For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbs
Amateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge. When Zachary Lindsey, a physicist at Berry College in Georgia, decided to run an ex.....»»
Sun Fires Off Major Solar Flare From Earth-Facing Sunspot
A major solar flare erupted from the sun on Thursday in the strongest storm yet of our star's current weather cycle. Space.com reports: The sun fired off an X1-class solar flare, its most powerful kind of flare, that peaked at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GM.....»»
Google throws shade at LG and Samsung in "113 reasons to switch to the Pixel 6" video
The Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro video kicks off with what is likely some shade-throwing at LG. "113 reasons you should switch to Google Pixel when the maker of your old phone stops making phones" are the first words you hear. LG, of course, finally exited th.....»»
US Copyright Office says you can fix a game console (but only the optical drive)
New DMCA exemption also lets users fix other types of software-enabled devices. Enlarge / Feel free to repair this PS3 disc drive. (credit: Getty Images | sydmsix) The librarian of Congress has provided a new exemption to the.....»»
Blackhole with warped accretion disc discovered
An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth, which they concl.....»»
Nature"s strongest glue now works in both wet and salty environments
Université de Montréal microbiologist Yves Brun made the discovery several years ago: an aquatic bacterium called Caulobacter crescentus produces an extremely powerful glue that adhere to its surrounding wet surfaces, such as pipes and fresh water......»»
‘Impossible’ Particle Adds a Piece to the Strong Force Puzzle
The unexpected discovery of the double-charm tetraquark gives physicists fresh insight into the strongest of nature’s fundamental forces......»»
The Good Life review: A messy RPG as unique as it is ridiculous
Dogs and cats and sheep, oh my! Enlarge The Good Life throws you into its offbeat little tale without much preamble. After a cute storybook introduction, New Yorker photojournalist Naomi Hayward is dropped off in an Untitle.....»»
Nintendo Throws Rare Bone To Modern EU Gamers Via N64 60 Hz Toggle
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, Nintendo of Europe announced a very region-specific -- and era-specific -- tweak for its upcoming collection of N64 games on Switch: an option to switch between the video standards PAL.....»»
Nintendo throws rare bone to modern EU gamers via N64 60 Hz toggle
50 Hz haters get a reprieve; differs from 2018's PAL-saddled PlayStation Classic. Enlarge / We're well past the days of CRT TVs by default, and Nintendo Europe's latest welcome update acknowledges this. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty I.....»»
Bitcoin hits strongest level since May
Bitcoin, in terms of market value, rose 4.6% to $53,859.6.It passed $50,000 mark for first time in four weeks on Tuesday. Bitcoin fell below $50,000 in early September.Bitcoin hit its highest level since mid-May on Wednesday as bulls bid u.....»»
Investors Spent Millions on "Evolved Apes" NFTs. Then They Got Scammed
Evolved Apes is described on NFT marketplace OpenSea as "a collection of 10,000 unique NFTs trapped inside a lawless land." They are "fighting for survival, only the strongest ape will prevail," it says, referring to the project's much-hyped fighting.....»»
Google Search"s Next Phase: Context is King
At its Search On event today, Google introduced several new features that, taken together, are its strongest attempts yet to get people to do more than type a few words into a search box. From a report: By leveraging its new Multitask Unified Model (.....»»
Great ape"s consonant and vowel-like sounds travel over distance without losing meaning
Scientists have shown that orangutan call signals believed to be closest to the precursors to human language, travel through forest over long distances without losing their meaning. This throws into question the accepted mathematical model on the evo.....»»
Walmart restocks PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X today — this is your shot!
Walmart is restocking the PlayStation 5, both disc and digital edition, and Xbox Series X at 6:00 p.m. PT today......»»
Chorus throws the laws of physics out the window — and that’s a good thing
Chorus is packed with exciting space combat and has plenty of shared DNA with Control to boot......»»
TikTokers Are Trading Stocks By Copying What Members of Congress Do
TikTok users are watching financial disclosures of sitting members of Congress to help them determine which stocks to invest in. NPR reports: Among a certain community of individual investors on TikTok, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stock trading disc.....»»
Cursed to Golf asks players to putt their way out of purgatory
The joy of golf risks becoming an eternity of torment in Cursed to Golf, a wildly fun pixel-art roguelike golf game......»»
Indonesian Intelligence Agency Compromised in Suspected Chinese Hack
Chinese hackers have breached the internal networks of at least ten Indonesian government ministries and agencies, including computers from Indonesia's primary intelligence service, the Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN). From a report: The intrusion, disc.....»»
Newly-synthesized AM-III carbon is hardest and strongest amorphous material to date
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the globe has synthesized an AM-III carbon that is the hardest and strongest amorphous material created to date. In their paper published in the journal National Science Review, the.....»»
Physicists Detect Strongest Evidence Yet of Matter Generated By Collisions of Light
omfglearntoplay shares a report from ScienceAlert: According to theory, if you smash two photons together hard enough, you can generate matter: an electron-positron pair, the conversion of light to mass as per Einstein's theory of special relativity......»»