Astronomers reveal the most detailed map of the asteroid Psyche yet
NASA's Psyche mission to study the asteroid launches later this year. Enlarge / Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have mapped the composition of asteroid Psyche, revealing a surface of metal, sand, and rock. (credit: NASA) Astr.....»»
How to open the Liberty Falls vault in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
The Liberty Falls zombies map has a tantalizing bank vault waiting to be cracked in Black Ops 6. The code is hard to find, but we can help you get inside it......»»
Researchers warn against weakening Clean Air Act regulations
A new commentary published in the American Journal of Public Health has found that power plants' use of air pollution control devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023. These estimates reveal the substantial healt.....»»
Scout Motors’ new pickup and SUV EVs will start at “under $60,000”
The Terra pickup and Traveler SUV will be built in South Carolina in 2027. Scout provided flights from Washington to Nashville and accommodation so Ars could attend the reveal. Ar.....»»
Apple shares Private Cloud Compute resources for researchers, expands Bug Bounty rewards
When it announced Apple Intelligence at WWDC in June, Apple also detailed its new Private Cloud Compute platform. At the time, Apple said it would allow independent experts to verify its claims around security and privacy. Ahead of the Apple Inte.....»»
Astronomers take a close look at a dandelion-shaped supernova and zombie star
In 1181, a new star shone near the Cassiopeia constellation for six months before disappearing. This event, recorded as a "guest star" by Chinese and Japanese observers almost a millennium ago, has puzzled astronomers for centuries. It is one of a fe.....»»
Astronomers discover a bright pulse that may be a fast radio burst
Searching for pulsars using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope, Russian astronomers have detected a bright pulse at a frequency of 111 MHz, which appears to be a fast radio burst event. The finding was reported in a research paper published.....»»
Researchers piece together 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in South Dakota
The groundbreaking discovery of a 66-million-year-old dinosaur continues to reveal itself years after a piece of it was first spotted, Missouri researchers said......»»
"True hybrid" mice might reveal how new species emerge
Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced scientists' understanding of gene control and the.....»»
Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighborhoods, finds study
Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most detailed study of its kind......»»
Mammalian fossils reveal how southern Europe"s ecosystem changed during the Pleistocene
Fossils from more than 600,000 years ago reveal how Southern Europe's animal community shifted between warm and cold climate fluctuations, according to a study published October 23, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Beniamino Mecozzi from t.....»»
McDonald"s Quarter Pounders linked to E. Coli outbreak leaves 1 dead: See case map
McDonald"s Quarter Pounders linked to E. Coli outbreak leaves 1 dead: See case map.....»»
Evolving cloud threats: Insights and recommendations
Recently, IBM X-Force released its 2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report. This uses incident data and insights to reveal how attackers successfully compromise organizations by leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AITM) attacks to bypass multi-factor auth.....»»
Observations explore the nature of stellar stream Icarus
Astronomers from Italy and Chile have investigated an accreted stellar stream named Icarus in the Milky Way's disk. Results of the study, detailed in a research paper published October 16 on the preprint server arXiv, yield crucial information regard.....»»
Photosynthesis is under threat in an increasingly warm world, says researcher
The basis of all life on Earth is photosynthesis. So, what happens if it is disrupted? Today, advanced measurement tools can reveal how climate change is affecting plants' ability to process the energy from sunlight......»»
Microbes in environment drove methane emissions more than fossil fuels between 2020 and 2022, analysis finds
Microbes in the environment, not fossil fuels, have been driving the recent surge in methane emissions globally, according to a new, detailed analysis published Oct 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by CU Boulder researchers a.....»»
Attribution studies reveal increasing effects of global warming on fire dynamics and public health
Climate change is increasingly influencing fire behavior worldwide and intensifying fire smoke, endangering public health from air pollution caused by fires. These are the results of two new climate change impact attribution studies, both published i.....»»
How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea
Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure......»»
Astronomers explore the properties of an obscured hyperluminous quasar
Astronomers from the European University Cyprus and the University of Hawaii have investigated a recently discovered obscured hyperluminous quasar known as COS-87259. Results of the study, published October 14 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astr.....»»
Butterfly brains reveal the tweaks required for cognitive innovation
A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures displays a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive innovation......»»
First iPad mini 7 benchmarks reveal upgraded RAM and more
Apple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, powered by the A17 Pro chip with support for Apple Intelligence features. The first new iPad mini orders are set to arrive to customers next week, but early benchmarks have now surfaced on Geekbench. These.....»»