The director of such wide-ranging fare as Glengarry Glen Ross , the Fifty Shades sequels, a lot of Madonna's music videos, and a dozen episodes of House of Cards died this week at age 71. James Foley died "peacefully in his sleep" at his Los Angeles home after a yearslong brain...
Zoox voluntarily recalls 270 self-driving cars after a collision incident in Las Vegas and updates all vehicles with new software to prevent prediction errors.
A suburban New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities say they found nearly 100 cats in his home, including about two dozen dead kittens in a freezer, the AP reports. The man, 75, surrendered Wednesday to detectives with the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of...
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Four months after the Eaton Fire ravaged parts of the Angeles National Forest and destroyed homes and businesses in Altadena, California, life is slowly and surely returning. Behind the blackened remains of scorched neighborhoods, the hillsides are once again lush with greenery and filled with the sound of birdsong. [...]The post Wildlife returns to Eaton Fire burn area, offering a symbol of hope and resilience first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.
TOH is using Microsoft’s DAX Copilot to capture physician-patient conversations and generate draft clinical notes in real time.
Neutron, designed to lift up to 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit, remains on schedule for its inaugural launch in 2025The post Rocket Lab’s Neutron tapped for U.S. military cargo test appeared first on SpaceNews.
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Monday, May 5, 2025 Our 29-meter weekend drive (about 95 feet) was successful, and we are still in the band of polygon-rich bedrock. The origin of these cracks is not clear — could they have formed as desiccation cracks as Mars [...]
Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the previous decade. But leveling off isn't the same as declining—and we've leveled off at a very high rate of emissions. The Global Carbon Project estimates human activities released a record high of 10.2 gigatons of carbon (GtC) in 2024.
Korean adoptees worldwide are grappling with a devastating possibility: they were not truly orphans, but may have been made into orphans.
The controversial interim US attorney for DC will not get to remain in the powerful post. President Trump on Thursday pulled the nomination of Ed Martin when the opposition of a GOP senator made it clear he would not be confirmed, reports the New York Times . The 55-year-old Martin is...
Game developers rejoice. Defender, GoldenEye 007, Quake, and Tamagotchi have joined the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
There is a growing feeling in New Zealand that the regional geopolitical situation is becoming less stable and more conflicted. China has ramped up its Pacific engagement, most recently with the Cook Islands, and the United States under Donald Trump is abandoning the old multilateral world order.
From smoking bans to new speed limits—many people soon stop resisting policy changes that restrict their personal freedom once the new rules come into force. This conclusion was reached in a study conducted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Vienna. The work is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
For the first time, two spacecraft in orbit were aligned in formation with millimeter precision and maintained their relative position for several hours without any control from the ground.
Roughly 140 million to 100 million years ago, the piece of land that is modern day Australia was located much further south on Earth. In fact, what is now Victoria was once within the polar circle, up to 80 degrees south of the equator and shrouded in darkness for months at a time.
More than 130 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel on May 7, 2025. With the announcement "Extra omnes"—"all out"—the doors were closed and the cardinals sequestered to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church. They will vote, confer, pray and vote again until a candidate acquires the two-thirds majority needed to become pope.
The Starlink Router Mini tackles home Wi-Fi dead zones for just $40. Compact & mesh-compatible, it’s built for basic setups.The post SpaceX’s Starlink Router Mini targets home Wi-Fi dead zones for $40 appeared first on TESLARATI.
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws. The teenagers were found with...
Superconductivity News: What Makes Floquet Majorana Fermions Special For Quantum Computing? Hackaday
Dr. Means, President Trump’s new pick for surgeon general, has focused on the prevalence of chronic diseases and called on the government to scale back on childhood vaccines.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six people in April, including Siemens executive Agustin Escobar Canadas of Spain and his family. The report reveals that the copter came apart in midair before plunging into the river, but does...
NASA is prepping Mars missions for next year – a shift in priorities that will likely benefit Elon Musk MSN
Scientists Built a ‘Toy Model’ of a Black Hole Bomb—and Brought a 50-Year-Old Theory to Life MSNView Full Coverage on Google News
Griffin Gaming Partners led a $7 million investment round into indie studio Fuse Games, which is working on its first project.
A collaboration of scientists tested next-generation superconducting microwire single photon detectors (SMSPDs) at Fermilab to further particle physics research.
Police on Wednesday night removed a group of protesters occupying the main library at New York's Columbia University, long a flashpoint in the pro-Palestinian movement in the US. The New York Times reports that the protesters, who were masked and wearing kaffiyehs, appeared to be trying to rekindle last spring's...
