2025-03-03

Google launches free Gemini-powered Data Science Agent on its Colab Python platform

A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimated that their data processing time dropped from 1 week to five minutes. [...]

2025-03-03

Spring Equinox Is Almost Here: Have You Heard the Egg-Balancing Myth?

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere. But is it the only day you can balance an egg on its end? [...]

2025-03-03

AI versus the brain and the race for general intelligence

We already have an example of general intelligence, and it doesn't look like AI. [...]

2025-03-03

Blue Ghost Lunar Mission Sticks Its Landing on the Moon

The lunar lander has taken up residence on Earth's nearest celestial neighbor. [...]

2025-03-03

These hot oil droplets can bounce off any surface

Droplets of less volatile liquids like soybean oil and silicone oil have lower saturation pressures than water. [...]

2025-03-03

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface. [...]

2025-03-03

A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone. [...]

2025-03-02

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon

Firefly Aerospace’s first attempt at landing on the moon was a success. The company, which is working with NASA under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, announced early [...]

2025-03-02

FAA reportedly ordered staff to find millions of dollars to fund Starlink deal

According to Rolling Stone, employees with the Federal Aviation Administration were told on Friday to “begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal,” after The Washington Post re [...]