A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s—but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen's disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today—and that's partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy's debilitating sym.....»»
AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more races
From modeling tire wear and fuel use to predicting cautions based on radio traffic. Enlarge / The Cadillac V-Series.R is one of General Motors' factory-backed racing programs. (credit: James Moy Photography/Getty Images).....»»
NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft
Boeing won't start flying operational crew missions with Starliner until a year from now. Enlarge / Boeing's Strainer spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in this picture taken July 3. (credit: NASA).....»»
People are overdosing on off-brand weight-loss drugs, FDA warns
Bad math and unclear directions are behind overdoses of up to 20 times the normal amount. Enlarge / Wegovy is an injectable prescription weight-loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. (credit: Getty | Michael Siluk).....»»
Astronauts find their tastes dulled, and a VR ISS hints at why
The visual environment of the ISS seems to influence people's experience of food. Enlarge / The environment you're eating in can influence what you taste, and space is no exception. (credit: NASA) Astronauts on the ISS t.....»»
97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes
Kernel access gives security software a lot of power, but not without problems. Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike's Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) CrowdStrik.....»»
Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time
Chance that first detected emission line is a noise fluctuation is one in half a billion. Enlarge / A jet of particles moving at nearly light-speed emerges from a massive star in this artist’s concept of the BOAT. (credit: NASA.....»»
X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it
Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in. Enlarge / An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. (credit: xAI) Elon Musk-led social media platform X is training Gr.....»»
New clam species discovered in South Africa"s kelp forest
A new study sheds light on the unexplored diversity of galeommatoidean bivalves, a little-known group of marine mollusks, from the western coast of South Africa......»»
New study disputes Hunga Tonga volcano"s role in 2023–24 global warm-up
New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging existing assumptions about its effects in the proc.....»»
This indie developer is updating all its older games
Indie developer The Behemoth is updating all its older titles. Yes, all of them......»»
At the Olympics, AI is watching you
New system foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch. Enlarge / Police observe the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024. (credit: Hect.....»»
Barbie movie “may have spurred interest in gynecology,” study finds
The movie apparently sparked some questions. Enlarge / A digital advertisement board displaying a Barbie movie poster is seen in New York on July 24, 2023. (credit: Getty | Selcuk Acar) This post contains spoilers—for.....»»
Rocket Report: ABL loses its second booster; Falcon 9 cleared for return to flight
"The team is investigating root cause." Enlarge / NASA's SLS rocket core stage for Artemis II is moved to the VAB. (credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky) Welcome to Edition 7.04 of the Rocket Report! Probably the most striking new.....»»
Grab the Galaxy Watch 4 with up to 25% OFF!
Get for a much lower price at the moment! The post Grab the Galaxy Watch 4 with up to 25% OFF! appeared first on Phandroid. While it’s an older smartwatch at this point, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is no doubt still a perfectly reliab.....»»
Scientists unlock more secrets of Rembrandt’s pigments in The Night Watch
Use of arsenic sulfides for yellow, orange/red hues adds to artist's known pigment palette. Enlarge / Rembrandt's The Night Watch underwent many chemical and mechanical alterations over the last 400 years. (credit: Public domain).....»»
US solar production soars by 25 percent in just one year
2024 is seeing the inevitable outcome of the building boom in solar farms. Enlarge (credit: Vithun Khamsong) With the plunging price of photovoltaics, the construction of solar plants has boomed in the US. Last year, for.....»»
Lego’s newest retro art piece is a 1,215-piece Super Mario World homage
$130 set is available for preorder now, ships on October 1. The Lego Mario & Yoshi set is an homage to 1990's Super Mario World. [credit:.....»»
Chrome will now prompt some users to send passwords for suspicious files
Google says passwords and files will be deleted shortly after they are deep-scanned. (credit: Chrome) Google is redesigning Chrome malware detections to include password-protected executable files that users can upload f.....»»
OpenAI hits Google where it hurts with new SearchGPT prototype
New tool may solve a web-search problem partially caused by AI-generated junk online. Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / OpenAI) Arguably, few companies have unintentionally contributed more to the increase of AI-generated.....»»
Google claims math breakthrough with proof-solving AI models
AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve problems, with caveats on time and human assistance Enlarge / An illustration provided by Google. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced that AI systems called AlphaP.....»»