How did ancient civilizations make sense of the cosmos, and what did they get right?
In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk more than 2,000 years earlier off the remote Greek island of Antikyt.....»»
iOS 17.5 beta 2, M4 Mac schedule, Humane Pin reviews
Benjamin and Chance discuss the latest in Apple news, including Web Distribution for EU users launching in iOS 17.5 beta 2, we get our first sense of the M4 Mac release scheduled and the company opens up its third-party repair policies further. Also,.....»»
Generative AI model shows fake news has more impact when released at a steady pace without interruption
It's not at all clear that disinformation has, to date, swung an election that would otherwise have gone another way. But there is a strong sense that it has had a significant impact, nonetheless......»»
US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It
WIRED spoke with US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent grants to fix ancient roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure before it’s too late......»»
iPhone 16 Pro 256GB rumor makes sense, but is by a known falsifier
The new rumor that the iPhone 16 Pro could start with 256GB of storage across the board is a logical extrapolation, but has been made by a one-time serial leaker with a record for falsehoods.iPhone 15 Pro MaxThe Apple rumor mill contains both leakers.....»»
Two men shove boulders off ancient rock formation in Nevada, wrecking it, video shows
Two men shove boulders off ancient rock formation in Nevada, wrecking it, video shows.....»»
Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee"s prehistoric origin story, and its future under climate change
The key to growing coffee plants that can better resist climate change in the decades to come may lie in the ancient past......»»
The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision
Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight......»»
Aboriginal people made pottery, sailed to distant islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Pottery was largely unknown in Australia before the recent past, despite well-known pottery traditions in nearby Papua New Guinea and the islands of the western Pacific. The absence of ancient Indigenous pottery in Australia has long puzzled research.....»»
Why do some people always get lost?
Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to sense of direction. Enlarge / Scientists are homing in on how navigation skills develop. (credit: Knowable Magazine (CC BY-ND)) Like many of the researchers.....»»
Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope
Last September, the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, discovered JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current age. Surprisingly, an Einstein ring is associated with this galaxy. That's because.....»»
Theories that explain the crisis in democracy are inadequate for Latin America, experts say
The theories offered by the dominant literature in political science today to try to explain the sources of the political polarization that has endangered democracy around the world are adequate for the United States and Europe, but do not make sense.....»»
DEAL: Get the Samsung Galaxy S22 for up to 30% Off!
It's an older phone, but it checks out. The post DEAL: Get the Samsung Galaxy S22 for up to 30% Off! appeared first on Phandroid. For folks who just want a capable Android phone without spending too much, it makes a lot of sense to go with.....»»
Achieving Pixel-Perfect Reporting with Customization at Scale
Modern organizations don’t have time to make sense of poorly formatted reports. The insights needed for organizational decision-making require data engineers to offer clear data visualization while eliminating clutter and confusion. Pixel-perfe.....»»
Learn about the O.J. Simpson trial from CNN"s ancient "90s website
It's impossible to explain how central O.J. Simpson's trial for the murder of his former wife was to American culture in the 1990s. But CNN's internet archive does a decent job of documenting it. O.J. Simpson, perhaps the most infamous celebrit.....»»
Let’s discuss an Apple TV 4K with a camera
Can Apple put a camera in Apple TV 4K? Sure. But that doesn't mean it'd make much sense — especially when the iPhone exists......»»
Fox bones found in ancient Argentinian burial site might have been from a human pet
A team of archaeologists, anthropologists and evolutionary specialists from Argentina, the U.K. and Germany has found possible evidence of a tamed fox living with a human hunter/gatherer companion, approximately 1,500 years ago in what is now Argenti.....»»
Researchers discover how we perceive bitter taste
Humans can sense five different tastes: sour, sweet, umami, bitter, and salty, using specialized sensors on our tongues called taste receptors. Other than allowing us to enjoy delicious foods, the sensation of taste allows us to determine the chemica.....»»
3D mouth of an ancient jawless fish suggests they were filter-feeders, not scavengers or hunters
Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify their mouth shape while they collected food......»»
Virtue in Japan: Perception differences among educational specialists and general public
Virtue is a normative concept comprising a set of moral and social codes acceptable to society. Historically, in the West, especially in ancient Greek and Christian belief systems, virtue was viewed as "excellence" aspirational to all human beings. I.....»»
Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical
Apparently, it's pretty easy being green after all. That was the takeaway from Tuesday's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England Aquarium in Boston for more than 50 years......»»