Nearly two years ago one of the most iconic telescopes in the world came crashing down on itself. The Arecibo telescope—located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico—was the world’s largest single-dish telescope…
A device that uses differences in temperature to levitate could keep small sensors floating indefinitely in the stratosphere, such as for monitoring the weather Technology 20 October 2022 By Karmela…
A study of more than 100,000 adults found that motion sensor data from just 6 minutes of walking was enough to predict five-year mortality risk as accurately as other leading…
Gases brought back from the asteroid Ryugu by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft are revealing the asteroid’s history and may help us reconstruct the evolution of the solar system Space 20…
Better understanding the genetic variants associated with dyslexia could lead to a test that assesses whether a child is predisposed to have it Health 20 October 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre…
The particles inside a proton move around when exposed to electric and magnetic fields, causing it to deform, but this behaviour isn’t well understood Physics 19 October 2022 By Alex…
We have been trying to harness the reaction that powers the stars for decades, and now private firms are promising commercial fusion within a decade. Is there any reason to…
In a tournament of the first world war strategy game Diplomacy, two AIs built by Facebook’s parent company Meta outplayed humans Technology 18 October 2022 By Jeremy Hsu AIs are…
In the mid-1980s scientists conducted a famous experiment in which they asked participants to try to avoid thinking of a white bear. Over the course of five minutes, the experimental…
We use tools that rely on artificial intelligence (AI) every day, with voice assistants like Alexa and Siri being among the most common. These consumer products work reasonably well—Siri understands…