Saturday Citations: Parrots on the internet; a map of human wakefulness; the most useless rare-earth element
We field a torrent of science news updates every week and on Saturday morning, we highlight three or four of them based on the observed preferences of a panel of dogs as shown by the Paired-Stimulus Preference Assessment, a standardized evaluation of.....»»
Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, May 18 (game #845)
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Earth from space: New Zealand"s North Island
Captured on 7 May 2024, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of New Zealand's North Island......»»
iMessage experienced an outage on Thursday
Apple's iMessage service experienced a rare outage on Thursday that was reported by many users across the globe.iMessage is experiencing an outageThe iMessage service is one of Apple's most used, with millions of messages going out in seconds. When i.....»»
Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth"s most arid deserts
Water shortages are expanding across the Earth. This is particularly acute in desert areas of the Middle East that are subject to both drought and extreme conditions such as flooding. As a result of these uncertainties, there is an increasing relianc.....»»
Stiffness and viscosity of cells found to differ in cancer and other diseases
During illness, the stiffness or viscosity of cells can change. Tom Evers demonstrated this by measuring such properties of human immune cells for the first time. "The stiffness of certain cells could be a way to make a diagnosis," Evers said......»»
Transformation and mechanisms of climate wet/dry change on the northern Tibetan Plateau under global warming
Historical patterns of climate change can provide ways to predict future climate change. During geological history, the earth has experienced many warm periods of different time scales, such as the mid-Holocene warm period, the medieval climate anoma.....»»
Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running
A journey through busted tapes, the Internet Old Farts Club, and SPARCstations. Enlarge (credit: The Serial Code/YouTube) It's amazing, and a little sad, to think that something created in 1989 that changed how people us.....»»
AI can help researchers understand what viruses are up to in the oceans and in your gut
Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the oceans to your gut. But scientists don't yet have a fu.....»»
No, Assassin’s Creed Shadows won’t be online only
While multiple stores seemed to suggest Assassin's Creed Shadows would require an internet connection, Ubisoft has confirmed that isn't the case......»»
Researchers discover new family of bacteria with high pharmaceutical potential
Most antibiotics used in human medicine originate from natural products derived from bacteria and other microbes. Novel microorganisms are therefore a promising source of new active compounds, also for the treatment of diseases such as cancer or vira.....»»
NASA researchers bid farewell to "flying laboratory" at Ames Research Center
For many NASA scientists, flying aboard a decked-out Douglas DC-8 plane provided them some unique glimpses of Earth: the Moai on Easter Island, Central Park in New York and Mount Vesuvius in Italy......»»
Five things to know about how NASA"s tiny twin polar satellites will study the Arctic and Antarctic
Twin shoebox-size climate satellites will soon be studying two of the most remote regions on Earth: the Arctic and Antarctic. The NASA mission will measure the amount of heat the planet emits into space from these polar regions—information that's k.....»»
YouTube is becoming a cybercriminal gateway for human manipulation
Scams and cyberthreats are being distributed through YouTube, and people are falling for them hook, line and sinker.....»»
Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton
Poet crossed out one racy passage, deeming it "an unbecom[ing] tale for a hist[ory]" Enlarge / John Milton citing Spenser on the recent history of Ireland in his 1587 edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles. Note Milton's itali.....»»
Cable TV providers ruined cable—now they’re coming for streaming
Comcast wants to tie its cable/Internet to your streaming subscriptions. Enlarge (credit: Getty) In an ironic twist, cable TV and Internet provider Comcast has announced that it, too, will sell a bundle of video-streami.....»»
John Milton’s handwritten notes make this 16th century history book a rare find
Poet crossed out one racy passage, deeming it "an unbecom[ing] tale for a hist[ory]" Enlarge / John Milton citing Spenser on the recent history of Ireland in his 1587 edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles. Note Milton's itali.....»»
Vision Pro international rollout beckons as China approves release
We’re expecting the Vision Pro international rollout to happen not long after WWDC, and we’ve now seen another element of the plan fall into place. An “Apple wearable computer” has been granted the Chinese quality and safety accreditation.....»»
Smashing into an asteroid shows researchers how to better protect Earth
Slowing down an asteroid by just one-tenth of a second makes all the difference. Enlarge / Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft sets off to collide with an asteroid.....»»
Multi-scale, nanomaterial-based ice inhibition platform enables full-cycle cryogenic protection for mouse oocytes
Safe and high-quality fertility preservation is of growing significance for women in clinical trials. Current primary methods for cryopreserving human oocytes are slow freezing and vitrification, but existing techniques pose risks of biochemical toxi.....»»
A thousand times smaller than a grain of sand—glass sensors 3D-printed on optical fiber
In a first for communications, researchers in Sweden 3D printed silica glass micro-optics on the tips of optic fibers—surfaces as small as the cross section of a human hair. The advance could enable faster internet and improved connectivity, as wel.....»»