2025-03-31

Research roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon

Also: testing the efficacy of WWI "dazzle" camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual. [...]

2025-03-31

Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’

Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot. [...]

2025-03-30

Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful

Ten years ago, researchers proved that adding full memory can theoretically aid computation. They’re just now beginning to understand the implications. [...]

2025-03-30

Beyond encryption: Why quantum computing might be more of a science boom than a cybersecurity bust

While quantum computers will be able to break traditional encryption, we’re still a long way from “No More Secrets” decryption. [...]

2025-03-30

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars

It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life. [...]

2025-03-29

The Partial solar eclipse will be visible at sunrise today: Here's how to watch it

Today's the day: A solar eclipse will darken the skies in the northeastern US and Canada in the early hours of Saturday. Unlike the “Great American Eclipse” of 2024, however, this will not be [...]

2025-03-29

US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC’s efforts to decarbonize its buildings. [...]

2025-03-28

Latest Webb telescope image shows a cosmic phenomenon called an 'Einstein ring'

The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, pictured above, also happens to be a stunning illustration of Einstein's theory of general relativity. So much so that the cosmic ph [...]

2025-03-28

Scientists are storing light we cannot see in formats meant for human eyes

New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical. [...]