Japan’s SLIM lunar lander is back in contact following blackout
Japan’s lunar lander is back in touch with its team on Earth after managing to regain power through its solar panels......»»
Lenovo’s latest laptop had an edge on the MacBook Air until this week
The Apple MacBook Air 15 is one of the best laptops you can buy, with fast performance and great battery life. Can the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i compete?.....»»
What Made This Bizarre ‘Dandelion’ Supernova?
A strange supernova remnant first appeared as a “guest star” seen in 1181 by sky watchers in China and Japan.....»»
Play this gruesome Japanese horror visual novel this Halloween
Visual novels and horror are popular in Japan. When the two merge together, you get a brilliant horror game experience in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark 2......»»
The Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup just got a lot more interesting
The Samsung Galaxy S25 is set to release in just a few months, but a recent leak suggest there might be a fourth, slim model added to the lineup......»»
Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning it to Earth in December 2020......»»
Snow forecast next week on Mt Fuji, at last
Japan's Mount Fuji, snowless for the longest since records began 130 years ago, is expected to finally get its famous white cap back next week, a local forecaster said on Thursday......»»
Shells to surfboards: how wildlife has adapted to plastic
A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon......»»
Bad news: Your PS5 Slim covers won’t work on the PS5 Pro
You won't be able to use your old PS5 Slim covers on a new PlayStation 5 Pro. Instead, you'll have to buy new ones when they become available......»»
Solar-powered animal cells: Combining chloroplasts from algae with hamster cells
Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining chloroplasts (chlorophyll containing structures in.....»»
Japan-style "tiny forests" are taking root in British cities
A staggering 1 in 3 people in England lack access to nature-rich spaces within a short walk from their homes. Now, a growing movement is bringing nature back to cities across the UK. The Miyawaki forest method involves planting a diverse mix of dense.....»»
Sols 4345-4347: Contact science is back on the table
The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge of Gediz Vallis and with all the data we needed for planning. This inclu.....»»
Research team achieves first-ever acceleration of positive muons to 100 keV
A team of engineers and physicists affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan, working at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, has demonstrated acceleration of positive muons from thermal energy to 100 keV—the first time muons ha.....»»
MagSafe Monday: ESR delivers a slim Qi2 MagSafe battery with a kickstand
If you want a slim MagSafe battery that supports Qi2 fast charging, look at the . This compact and sleek battery is perfect for charging your iPhone while offering some nice additional features, like a built-in kickstand. more….....»»
Indie App Spotlight: ‘Access’ is the missing piece to Apple’s new Passwords app
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Access is a great companion app to Apple’s.....»»
COVID lessons learned? UN summit mulls plan for healthy planet, and humans
The COVID-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens......»»
The iPhone 17 Pro Max may slim down this particular feature
The Dynamic Island could get a design change, at least on one iPhone 17 model. The news comes as we're starting to hear more about next year's iPhone lineup......»»
A natural climate change laboratory in Japan reveals the adaptation dynamics of fishers
A new study published in the journal People and Nature reveals the complex relationship between the impacts of climate change and the adaptive responses of coastal fishers in one of the areas most affected by these environmental changes: the southern.....»»
Re-analysis of Milky Way"s central supermassive black hole shows elongated structure
A research team led by Assistant Professor Makoto Miyoshi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has independently re-analyzed observation data of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy obtained and publis.....»»
Live-cell imaging under centrifugation: New method measures the forces that keep the nuclei of living cells centered
Using two specialized microscopes invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a team of researchers from Japan and the MBL have developed a new method to measure the forces that keep the nucleus centered within a living cell. The experiments.....»»
Today’s deals: $18 portable power bank, $120 electric standing desk, $220 TP-Link WiFi 7 router, more
Thursday’s top daily deals include a deep discount on the INIU ultra-slim portable power bank that more than 10,000 people have bought in the past … The post Today’s deals: $18 portable power bank, $120 electric standing desk, $220.....»»