our sense of direction?

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China Announces Plan to Land Astronauts on Moon by 2030

The announcement formalized a timeline that Chinese scientists have set out before, as the United States and China ramp up competition in space.

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Scientists discover giant crater from ice age explosion that has methane-spewing mud volcano inside it

The Borealis Mud Volcano is only the second found in Norwegian waters and releases a continuous stream of methane-rich, muddy liquid from deep below Earth's crust.

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Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored

Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.

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Sun Storm May Have Sparked Life on Earth: A Look into Solar Activity

Sun Storms and Life’s Origins: A new study proposes that early building blocks of life on Earth could have resulted from solar eruptions. Amino acids and carboxylic acids, the building blocks of proteins and organic life, can be formed when solar particles collide with gases in the early Earth’s atmosphere, as demonstrated by a series of chemical studies. The research results were printed in the journal Life.

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Study shows that thinking hard about complex problems results in distinct facial muscle movement patterns

Psychology theories suggest that humans tend to primarily invest significant mental resources on problems that will reward them for their efforts. More specifically, they propose that before they start thinking in great depth about a problem, humans ponder on whether the benefits of solving it outweigh the "cost" in terms of required mental efforts.

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Galaxies spotted by Webb telescope rewrite understanding of early universe

Observations by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are upending the understanding of the early universe, indicating the presence of large and mature but remarkably compact galaxies teeming with stars far sooner than scientists had considered possible.

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Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study

Research provides a unique review of contact chemicals in packaging, utensils, plates, etc and how they contaminate food

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NASA's Artemis moon rocket will cost $6 billion more than planned: report

The Space Launch System's booster and engine are now projected to cost at least $13.1 billion over 25 years.

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The Tall Lipless Guy Who Runs The Damn World -- Larry Fink & BlackRock

Meet Laurence Douglas Fink, also known as Larry Fink, the current chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm. In this gripping video, we take you on a journey into the vast reach and impact of BlackRock, a financial titan that holds the key to shaping economies and the world. We will unravel the Dominator that is Larry Fink, the mastermind behind this financial empire. You'll be able to understand how BlackRock managed to become this powerful under Fink's management while keeping it low.

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Scientists Think They've Finally Figured Out How a Maya Calendar Works

A cycle featured in Maya calendars has been a mystery pretty much since it was rediscovered and its deciphering began in the 1940s.

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A deep underground lab could hold key to habitability on Mars

Tunnels deep underground in North Yorkshire are providing a unique opportunity to study how humans might be able to live and operate on the

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Bill Gates says A.I. could kill Google Search and Amazon as we know them

Bill Gates said during a Goldman Sachs event on artificial intelligence that a future AI personal assistant will give the firm that builds it an edge on rivals.

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Social media dependency is linked to a reduced preference for freedom, study finds

Social media dependency is associated with a reduced preference for freedom, according to new research published in Psychological Reports. The study suggests that people who are heavily dependent on social media may use it as a way to escape from the uncertainties and challenges of the real world.

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SpaceX launches tenth crewed mission, third fully commercial flight

SpaceX on Sunday evening launched a commercial mission to the International Space Station carrying four people, including former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. This "Axiom-2" mission was commanded by Whitson and carried a paying customer named John Shoffner, who served as pilot, as well as two Saudi Arabian mission specialists, Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.

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AI Expert Says ChatGPT Is Way Stupider Than People Realize

AI expert Rodney Brooks is arguing that we're overestimating OpenAI's large language models and that they're far stupider than we think.

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Forest regeneration scheme has created area smaller than Regent’s Park

Just 192 hectares of ‘natural colonisation’ have been established in England under woodland creation offer

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How climate change is making our allergies worse

Between April and May, the birch pollen season is in full swing. Eyes water, throats sting, noses run: doctors call these immune reactions "allergic rhinitis." In France, nearly one adult in three is said to suffer from a pollen allergy, according to the French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES).

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This Volcano-Covered Planet May Be Habitable to Alien Life

At first glance, LP 791-18 d seems like a lively place. If new findings from NASA researchers hold up, the Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star 90 light-years away from us is teeming with active volcanoes all over its surface. Interesting, sure—but clearly no place for life to thrive, right?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Environmentalists are behind the times. And need to catch up fast.

People ask me why I’m always smiling at environmental events. When I look back at the past 20 years and see how far we’ve come in California, how could I not smile? A few weeks ago, I plugged in a huge solar roof on a 180,000 square foot warehouse at the port in Los Angeles. It was made possible by California's million solar roofs initiative.

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The FDA just approved rub-on gene therapy that helps “butterfly” children

Biotech companies are getting creative with how they deliver DNA fixes into people's bodies.

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Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics

We all know bees are vital pollinators. But they’re also art critics, social learners, dancers and so much more.

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We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK

Solitude is not a curse—it urges us to explore the mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.

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Why we need a "Manhattan Project" for A.I. safety

Artificial general intelligence could be the final human invention. An expert explains why humanity must fund an AI "defense" project to stop extinction

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Romantically Kissing Our Lovers Might Not Be The Fashion We Thought It Was

A new deep dive into humanity's history of romantic kissing has revealed that locking lips has a more complex story than some researchers have proposed.

