Exotic cat on the loose in Chicago suburb captured, homeowner speaks out
Exotic cat on the loose in Chicago suburb captured, homeowner speaks out.....»»
Lavish The Rings of Power S2 trailer debuts at San Diego Comic-Con
Plus a bonus featurette introducing various exotic creatures—including a young Shelob. Get ready for the second season of Prime Video's original series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Among the many highlights of last.....»»
When copper becomes transparent: European XFEL creates exotic matter
Experiments at European XFEL generate states of matter that are close to what occurs in the interior of planets or in the imploding capsule of an inertial fusion reactor. At the same time, they open up a way to measure ultra-short phenomena......»»
Automotive tech company CDK must face antitrust class action, judge says
Software vendors can band together as a class to sue automotive technology giant CDK Global for allegedly restricting access to data and causing them to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges, a federal judge in Chicago has ruled. .....»»
How iBuyers are changing real estate racial disparities and individual homeownership rates in one major city
Instant buyers, also known as iBuyers, rapidly buy and sell homes using automated models to set prices. These companies, such as Opendoor and Offerpad, can turn around cash offers in a matter of hours, and they've captured more than 5% of the real es.....»»
Image: A Saturnian summer
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn and its colossal rings on July 4, 2020, during summer in the gas giant's northern hemisphere. Two of Saturn's icy moons are also clearly visible: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom......»»
Everything coming to Max (formerly HBO Max) in August 2024
Industry season 3, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears, and Taken are just some of the movies and shows debuting on HBO and Max in August......»»
Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark being struck by a boat
Hours after tagging an endangered basking shark off the coast of Ireland in April, researchers captured what they believe is the first ever video of a shark or any large marine animal being struck by a boat......»»
Dual action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible
A new antibiotic that works by disrupting two different cellular targets would make it 100 million times more difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago......»»
Mesmerizing ISS time-lapse shows aurora, satellites, stars, and a meteor
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared an amazing time-lapse that he captured from the ISS showing an aurora, satellites, stars, and a meteor......»»
Biden drops out of 2024 election, endorses Kamala Harris
President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 election and endorsed Kamala Harris less than four months before Election Day and just weeks ahead of the party’s nominating convention in Chicago......»»
Bursting of underwater oil drops: How pollution may remain in water after oil spill cleanups
Oil drops from underwater oil spills can break into tinier droplets at the surface that remain suspended in the water, according to research from the University of Illinois Chicago. That means cleanups after disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill.....»»
U.S. EV registrations rose 9.6% in May on incentives, but Tesla fell for 4th month
Battery-electric models from 31 brands captured 7.5 percent of the U.S. light-vehicle market up from 6.8 percent a year earlier, the latest registration data from S&P Global Mobility showed......»»
Spotify’s AI DJ now speaks Spanish
Spotify ‘s AI DJ is about to sound a bit different, as the company has announced the launch of a Spanish-language voice called . The is a personal AI assistant that already knows your music tastes (based on your Spotify listening habits) and wi.....»»
North America auto manufacturing footprint unlikely to change through 2029, Chicago Fed says
Many existing plants will provide flexibility across propulsion systems as EV demand and consumer preferences fluctuate......»»
Astronomers discover what may be 21 neutron stars orbiting sun-like stars
Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own sun is a loner, many stars like our sun orbit similar stars, while a host of other exotic pairings between stars and cosmic orbs pepper the universe. Black holes, for example, are often found or.....»»
"Alien invasion": Researchers identify which exotic animals may soon hitchhike into Australia
Australia is renowned for its native flora and fauna, but did you know the continent is also home to about 3,000 "alien" species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes?.....»»
Telescope tag-team discovers 10 strange and exotic pulsars
Towards the center of our Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers have discovered 10 monstrous neutron stars. These particular stars, called pulsars, reside together in globular cluster Terzan 5, a crowded home for hundreds of.....»»
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism
Will LLMs keep improving if we throw more compute at them? OpenAI dealmaker thinks so. Enlarge / Kevin Scott, CTO and EVP of AI at Microsoft speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Nigue.....»»
Webb Space Telescope"s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared......»»
Exploring three-dimensional quantum Griffiths singularity in bulk unconventional iron-based superconductors
Exploration of exotic quantum phase transitions has always been a focus in condensed matter physics. Critical phenomena in a phase transition are entirely determined by the universality class, which is controlled by the spatial and/or order-parameter.....»»