Merry or scary? Santa"s "Ho ho ho" mirrors our own ambiguous relationship to laughter
Here it is again: the merry, festive Christmas season with its glitter balls, tinsel and the typical "Ho Ho Ho!" Holding onto his red belly, Santa grins and laughs at us from everywhere. Like Halloween pumpkins and clowns, Santa is one of our most po.....»»
Car fumes, weeds pose double whammy for fire-loving native plants
Springtime brings native wildflowers to bloom in the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of Los Angeles. These beauties provide food for insects, maintain healthy soil and filter water seeping into the ground—in addition to offering breathtaking disp.....»»
Ford CEO Jim Farley: Smaller, profitable EVs are nonnegotiable; UAW "relationship has changed"
The CEO said the automaker is pivoting its EV strategy to focus on a cheaper platform that can make money sooner after launch......»»
ISPs Say They’ll Happily Cut Pirate IPTV Streams as Quickly as Law Allows It
Today's symbiotic relationship between content providers and ISPs, often includes the latter selling access to partners' entertainment products. That's a far cry from the situation two decades ago when very little content was made available online an.....»»
Level up your love life with $5 off DailyOM relationship courses
Level up your love life with $5 off DailyOM relationship courses for one day only, on Feb. 14. Ah, Valentine’s Day. You can love it or hate it, but there’s no arguing it’s the one day where your relationship, or lack of, is to.....»»
7 places to hang out online on Valentine’s Day
Here are seven virtual destinations you can check out this Valentine's Day, from Google's Museum of Love to Netflix to The New York Times' Modern Love archive. Valentine's Day is a weird holiday for most people. For those in a relationship, the.....»»
Some pre-Roman humans were buried with dogs, horses and other animals
Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and animal parts from species such as dogs, horses and pigs. The reasons remain mysterious, but might indicate an enduring companion relationship between t.....»»
Exploring the chemistry behind love this Valentine"s Day
Chemistry in a relationship refers to the intense feelings of connection, passion, and romance that people share. This Valentine's Day, Dr. Alex Baker, a chemistry professor at the University of Warwick, explores the real chemistry behind chemistry......»»
Optical invention mirrors the image processing power of a human eye
On a cold, sunny day, you're driving on a rural road, surrounded by snow-covered fields. In an instant, your eyes process the scene, picking out individual objects to focus on—a stop sign, a barn—while the rest of the scene blurs in the periphery.....»»
Disney Epic Games partnership – and a return to the App Store?
A Disney/Epic Games partnership announced this week may see the Fortnite developer return to the App Store despite the fractious relationship between Apple and Epic. The collaboration will see new games featuring characters and stories across a r.....»»
Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers, cross-cultural study finds
If you're looking for a long-term relationship or to boost your social status, lower your pitch, according to researchers studying the effects of voice pitch on social perceptions. They found that lower voice pitch makes women and men sound more attr.....»»
NASA launches PACE satellite to observe Earth’s oceans and atmosphere
NASA has launched its latest Earth-monitoring mission, a satellite that studies the atmosphere and the oceans, as well as their relationship to climate change......»»
14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 now available on Apple"s refurbished store
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 was launched less than four months ago, and it is now available at a slight discount via Apple's official refurbished store.14-inch MacBook ProApple revealed the 14-inch MacBook Pro during its Scary Fast event in Octob.....»»
Disney invests $1.5B in Epic Games, plans new “games and entertainment universe”
Major move continues Disney's decades-long, up-and-down relationship with gaming. Enlarge / What is this, some sort of "meta universe" or something? (credit: Disney / Epic) Entertainment conglomerate Disney has announced.....»»
Study reveals how kelp forests persisted through the large 2014–2016 Pacific marine heat wave
New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium and the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that denser, and more sheltered, kelp forests can withstand serious stressors amid warming ocean temperatures. Published in Proceedings of the Royal Socie.....»»
How AI could change our relationship with religion
Science and faith are often kept in two distinct boxes that hardly ever intersect. However, I believe that as AI becomes more mainstream, it will fundamentally alter our engagement with faith and spirituality......»»
Public involvement benefits relationship between nature reserves and local communities: Study
Numerous studies have thoroughly documented the conflicts that arise between nature reserves (NRs) and local communities. In order to develop effective solutions, a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between NRs and neighboring communiti.....»»
True Detective: Night Country brings back the show’s best element: cosmic horror
HBO's True Detective is finally scary again. Here's how Night Country takes the show even further into the horror genre than its first season......»»
Orbital resonance: The striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances—in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a region the size of a football field. The time that planets take to orbit their suns have no specific relationship to ea.....»»
Can Nicolas Cage’s new film Longlegs be the scariest movie of 2024?
Not much is known about Longlegs, the new horror film starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, but the first trailer gives a sense of just how scary it will be......»»
Professor debunks sex and relationship pop psychology, offers alternatives backed with science
From the Five Love Languages to the concept of "Happy Wife, Happy Life," popular culture is riddled with ideas of how sex and relationships are supposed to work, but does the science back these ideas up? According to Faculty of Health Assistant Profe.....»»