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Joro spiders aren’t scary. They’re shy.

Despite their intimidating appearance, the giant yellow and blue-black spiders spreading across the Southeastern U.S. owe their survival to a surprising trait: They’re rather timid. According to a new study from the University of Georgia, the Jorō (Joro) spider may be the shyest spider ever documented.

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Can NASA's Artemis moon missions count on using lunar water ice?

We are on the cusp of learning far more about the projected icy situation of the moon's permanently shadowed regions, or PSRs. Multiple nations are eying the moon's south pole with research teams plotting out how and where to explore the bottoms of the sun-shy features.

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You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

Environmental DNA provides a wealth of information for conservationists, archaeologists and forensic scientists. But the unintentional pickup of human genetic information raises ethical questions.

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A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”

"I think it would be pretty ambitious... but really great if we could pull it off."

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What Jimmy Carter really thought about UFOs — and why he hid it

It was out of this world, y’all.

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Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them

A project in Charleston, South Carolina, is using DNA to trace the African roots of three dozen people buried in the late 1700s

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Betelguese’s Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle

Even if you don’t know it by name, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is one of the most familiar sights in the heavens above—a gleaming ruddy dot at the shoulder of the constellation Orion. Although already quite difficult to overlook, Betelgeuse has become even more eye-catching across the past few years because of major changes in its appearance—unexpected fluctuations in its brightness that remain poorly understood. In recent weeks, the star has at times shone more than 50 percent brighter than normal, drawing renewed attention from amateur sky watchers and professional astronomers alike.

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A vicious cycle of sedentary behavior and depression may occur within romantic relationships

A new study published in Mental Health and Physical Activity finds that when one partner is depressed, the other increases their sedentary behaviors and vice versa. This research reveals the potential negative impact partners can have on one another. Understanding this can help clinicians and individuals take steps to prevent the vicious cycle of depression and sedentary behaviors in partnerships.

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Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Contributes to Thousands of Early Deaths, Childhood Asthma Cases Nationwide

These health impacts affected communities in states with high oil and gas production, as well as states with limited or no gas activity, underlining the need for comprehensive regulatory action to protect Americans from the pollutants generated by this sector.

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2 'super-Earth' exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star

NASA's TESS spacecraft found the two planets, which are slightly larger than Earth.

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Soap can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, study finds

Researchers say mosquitoes may be attracted to soap because when not feeding on blood they supplement sugar intake with nectar

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial

Using mRNA tailored to each patient’s tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.

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Qubits 30 meters apart used to confirm Einstein was wrong about quantum

A new experiment uses superconducting qubits to demonstrate that quantum mechanics violates what's called local realism by allowing two objects to behave as a single quantum system no matter how large the separation between them. The experiment wasn't the first to show that local realism isn't how the Universe works—it's not even the first to do so with qubits.

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'Virtual autopsies' have the potential to reduce trauma for families, lawyers, police

Forensic pathologists are investigating if augmented reality and artificial intelligence could reduce the number of invasive autopsies and the associated trauma.

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Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first

Most of the baby's DNA comes from their two parents, with a small percentage from a donor.

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Weird particle that remembers its past discovered by quantum computer

Particles with unusual properties called anyons have long been sought after as a potential building block for advanced quantum computers, and now researchers have found one – using a quantum computer

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In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived

About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.

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AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years': expert

Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years -- but that's a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru."You could probably obsolete maybe 80 percent of jobs that people do, without having an AGI, by my guess.

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Machine learning programs predict risk of death based on results from routine hospital tests

U of A researchers have developed a machine learning program that predicts patients’ risk of death within one month, one year and five years based on the results of routine hospital electrocardiograms and blood tests. This information may help clinicians improve care — and make the health-care system smarter over time.

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Giant blobs of seaweed are hitting Florida. That's when the real problem begins

From Montego Bay to Miami, sargassum is leaving stinky brown carpets over what was once prime tourist sand. But whether it gets ignored or removed, it comes with high health and environmental risks.

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A hard last year of life

Most deaths do not correspond to what we often call a "good" death - when one still has control over their own body and mind, and requires little health or hospice care. This is shown in a new study by Marcus Ebeling, a demographer at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, and his two colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. “Our results indicate the hypothesis that rising life expectancy, especially at older ages, is partly due to a prolonged death process,” says Ebeling.

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U.S. Government Is Funding Critical Mineral Extraction from Algae

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced to allocate $5 million to explore the feasibility of extracting rare earth elements (REE) and other critical raw materials from macroalgae to secure additional domestic sources besides traditional mining. The financing stems from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) which funds new technologies that are typically too early in development for private-sector investment.

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'Space waves' offer new clues to space weather

More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could someday result from new insights into "space waves," researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University reported.

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New Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline by 35%, trial results show

Donanemab is second drug in a year to succeed in trials in what could be ‘beginning of the end’ of disease

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Scientists catch real-life Death Star devouring a planet in 1st-of-its-kind discovery

The action 12,000 light-years away may presage what happens to Earth about 5 billion years from now.

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