2025-10-24

Astronomers Have Discovered Earth's Latest Quasilunar Moon

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn't left. [...]

2025-10-24

There's a Growing Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field. What it Means

The weak spot has been known about for over half a century, but it's now getting bigger. [...]

2025-10-24

Surprising no one, researchers confirm that AI chatbots are incredibly sycophantic

We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and other institutions just published a study in Nature a [...]

2025-10-23

Nike pitches robotic sneakers and mind-altering mules

Nike is no stranger to a unique footwear concept, be it self-lacing shoes or a "Hyperboot" that can speed up recovery. The company claims its Project Amplify and new "neuroscience-based [...]

2025-10-23

The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia. [...]

2025-10-23

Sakana AI's CTO says he's 'absolutely sick' of transformers, the tech that powers every major AI model

In a striking act of self-critique, one of the architects of the transformer technology that powers ChatGPT, Claude, and virtually every major AI system told an audience of industry leaders this week [...]

2025-10-23

China's latest five-year plan aims for technological self-reliance

China's new five-year plan — an overarching policy proposal for the next term of Chinese Communist Party leadership — is focused on making the nation technologically self-reliant and less vul [...]

2025-10-23

Sighing Deeply Is Actually Good for You. Here's Why

A study dives into how deep breaths help our lungs. [...]

2025-10-23

Leica's latest M camera drops the rangefinder in favor of an electronic viewfinder

When you're trying to keep Leica's digital camera lineups straight, the M-System was always the one with optical rangefinder display (and high price tag). However. the company just upended t [...]