Global first: Scientists reproduce visual illusion predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity The Brighter Side of News
Sixbert Muhoza is recognized by the National Postdoctoral Association for his achievements in supporting postdoctoral communities and advancing their core mission.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a vacuum-assisted extrusion method that reduces internal porosity -- by up to 75% -- in large-scale 3D-printed polymer parts.
"Pinterest is one of the easiest ways to make money online right now," declares Jesse Cunningham, a self-described "SEO expert," to open a November YouTube video titled "🤯AI Pinterest Strategy for $15,942/MONTH." "And if you use artificial intelligence, AI, that is even better," he continues, "because Pinterest allows AI on their platform, and you can absolutely crush it." Cunningham — an avid YouTuber who's made several similar videos — then proceeds to outline the heavily automated process he uses to flood Pinterest with fake AI-generated imagery, which in turn links back to similarly synthetic websites and AI-generated blog posts. TK [...]
Not long ago, anyone could comb through a wide range of official data from China. Then it started to disappear. Land sales measures, foreign investment data and unemployment indicators have gone dark in recent years. Data on cremations and a business confidence index have been cut off. Even official soy sauce production reports are gone. [...]The post China missing facts of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Debrief: The Three-Body Problem Aviation WeekNASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump's 2026 budget CBCElon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget The InterceptMDA shares walloped by White House space cuts The Globe and MailNASA cuts: ESA in talks about the 'full repercussions' dw.com
Two recent studies published in Biological Conservation and Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, led by researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlight the profound impacts of hydropower on biodiversity in river channels and at the land-water surface.
Six projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory received NAIRR and INCITE awards for AI foundation models advancing scientific research in areas including energy, cancer screening, and natural disaster monitoring.
Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska was a different kind of wild. Located far above the Arctic Circle, it endured months of winter darkness and freezing temperatures—even as much of the planet remained warm. Think sub-Arctic Canada today: cold, wet and seasonal.
In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban environmental quality.
This impressive dark matter found 13,000 feet deep could be the origin of life on Earth and even elsewhere. Farmingdale Observer
The third patient of Elon Musk's brain computer interface company Neuralink is using the billionaire's foul-mouthed AI chatbot Grok to speed up communication. The patient, Bradford Smith, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is nonverbal as a result, used the chatbot to draft responses on Musk's social media platform X. "I am typing this with my brain," Smith tweeted late last month. "It is my primary communication. Ask me anything! I will answer at least all verified users!" However, as MIT Technology Review points out, that could come with some downsides, blurring the line between what Smith intends to [...]
Florida State University is translating academic research into commercial innovation and jumpstarting student success at the same time through a National Science Foundation program. Nethraja Kandula, a doctoral student in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences, was part of a recent cohort of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) I-Corps program, an immersive, entrepreneurial training program that facilitates the transformation of invention to impact for scientific researchers.
Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.
A fine mist accompanies the clan as the sun rises and they begin their journey. There are 12 people in total, some of them adults, some children, and others so small that they have to travel on the backs of the women.
Homo sapiens regularly crossed the Pyrenees during the Ice Age—here's what they took with them Phys.org
At Macquarie Correctional Centre in western New South Wales, a story of collaboration and persistence is unfolding. Inmates and prison officers are farming commercial quantities of fresh food in a purpose-built indoor facility.
This dormant volcano had been silent for 250,000 years, but geologists are raising alarms due to signs of awakening. Farmingdale ObserverScientists explore the anatomy of a ‘zombie volcano’ that’s showing signs of activity CNNScientists solve mystery of 'zombie' volcano displaying signs of eruption for decades ABC NewsA Zombie Volcano Hasn't Erupted in 250,000 Years—But Scientists Say It’s Still Alive Popular MechanicsScientists spark fears as 'zombie' volcano dormant for 250,000 years shows signs of eruption Yahoo News UK
WeightWatchers is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, aiming to wipe out $1.15 billion in debt as it pivots further into telehealth. The company, officially known as WW International, said nearly 75% of its debt holders are backing the restructuring and it expects to emerge from bankruptcy in about 45...
The substances behind the slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds could trap microplastics better than a commonly used synthetic polymer. Previously, researchers proposed using these sticky natural polymers to clean up water.
Researchers have developed a deep learning model to detect mental health symptoms and risk factors on social media. They say it could assist individuals and provide population-level data to help public health professionals and policymakers make informed decisions.
Argonne's MPICH team receives the 2024 ACM Software System Award for their influential work on a high-performance MPI implementation. Their contributions have impacted high performance computing, enabling advances in scientific simulation, big data analysis and deep learning.
