2025-03-28

Trump annoyed the Smithsonian isn’t promoting discredited racial ideas

New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality." [...]

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. [...]

2025-03-27

Look inside “The Hunger Games'” District 12 – now on the market for $1.95 million

It’s a good time to be a fan of “The Hunger Games” – Suzanne Collins just released a new installment in the beloved science fiction saga and now especially devoted readers have the opportunity [...]

2025-03-27

Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Researchers ascribe it to "animus or prejudice against minority drivers." [...]

2025-03-27

Hikaru Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella

The Japanese singer-songwriter’s new album goes deep on their “fascination with science.” WIRED Japan took Hikaru Utada to visit the Large Hadron Collider to learn more. [...]

2025-03-27

Partial Solar Eclipse: Where and when to see the sunrise event on March 29

On Saturday, March 29, a solar eclipse will darken the skies. Unlike the “Great American Eclipse” of 2024, though, this will not be a total eclipse; instead, a partial eclipse will be visible in t [...]

2025-03-27

Researchers get spiking neural behavior out of a pair of transistors

New approach to improving AI performance turns a silicon problem into a feature. [...]

2025-03-27

Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go. [...]

2025-03-27

'Aurora Borealis Forecast' Is Trending, but Only the Northern States Will See Anything

Those in states bordering Canada will have the best chance. [...]