2025-01-31

Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research

There may be several hundred thousand fake scientific papers in circulation. [...]

2025-01-31

RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record

During his confirmation hearings this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would promote vaccines as HHS secretary, despite a long history of promoting anti-vax positions. [...]

2025-01-31

New Study Shows Black Holes Prepare and Eat Their Own Dinner

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume again. [...]

2025-01-31

OpenAI's o3-mini is here and available to all users

OpenAI’s latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its " [...]

2025-01-31

How Accurate Is Groundhog Day? Experts Grade the Woodchucks

Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff. [...]

2025-01-30

We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for

In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston, in which he outlined a revolutionary idea. Feynman sugge [...]

2025-01-30

Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

Bringing forward the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would leave just a single astronaut operating the US portion of the International Space Station. [...]

2025-01-30

Vodafone demonstrates 'world's first' satellite video call with a standard mobile phone

Vodafone has demonstrated the capabilities of a new satellite network by making what it calls the "world's first" satellite video call, albeit with some caveats. The company used partne [...]

2025-01-30

Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life

Clues as to how building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded. [...]