Little more than a week after a $70 million US Navy fighter jet rolled off an aircraft carrier and into the Red Sea , a second fighter jet was also lost in the Red Sea after a failed landing on the same carrier. As it came in for a landing Tuesday...
Tesla has launched the Long Range Rear-Wheel-Drive configuration of the new Model Y, its most-affordable version yet.The post Tesla launches its most inexpensive trim of new Model Y appeared first on TESLARATI.
Four women who used to work as housekeepers for Smokey Robinson are now suing the iconic Motown singer, accusing him of repeated sexual assault and rape during their employment at his Los Angeles residence. The suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that the assaults occurred between 2007...
A private lunar lander from Japan is now orbiting the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown. Tokyo-based ispace announced Wednesday morning its Resilience lander entered lunar orbit. SpaceX launched Resilience with Firefly Aerospace's lunar...
Vimaan Robotics has settled for $1.5 million over claims it falsely obtained federal funds, despite being ineligible due to venture capital majority ownership.
SpaceX planning nighttime launch of Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral WESHLive coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight NowSpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida: What time is the nighttime liftoff? Florida TodayIs there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Axiom, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral YahooSpaceX rocket launch tonight from Cape Canaveral, Florida: How to watch live FOX 35 Orlando
Cryogenic electron microscopy showed for the first time that large RNA complexes can assemble without the help of proteins, expanding our understanding of RNA folding and function.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Colorado Boulder used a gene-silencing tool and a large library of molecular guides to understand how photosynthetic bacteria adapt to light and temperature changes. They found that even partial suppression of certain genes yielded big benefits in modifying the stress response of wild microbes.
Water resiliency at Camp Buehring: INL's innovative water reclamation system
Researchers have developed a new protocol for benchmarking quantum gates, a critical step toward realizing the full potential of quantum computing and potentially accelerating progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Webb Telescope Discovers Something Mind-Blowing at the Core of the Milky Way The Daily GalaxyThe Webb Telescope Spotted Something Crazy Happening at the Heart of the Milky Way SciTechDailyJames Webb Telescope observed the black hole at the center of our galaxy : a chaotic light show discovered Glass AlmanacJames Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning 4K View Of Milky Way's Heart MSN“Dazzling Chaos Unleashed”: James Webb Telescope Captures Mind-Blowing Light Show from This Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Center Rude Baguette
A recent study shows that marine oxygen levels were crucial to the evolution of early Paleozoic trilobite body size, suggesting that oxygen may have influenced the evolution of other animals' body size as well.
One moment, your spaghetti is happily bubbling away in the pot. A minute later, after busying yourself with something else, you turn around to find a hot mess all over your stove.
1. Why is the International Space Station up there? The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that enables research not possible on Earth for the benefit of humanity. For more than 25 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the station, through which astronauts have learned [...]
Coastal megacities expose ocean wildlife and habitats to "relentless" boat traffic, new research shows.
NASA is partnering with commercial industry to expand our knowledge of Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Recently, NASA collaborated with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to support data transfer for the agency’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission to explore the origins of the universe. “Not [...]
Charles “Chuck” Benjamin Wharton, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and a distinguished expert in plasma physics, died April 12 in Ithaca, New York. He was 99.
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
Scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Shihezi University, have developed a new method for grading cotton Verticillium wilt (VW). This method correlates with yield loss and is suitable for remote sensing monitoring to assess the severity of VW.
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reveals that a new AirPlay bug lets hackers take over Apple devices via Wi-Fi with no clicks needed.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have uncovered an unexpected interface layer that may be hindering the performance of superconducting qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers.
Antimicrobial resistance, in which germs like bacteria and fungi no longer respond to medicines, is a rising global threat. When antibiotics and other drugs become ineffective, infections can become difficult or impossible to treat, leading to an increase in the spread and severity of disease.
Using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array, astronomers have revealed for the first time the huge flow of gas near a massive star in the making that allows its rapid growth.
As Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial began Monday in New York , the rapper presented quite a different image than the one the public is used to. In lieu of his sometimes extravagant outfits, he appeared in court wearing glasses, with graying hair and goatee, and donning a dark sweater...
Analysis by University of Adelaide researchers has found that claims about sustainability are increasing in agricultural genomics research, but the term is often not well-defined, leading to potential concerns about the impact and credibility of the research.
A second person has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Telemundo Kansas City reporter Adan Manzano , who traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl. Kenner police on Monday announced charges against Rickey White, 34, who was previously arrested in Florida on robbery and fraud...
