Can You Decode an Alien Message?
An artist, a programmer and a scientist have created a simulation of extraterrestrial communication to test Earthlings’ ability to understand it.....»»
You had us at “friendly alien space spider”: Netflix drops Spaceman trailer
"Six months in isolation, you start thinking too much." Adam Sandler stars as a lonely astronaut on a solo mission who befriends an alien spider in Spaceman. Some people were not pleased when Netflix and other streaming platforms be.....»»
A lonely astronaut befriends a friendly giant alien spider in Spaceman trailer
"Six months in isolation, you start thinking too much." Adam Sandler stars as a lonely astronaut on a solo mission who befriends an alien spider in Spaceman. Some people were not pleased when Netflix and other streaming platforms be.....»»
The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered turns the original game into a cruel punch line
The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is a mistitled, ill-timed double-dip that fails to comprehend its own message and is filled with head-scratching extras......»»
How to recall an email in Outlook on Windows and Mac
Recalling a message is one of the most useful features of Microsoft Outlook. Here's how to recall an email you didn't mean to send in Outlook on desktop......»»
Information Theory Can Help Us Search for Life on Alien Worlds
Information theory can help us decode signs of biological activity hiding in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.....»»
Efficient antibody production "wobbles," new study finds
Molecular biology's central dogma posits a simple recipe for the construction of the human body: a DNA blueprint is transcribed into an RNA message, and the RNA message is translated into the proteins that make you. Translating the mRNA message is a.....»»
WhatsApp gets new text formatting tools in latest beta
WhatsApp has text formatting options that allow users to do things like bold, italicize, or create strikethrough text. This is useful if there are certain words you want to emphasize in a message. But if you feel that there should be more options, th.....»»
Image: Micro-world within an atomic clock
What looks like an aerial shot of an alien landscape is actually a scanning electron microscope view of a test glass surface, acquired as part of a project to improve the lifetime of spaceborne atomic clocks, found at the heart of navigation satellit.....»»
Can alien civilizations detect humanity?
One of the fascinating things about being a human in this age is that we can do more than wonder about other life and other civilizations. We can actually look for them, although there are obvious limitations to our search. But what's equally fascina.....»»
NASA selects bold proposal to "swarm" Proxima Centauri with tiny probes
Humans have dreamed about traveling to other star systems and setting foot on alien worlds for generations. To put it mildly, interstellar exploration is a very daunting task. As we explored in a previous post, it would take between 1000 and 81,000 y.....»»
First results are in: 2023 temperatures were stunningly warm
In the second half of the year, every month set a record. Enlarge / Month by month, 2023 stood far above the rest. (credit: C3S/ECMWF) The confused wiggles on the graph above have a simple message: Most years, even years.....»»
Gliese 367 b is a dark and hot sub-Earth with no atmosphere, study finds
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a nearby sub-Earth exoplanet known as Gliese 367 b. The obtained results indicate that this alien world is dark, hot and lacks a detectable atmosphere. The new findings were p.....»»
Add-on system in Mars water mining operations will screen for introduced and alien life
As noted at NASA's 2019 Carlsbad Conference, we have good reason to think that life could have started on Mars using the same geo-organic chemistry that started life on Earth. If Martian life persists today on Mars, it may be in near-surface ice, low.....»»
10 most anticipated horror movies of 2024, ranked
These are the most anticipated horror movies of 2024, from the latest Alien and Silent Hill sequels to The Crow and Nosferatu remakes and more......»»
10 best horror movies of 2023, ranked
These are the 10 best horror movies of 2023, from slasher hits like Scream VI to alien invasion films like No One Will Save You, and more......»»
SSH vulnerability exploitable in Terrapin attacks (CVE-2023-48795)
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2023-48795) in the SSH cryptographic network protocol that could allow an attacker to downgrade the connection’s security by truncating the extension negotiation message. The Terrapin at.....»»
Can we decode the language of our primate cousins?
A UNIGE team shows that the human brain is capable of identifying the vocalizations of certain primate species, if they are close to us and if the frequencies used are also close to our own......»»
How an overlooked study over a century ago helped fuel the Colorado River crisis
When it comes to the Colorado River, history often repeats itself—but it doesn't have to. That's the take-home message from CU Boulder hydrologist Shemin Ge, who will present a little-known piece of history from the river this Thursday at the Ameri.....»»
Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings
The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data. Enlarge Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google's misleading Locat.....»»
5 sci-fi movies on Netflix you need to watch in December
Here are five sci-fi movies you need to watch on Netflix in December, including an Alien sequel and an underrated film starring Jason Segel......»»