How did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It"s complicated
Planetary nebulae form when red giant stars expel their outermost layers as they run out of helium fuel—becoming hot, dense white dwarf stars that are roughly the size of Earth. The material that was shed, enriched in carbon, forms dazzling pattern.....»»
Monarch butterfly numbers in Mexico rise by 35%
Mexican experts said Monday that 35% more monarch butterflies arrived this year to spend the winter in mountaintop forests, compared to the previous season......»»
"Kind of complicated": Growing grapes in the world"s driest desert
In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard......»»
The full saga of Apple’s troubled mixed reality headset has been revealed
It's a complicated tale of processors, base stations, politics, and Jony Ive. Enlarge / Jony Ive speaks onstage during the 2017 New Yorker TechFest in New York City. (credit: Brian Ach/Getty Images) A series of reports in The.....»»
Research sheds more light on the properties of young planetary nebula IC 4997
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have observed a young planetary nebula known as IC 4997. Results of the observational campaign, presented in a paper published May 12 on arXiv.org, deliver important.....»»
How fast is the universe expanding? It’s complicated, Hubble shows
Researchers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope have come up with the most precise measurement to date of the expansion of the universe......»»
iFixit On Right To Repair"s Remaining Obstacles, Hope
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens sat down with Ars Technica to discuss the fight for the right to repair. Here's an excerpt from their report: Tech repairs got complicated in 1998 when Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [PDF]. Section 1201 of.....»»
What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong: Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur
One of the most exciting moments of the new Jurassic Park sequel, "Jurassic World Dominion," is when the Quetzalcoatlus swoops down from the sky and attacks the heroes' aircraft. With its gigantic wings reaching 10 meters in length end to end, the Qu.....»»
Aerodynamics of perching birds could inform aircraft design
If you have ever watched a bird land on a tree branch, you may have noticed that it rapidly pitches its wings upward at a high angle to execute a smooth landing. However, for some birds, they land by folding their wings as they perch instead, creatin.....»»
Magnetic resonance makes the invisible visible
A small group of researchers including Dennis Kurzbach from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Vienna just published in Nature Protocols an advanced NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) method to monitor fast and complicated biomolecular event.....»»
AMD’s FSR 2.0 debut, while limited, has upscaled our GPU hopes
Nvidia's DLSS still wins, but older cards can start doing new tricks. Enlarge / AMD's artistic interpretation of how FSR works. It's a bit more complicated than this four-box rendering implies—especially when we consider how much bet.....»»
New research provides possible insights into the formation of Earth
A new study, conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico, found ancient, primordial helium-3 leaking from the Earth's core, suggesting the planet formed inside a solar nebula, stirring further debate among scientists......»»
What is midrange 5G? C-Band explained
5G services are more complicated than prior cellular technologies, so what do terms like 'midband,' 'C-band,' 'mmWave,' and 'sub-6GHz' mean?.....»»
Researchers investigate "the Goose" pulsar wind nebula
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory and Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have investigated a pulsar wind nebula, dubbed "the Goose," powered by a young pulsar known as PSR J1016–5857. Results of the study, published April 27.....»»
Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever
In addition to the attack's size, the use of HTTPS rather than typical HTTP requests further complicated the issue—the secure protocol results in more resource overhead due to the compute-intensive nature of the secure HTTPS request. According to C.....»»
The most watched TV shows streaming this week. Yes, including "Better Call Saul".
What's everyone watching on TV this week?The sheer volume of new and returning streaming series makes picking your latest binge sometimes feel like plucking a needle out of a haystack, with the whole thing made even more complicated by the number of.....»»
Save 89% on this beginner-friendly investment platform
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Tykr Stock Screener is on sale for £75.80, saving you 89% on list price.Buying stocks isn’t as complicated as it seems for outsiders, but it does require some basic education and individual research. You.....»»
Air fryer donuts are predictably delicious
Some AirFryDay recipes are relatively complex. The idea behind those recipes — things like a Thanksgiving turkey, hot wings, or a Chick-fil-A style chicken sandwich — is to combine the ease of an air fryer with the tasty rewards of.....»»
The most watched TV shows on your go-to streaming services this week. Yes, including "Better Call Saul".
What's everyone watching on TV this week?The sheer volume of new and returning streaming series makes picking your latest binge sometimes feel like plucking a needle out of a haystack, with the whole thing made even more complicated by the number of.....»»
Microtransactions are more complicated in the metaverse
This is how buying a Fortnite battle pass kicked off an existential crisis about cosmetic microtransactions......»»
Nanoclusters self-organize into centimeter-scale hierarchical assemblies
Nature may abhor a vacuum, but it sure loves structure. Complex, self-organized assemblies are found throughout the natural world, from double-helix DNA molecules to the photonic crystals that make butterfly wings so colorful and iridescent......»»