Astronomers find signature of magnetar outbursts in nearby galaxies
Apart from black holes, magnetars may be the most extreme stars in the universe. With a diameter less than the length of Manhattan, they pack more mass than that of our sun, wield the largest magnetic field of any known object—more than 10 trillion.....»»
Brave web browser adds native support for peer-to-peer IPFS protocol
The decentralized tech community is aiming to find support for technologies that go beyond cryptocurrency support. In a blog post, today the team at Brave announced that they have worked with Protocol Labs to integrate native support for the InterPla.....»»
Facebook and Instagram’s AI-generated image captions now offer far more details
Every picture posted to Facebook and Instagram gets a caption generated by an image analysis AI, and that AI just got a lot smarter. The improved system should be a treat for visually impaired users, and may help you find your photos faster in the fu.....»»
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs. Galaxy S20 Ultra: Is it a major upgrade?
The Galaxy S21 Ultra is Samsung's highest-end phone that isn't a phablet, but does it beat 2020's model, the Galaxy S20 Ultra? We compare the two to find out......»»
Uppbeat launches a freemium music platform aimed at YouTubers
A new music platform, Uppbeat, aims to make it easier for YouTubers and other content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos. The system, which is designed to navigate the complexities of copyright claims while also fairly compens.....»»
Hitman III review: Let’s call it Hitman 2.5 and be fine with it
This sequel's lack of ambition will likely reinforce your murderous bias. How many people can we assassinate from the very top of a Dubai skyscraper? Agent 47 seems poised to find out in the op.....»»
Is COVID-19 infecting wild animals? We"re testing species from bats to seals to find out
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have found coronavirus infections in pet cats and dogs and in multiple zoo animals, including big cats and gorillas. These infections have even happened when staff were using personal protective e.....»»
How to find mutated sperm? Just go FISH
Chemotherapy and radiation treatments are known to cause harsh side effects that patients can see or feel throughout their bodies. Yet there are additional, unseen and often undiscussed consequences of these important therapies: the impacts on their.....»»
Astronomers detect an outbursting young stellar object
By analyzing datasets from the Palomar Gattini InfraRed survey (PGIR) and NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, astronomers have identified an outbursting young stellar object (YSO) in the star-forming region NGC 281-W. The study, which reports the finding and.....»»
Engineers create "smart" aerogel that turns air into drinking water
Some say future wars will be fought over water, and a billion people around the world are already struggling to find enough water to live. Now, researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a substance that extracts water fro.....»»
Empty cities have long been a post-apocalyptic trope – now, they are a reality
Carry out a Google image search of the phrase "28 Days Later" and among the many stills and publicity images for the 2002 horror film, one will find a scattering of photographs of London taken during the first COVID-19 lockdown in late March and earl.....»»
Using 100-million-year-old fossils and gravitational-wave science to predict Earth"s future climate
A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used findings from gravitational wave astronomy (used to find black holes in space) to study ancient marine fossils as a predictor of climate change......»»
How advanced A.I. and new hardware push the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s camera forward
Just how improved is the Galaxy S21 Ultra's camera compared to the S20 Ultra and Note 20 Ultra? We spoke to a Samsung product expert to find out......»»
The best Wi-Fi 6 routers for 2021
Find the best Wi-Fi 6 routers for advanced wireless connections. As new mobile devices adopt the Wi-Fi 6 standard, it's time to upgrade your router to match......»»
Scientists surprised to find that electric eels sometimes hunt in packs
Discovery raises fresh questions about how the eels communicate. Volta's electric eels can gather in groups, working together to corral smaller fish in shallower waters, a new study finds. Then, smaller groups of about 10 eels attack in un.....»»
Latch, load and release: Elastic motion makes click beetles click, study finds
Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into the air, and they do so without using their legs. While the jump's motion has been studied in depth, the physical mechanisms that enable the beetles' signature clicking maneuver have.....»»
A "super-puff" planet like no other
The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn, astronomers at Université de Montréal have found......»»
Researchers find how cells move while avoiding adhesion
Cell velocity, or how fast a cell moves, is known to depend on how sticky the surface is beneath it, but the precise mechanisms of this relationship have remained elusive for decades. Now, researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medic.....»»
Researchers find inhibitors effective against a coronavirus enzyme
While the first vaccines have been developed against the pathogen SARS-CoV-2, studies are still underway to identify effective drugs for treating coronavirus infections. Scientists in Gießen, Mainz, and Würzburg in Germany involved in a fundamental.....»»
The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips
Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?.....»»
Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds
Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometers a day to find food, according to a recent paper by scientis.....»»