Did Death Cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?
"Did death cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?" asks the New York Times: When the iconic physicist died on March 14, 2018, data was already in hand that could confirm an ominous and far-reaching prediction he had made more than four decades befo.....»»
Emergent behavior observed in self-interacting light
Particles of light—photons—that are forced to interact with each other through specially structured glass demonstrate behavior evocative of the "fractional quantum Hall effect," a phenomenon that garnered the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics when demo.....»»
Biomolecular analyses now have an expanded chemical toolkit
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in part for what can be a quite difficult problem: precisely altering one aspect of biomolecules without affecting the rest of the cell. Now, in a study recently published in Organic Letters, researchers.....»»
WHO presses China for more data after COVID death tally leaps from 37 to 60K
The new death toll figure "should be considered the minimum." Enlarge / Passengers wearing face masks wait to board a high-speed railway train in Guangzhou South railway station on January 15, 2023, in Guangzhou, China. China is.....»»
Decade of progress on making England"s homes safer threatened by austerity and the pandemic
In her ruling on the death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale in 2020, senior coroner Joanne Kearsley concluded that the child had died as a result of "prolonged exposure to mold in his home environment.".....»»
LG 86-inch TVs recalled because they can tip and fall, possibly causing injury or death
A safety recall has been issued for four models of 86-inch LG TVs sold in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico because the units could tip and fall......»»
Scientists uncover coral-algae reward, punishment system
In human society, reward and punishment are introduced as an incentive to induce cooperation. However, some people still try to cheat to win. So, is there a system with clear rewards and punishments in the world of other organisms? The answer is "yes.....»»
LG recalls 86-inch TVs because they can tip and fall, possibly causing injury or death
A safety recall has been issued for four models of 86-inch LG TVs sold in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico because the units could tip and fall......»»
The best horror movies on Amazon Prime
Authors Stephen King and Joe Hill receive plenty of script-to-screen attention in this month’s roundup of the best horror movies on Prime Video......»»
Iran protests: Facebook wrong to remove "death to Khamenei" posts, board finds
Use of the slogan "death to Khamenei" in Persian did not break guidelines, a review finds......»»
Modern tools reveal the brutality of death by multiple sword blows 700 years ago
A team of researchers from the University of Insubria and the University of Siena, both in Italy, has used modern tools to reconstruct the events that led to the death of a young man approximately 700 hundred years ago, in what is now Italy. In their.....»»
New York City public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat
New York City public schools will ban students and teachers from using ChatGPT, a powerful new AI chatbot tool, on the district's networks and devices, an official confirmed to CNN on Thursday......»»
Newly discovered form of carbon is graphene"s "superatomic" cousin
Carbon in its myriad forms has long captivated the scientific community. Besides being the primary component of all organic life on earth, material forms of carbon have earned their fair share of breakthroughs. In 1996, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w.....»»
Spain confirms first death from 2021 volcano eruption
The first death from a months-long volcanic eruption on Spain's La Palma island in 2021 has been confirmed after a court ruled Monday that a man died from inhaling toxic gases from the volcano......»»
US winter storm death toll rises to 61
The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said......»»
Ailing manatees in Florida"s Brevard County appear to have outlasted Christmas freeze
A cold spell and plunge in water temperature often mean a death sentence for manatees, but those in the Indian River—despite harsh environmental conditions and widespread starvation—survived the Christmas freeze without an uptick in the death tol.....»»
High-visibility quantum interference between two independent semiconductor quantum dots achieved
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics celebrated the fundamental interest of quantum entanglement, and also envisioned the potential applications in "the second quantum revolution"—a new age when we are able to manipulate the weirdness of quantum mech.....»»
US digs out from monster storm as death toll passes 50
The monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend continued to inflict misery on New York state and air travelers nationwide Tuesday, as stories emerged of families trapped for days during the "blizzard of the centu.....»»
Twitter sells blue checks, Tumblr allows nudes: 2022’s biggest Big-Tech U-turns
Gmail stops filtering political spam, Meta allows some death threats, and more. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) During a year that seemingly shook Twitter up for good—adding an edit button and demoting l.....»»
Video games in 2022: Massive mergers and peculiar portables
2022 also saw the death of Stadia and the birth of gaming labor unions. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Before we get on to the list, don't miss this year's Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes. You c.....»»
Why a reality star"s conviction sets such a powerful precedent for revenge porn victims everywhere
Reality TV star Stephen Bear has been found guilty of two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress, and one of voyeurism after profiting from intimate images of his former girlfriend without her consent......»»