Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

By shifting water to a higher elevation, the giant Three Gorges Dam caused the Earth to spin more slowly. [...]

Blue Origin caps second heavy-lift launch with first offshore landing

"Never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try." [...]

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. [...]

Databricks: 'PDF parsing for agentic AI is still unsolved' — new tool replaces multi-service pipelines with single function

There is a lot of enterprise data trapped in PDF documents. To be sure, gen AI tools have been able to ingest and analyze PDFs, but accuracy, time and cost have been less than ideal. New technology fr [...]

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year. [...]

Scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling Fusarium graminearum into US. But what is it?

Early warning system being developed by universities may slow the plant pathogen. [...]

Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home

"This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return." [...]

World’s oldest RNA extracted from ice age woolly mammoth

Sequencing an ancient creature’s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life. [...]

Dogs came in a wide range of sizes and shapes long before modern breeds

Life with humans changed dogs in some dramatic ways, and it didn't take long. [...]