In five questions, Lee R. Haines explains the risks mosquitoes and ticks pose to the Midwest and discusses how the public can best protect themselves and family members from these bloodthirsty pests.
Doug Doyle dreamed of flying jets as a child, but a "tinge" of night blindness kept him out of the U.S. Naval Academy. Now a soon-to-graduate Rutgers University-New Brunswick senior, the 22-year-old aims to build the engines that allow jets to tear through the sky. Doyle, a School of Engineering student who has held internships at aerospace and defense company General Dynamics Corp.
In a perhaps surprising move from the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is continuing a legal course first plotted by the Biden administration in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone. As CBS News reports, when the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of the abortion pill...
Researchers in ACS Nano report a topical antibiotic gel that, applied once, cured middle ear infection within 24 hours in chinchillas.
Quantum gravity discovery brings us one step closer to a unified 'Theory of Everything' Earth.com
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight NowSpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida: What time is the nighttime liftoff? Florida TodaySpaceX to launch near sunset: Will rocket create 'space jellyfish' from Cape Canaveral, Florida? YahooLaunch Roundup: SpaceX to launch 250th mission from SLC-40 NASASpaceFlight.com -'Falcon' flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (photos) Space
The mission will be SpaceX’s 470th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeting 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 UTC).
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday he's running for Congress in the state's 2nd District, aiming to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. LePage, a Republican who led Maine from 2011 to 2019 and unsuccessfully ran for governor again in 2022, filed his campaign papers Sunday. The district, seen as...
In a world with political polarization, war, extreme weather events and increasing costs of living, we need to be able to cope as individuals and communities.
Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows.
The Eos cloud, recently discovered in the far ultraviolet via H2 fluorescence, is one of the nearest known dark molecular clouds to the Sun, with a distance spanning from ∼94−136pc. However, with a mass (∼5.5×103M⊙) just under 40 per cent that of star forming clouds like Taurus and evidence for net molecular dissociation, its evolutionary [...]The post Searching For Star Formation Towards The Eos Molecular Cloud appeared first on Astrobiology.
Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over 18 years.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was convinced a "sniper" had caused a Falcon 9 rocket to explode violently on the launch pad on September 1, 2016. Footage of the event shows the rocket erupting into a gigantic ball of fire in an instant, reducing the mounted Amos-6 Israeli communications satellite into ashes. A Freedom of Inofrmation Act (FOIA) request filed with the Federal Aviation Administration by Ars Technica's Eric Berger around two years ago, has now revealed that SpaceX engineers had thoroughly investigated whether a projectile could've caused the rocket's helium tank to rupture and explode. According to Berger, Musk, who [...]
Elon Musk Became Fixated on the Idea That a Sniper Shot His Rocket, Causing It to Explode futurism.com
RED is a Training School about the “Basics in Astrobiology”. Astrobiology addresses questions related to the origins of life, its evolution, and distribution in the Universe. This school aims to offer interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to students and young researchers in astronomy, planetology, geology, chemistry, biology, or history and philosophy of science. If you are [...]The post Registrations Open For The RED Astrobiology Introductory Virtual School appeared first on Astrobiology.
Einstein offers a lesson for scientists who are protesting an out-of-control nationalist administration attacking U.S. science today
MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the "free-range" particles that until now were predicted but never directly observed. Their findings, published today in the journal Physical Review Letters, will help scientists visualize never-before-seen quantum phenomena in real space.
Physicists snap the first images of 'free-range' atoms Phys.org
The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilizing vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current estimates suggest that only about 6,600 individuals remain, in fragmented populations across southern and eastern Africa. About 600 live in South Africa.
Researchers have identified a novel gene in a poplar tree subspecies that enhances photosynthesis and can boost the height of trees by about 30% in the field and as much as 200% in a greenhouse.
A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.
A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reports that Tesla owners are facing threats as hackers weaponize leaked data. Are you next?
President Trump confirmed over the weekend that he proposed sending US troops into Mexico to help fight drug cartels—an idea Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected, the AP reports. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, claimed Sheinbaum turned down the suggestion out of fear of the cartels, saying,...
Once-in-a-Lifetime Sky Show: A “New Star” Will Soon Light Up the Night SciTechDailyThe Eta Aquariid meteor shower is about to peak. Here’s how to see it CNNHow to see Halley's comet debris in the Eta Aquarid meteor shower NBC NewsThe Aquarids meteor shower peaks this week. What to know, how to watch USA TodayViewing the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2025 American Meteor Society