Ancient people hunted now extinct elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 years ago, study finds
Thousands of years ago, early hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to hunt ancient elephants and take advantage of other local resources, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Rafael.....»»
I tried the Dexcom Stelo, one of the best mobile gadgets for tracking your glucose
CGMs have saved my life after a heart attack four years ago. I recently tried the Dexcom Stelo OTC CGM, and it's been mighty impressive......»»
Kraven the Hunter is a fun, freaky movie that’s 20 years too late
Kraven the Hunter, the last movie in Sony's Spider-Man less universe, is an enyoyable throwback to 2000s superhero movies that is not as silly as it should be......»»
The Epic Games Store just scored a massive win
Epic has announced a massive deal with telco Telefonica which will see them load the Epic Games Store on millions of devices. The post The Epic Games Store just scored a massive win appeared first on Phandroid. Over the years, Epic has exp.....»»
Protein"s "hopping" behavior uncovers new drug development avenues
Since 2006, Ruben Gonzalez's Columbia lab has used single-molecule light microscopy to study the structural dynamics of biomolecules......»»
Saturday Citations: M87* lashes out; a deep sleep discovery; proposal to build a digital cell
I love it when researchers observe an extra-weird particle, and this week, scientists reported the observation of a particle that only has mass when it's moving in a single direction. Good enough! An ancient DNA analysis suggests that Neanderthals an.....»»
Paleoenvironmental study at Waterfall Bluff reveals leopard seal far from Antarctic waters
Waterfall Bluff Rock Shelter (WB) (Eastern Cape Province (ECP), South Africa) contains archaeological deposits demonstrating persistent and continuous human occupation spanning from Late Marine Isotope Stage 3 (~39ka–29ka) to the mid-Holocene (~8ka.....»»
24-inch iMac for just $799 with delivery for the holidays
Blowout prices are in effect on Apple iMacs, with discounts of up to $1,000 off and free delivery in time for Hanukkah and Christmas.Save up to $1,000 on iMacs with discount code.Save up to $1,000 on the iMac 24-inch models listed below when you appl.....»»
The secret to living to 110? Bad record-keeping, researcher says
Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty data, including the science behind the "blue zones" famous for having a high proportion of people over 100, according to one researcher......»»
WhatsApp for iPhone will soon have its own call dialer
It’s been a while since WhatsApp introduced the ability to make audio and video calls in the app. To make this process even easier, Meta has been experimenting with a new call dialer built into WhatsApp for iPhone that will let users call people wh.....»»
Save $400 on the ever popular Dell XPS 14 laptop right now
The Dell XPS 14 is a great laptop for many people, and a model with a dedicated graphics card is currently on sale at $400 off at Dell......»»
Climate resilience over the past 5,000 years: How human communities have adapted throughout history
According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average temperature in 2024 will almost certainly exceed the limit of 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average temperature as set in the Paris Climate Agreement for the first eve.....»»
ChatGPT has folders now
On the seventh of its 12 Days of OpenAI, the company has released Projects for ChatGPT to organize your documents and chat history......»»
Mozi is a new social media app for people who don’t want a new social media app
Plenty of people have tried to replace Twitter/X, but only a few new social media apps have achieved any traction, notably Threads and Bluesky. But a new app created by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams isn’t trying to replace those, but instead do.....»»
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest. The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time is spent in good health o.....»»
Don’t use crypto to cheat on taxes: Bitcoin bro gets 2 years
Early bitcoin investor first to get prison time for crypto-related tax evasion. A bitcoin investor who went to increasingly great lengths to hide $1 million in cryptocurrency gain.....»»
AI tool enhances wildlife image analysis for climate change insights
A new AI image tool could aid the development of algorithms to analyze wildlife images to help improve understanding of how species around the world are responding to climate change, a study suggests......»»
A new twist: The molecular machines that loop chromosomes also twist DNA
Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor protei.....»»
Buried landforms reveal North Sea"s ancient glacial past
An international team of researchers, including a glaciologist at Newcastle University, UK, has discovered remarkably well-preserved glacial landforms buried almost 1 km beneath the North Sea......»»
Ancient Roman harbor wooden structures analyzed with MRI technology
In a recent study, rare wooden structures from the Roman Empire were investigated in a wide range of ways using NMR methods. These methods, widely known for their use in hospital MRI scans to produce detailed images of the human body, have proven equ.....»»
Group wants to launch a telescope to study black holes from space
The next phase in imaging black holes is to study them from space......»»