Fossils in a Forgotten Ice Core Rewrite Greenland’s Icy Past
A secret Cold War project led to signs of ancient life—and a new warning about the future of the climate......»»
What tiny fossils can tell us about the changing climate
Adriane Lam's research allows scientists to more accurately predict future climate and zoological changes as the Earth continues to warm......»»
Examining size growth of marine crocodiles in the Jurassic period
The State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart has a globally important collection of marine reptiles with numerous specimens from the time of the so-called Posidonia Shale. The outstanding feature of the ca. 183-182 million year old fossils from sout.....»»
Replit brings open source AI developer tools to all users
As of Oct 9, Replit is directly integrating GhostWriter into its core platform and making the generative AI code completion tool available to all of its users. As of Oct 9, Replit is directly integrating GhostWriter into its core platform and mak.....»»
CD-indexing cue files are the core of a serious Linux remote code exploit
Yet another tiny, crucial piece of volunteer software begets a big problem. Enlarge / Cue files used to be much better-known, back when we all used CD-Rs to make legal backup copies of material that we owned outright. (credit: Ge.....»»
Dell 27-inch all-in-one PC just had its price slashed for Prime Day
The Dell Inspiron 27 All-in-One, which features a built-in 27-inch Full HD screen and the 13th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, is down to $700 from Dell......»»
Prime Day deals get you this Dell desktop PC for $500 — save $150
The Dell Inspiron Small Desktop is powered by the 13th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, and it's compact. You can currently get it for just $500 from Dell......»»
Xbox Elite Series 2 controller is over $40 off for Prime Day
The Microsoft Xbox Elite Series 2 Core wireless controller, designed for the PC and Xbox platforms, is currently on sale from Walmart for a very affordable $88......»»
Intel surprise launched a new graphics card, but it doesn’t make any sense
Intel's forgotten Arc A580 is finally here, but it looks like we may not really need it to be......»»
Race to find world"s oldest mammal fossils led to academic warfare in the 1970s
The hunt for the world's most ancient mammals descended into academic warfare in the 1970s, researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered......»»
Corsair’s new gaming keyboard beats my $200 flagship
Corsair's K70 Core is a mainstream gaming keyboard that brings previously high-end features down to an affordable price......»»
Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology
Charles Darwin said that evolution was constantly happening, causing animals to adapt for survival. But many of his contemporaries disagreed. If evolution is always causing things to change, they asked, then how is it that two fossils from the same s.....»»
Here"s what it would take to see a black hole"s photon ring
Supermassive black holes are elusive creatures. Massive gravitational beasts that can power immensely bright quasars, or can lurk quietly among the bright stars of a galactic core. We mostly study them indirectly through their bright accretion disks.....»»
Scientists say that the planet Mercury is still shrinking
New research indicates that Mercury's tectonic shifts are ongoing. We've known since the 1970s that the planet Mercury was, at one point, shrinking as its core cooled. But we didn't know if it was still happening...until now. Scientists from Th.....»»
The Earth"s iron core isn"t just a solid mass
A new study by physicists discovers that the Earth's dense inner core is made up of constantly switching iron atoms. According to a new "holy grail" scientific discovery, the blazing-hot ball of metal at the center of the Earth's core is actual.....»»
3 underrated movies on Hulu you need to watch in October
The three underrated movies on Hulu that you need to watch include a cult horror film, a long-forgotten dramady, and a Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy comedy......»»
Fossil snake traces: Another world-first find on South Africa"s Cape south coast
Snakes are familiar, distinctive—and often feared—reptiles. And they've been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago......»»
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig
Also due up soon: deck-building mages and real-time strategy with a T-rex. Enlarge / No bugs, or even weapons beyond a pistol, are seen in Rogue Core's initial screenshots. But you get the sense that it's a more cavern-like, comb.....»»
Sony’s 4K Ultra Blu-ray-quality streaming service comes to PS4, PS5
Sony Bravia Core, the streaming service that boasts Blu-ray levels of quality, has been renamed Sony Pictures Core and is now on PlayStation consoles......»»
Feather-tailed possums in New Guinea were originally Aussies, according to fossil study
Analysis of Riversleigh fossils has revealed fascinating new facts about a tiny possum's ancestors. Scientists have long known that the miniature feather-tailed possums in Australia and the island of New Guinea—members of the marsupial family Acrob.....»»
New path for early human migrations through a once-lush Arabia contradicts a single "out of Africa" origin
Our species, Homo sapiens, migrated out of Africa multiple times—reaching the Levant and Arabia between 130,000 and 70,000 years ago, as exemplified by human fossils and archaeological sites found at various locations......»»