New way to analyze riblet denticles on modern great white sharks sheds light on swimming speed
A team of engineers and zoologists affiliated with several institutions in Japan has developed a new way to study riblet denticles on shark skin. In their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the group used their new techni.....»»
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The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is a great gaming laptop and this model has a 4080 GPU. Right now, it's on sale at Walmart for a great price......»»
The ‘best OLED that LG has ever made’ is $500 off today
The 65-inch LG OLED Evo G4 TV, which we reviewed as "a triumph of modern television engineering," is on sale from Best Buy at $500 off. Don't miss this chance!.....»»
Upgrade your gaming rig with this $129 Acer 31-inch monitor
The Acer Nitro 31.5-inch monitor is a great looking curved monitor, and it's available now for a great price at Walmart......»»
HomePod 18.2 upgrades Siri’s most used feature with one big change
This hasn’t been a great year for the HomePod, but Apple’s finally showing its smart speaker some love. Today’s HomePod 18.2 software update brings a key upgrade to what’s surely the device’s most used Siri feature: Apple Music requests......»»
Stone Age insights: Life, death and fire in ancient Ukraine
A research group led by Johannes Müller at the Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, at Kiel University, Germany, have shed light on the lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine......»»
Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue
Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses......»»
All Adventure Books in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Playing the role of the scholar in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, you don't earn new abilities by leveling up but by finding one of many Adventure Books......»»
Astronomers discover magnetic loops around supermassive black hole
NGC 1068 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. Despite its status as a popular target for astronomers, however, its accretion disk is obscured by thick clouds of dust and gas. A few light-year.....»»
This great sci-fi comic book should be Netflix’s next hit binge-worthy show. Here’s why
The heir to Netflix's hit genre shows like Stranger Things is this great 2021-2022 comic series that blends aliens, friendship drama, and the end of the world......»»
AI algorithm intensifies gold ion collisions at near-light speed
At Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL's) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), billions of gold ions race through magnets at nearly the speed of light. Thousands of times per second, they collide head-on, breaking into smaller particles that rev.....»»
Don’t let these 3 December 2024 hidden streaming movie gems fly under your radar
The holiday season is here, and there's no better way to celebrate than with a great movie. Here are a few underrated films that are perfect Christmas viewing......»»
New technique for spotting Dyson rings unveiled
Dyson spheres and rings have always held a special fascination for me. The concept is simple: build a great big structure either as a sphere or ring to harness the energy from a star. Dyson rings are far more simple and feasible to construct and in a.....»»
Morphology study highlights diverse jaw evolution in lizards and snakes
A University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes—the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species—have evolved remarkably varied jaw shapes, driving their extraordinary ecological success......»»
MacBook Air M2 for a massive $500 off at Best Buy
The MacBook Air M2 is a great laptop packed with excellent features. It's currently on sale at Best Buy for a huge discount......»»
Save $600 on the stylish Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro at Best Buy today
The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro is a super stylish laptop and one packed with great hardware. It's on sale now at Best Buy for $600 off......»»
The ChatGPT app is transforming my Mac right before my eyes
ChatGPT’s Mac app can now search the web, and it’s a great way to find information online. It could even be the Google killer I’ve long been wishing for......»»
Yes, you can buy a kids tablet for only $40 at Walmart right now
Looking for a great gift for your child this holiday season? Walmart has a fantastic deal on a kids tablet from Contixo right now......»»
Graphene stacking discovery could herald new era for quantum applications
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, is known for its exceptional properties: incredible strength (about 200 times stronger than steel), light weight, flexibility, and excellent conduction of elect.....»»
Scholar of white supremacy visits all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed, says Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South's racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four years after it was toppled in Virginia......»»
First-ever Mediterranean mako shortfin shark tagged for conservation
Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are critically endangered not only in the Mediterranean but a.....»»