Sights and sounds of a Venus flyby
ESA's Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo spacecraft made a historic Venus flyby earlier this week, passing by the planet within 33 hours of each other and capturing unique imagery and data during the encounter......»»
Default no more: iOS 17 beta 4 lets you change notification sounds and haptics
Apple has solved an audio issue in its fourth beta of iOS 17.2, with users now able to change the default alert sound for notifications, and associated haptics.Following the release of iOS 17 to the public in September, users complained that they cou.....»»
New research shows extra practice in blending letter sounds helps struggling readers
New research at Aston University has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers in reception classes learn to read......»»
After driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I finally get EV “engine” sounds
Fake gearshifts and powertrain noises enhance Hyundai’s electric hot hatch—mostly. Enlarge / The regular Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of our favorite EVs. Now there's a hot hatch variant, and it's great. (credit: Hyundai).....»»
MediaTek’s new smartphone chip sounds too good to be true
MediaTek's latest midrange processor for Android phones is the Dimensity 8300, and it sounds incredible......»»
Juice burns hard toward first-ever Earth–moon flyby
On 17 November 2023, ESA's Juice spacecraft carried out one of the largest and most important maneuvers in its eight-year journey to Jupiter......»»
Listen to the seismic sounds as Iceland braces for likely volcanic eruption
"The activity is formidable, exciting, and scary." Enlarge / The Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland is mostly a barren waste of lava fields. (credit: Vincent van Zeijst/CC BY 3.0) Intensifying seismic activity these past fe.....»»
Children"s spelling skills found to improve when teaching integrates movement
A new study from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports shows that children who use their bodies to 'shape' letter sounds improve their spelling skills more than those who receive traditional classroom instruction.....»»
It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there
Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it's been very labor intensive......»»
Modern Warfare 3 Zombies: Mercenary Convoy guide
Zombies aren't the only threat in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's new zombies mode. Finding a mercenary convoy isn't as easy as it sounds, but we can help......»»
Using miniature microphones to record rat"s happy squeaks
A team of neurobiologists at the University of Haifa's, Sagol Department of Neurobiology has found, via the use of novel miniature microphones, that rats make sounds when in the company of other rats for no other reason than because they are happy. I.....»»
Will Saturn"s rings really "disappear" by 2025? An astronomer explains
If you can get your hands on a telescope, there are few sights more spectacular than the magnificent ringed planet—Saturn......»»
iPhone has built-in rain sounds that help you sleep. Here"s how to play them.
iPhone has a hidden feature that plays nature sounds that help you sleep soundly. Yes, it's true! Your iPhone has built-in nature sounds that can be played continuously. If you, like me, doze off to sleep more quickly with white noise playing i.....»»
Daily Telescope: Zooming in on one of the most iconic night sky sights
It is the most obvious star cluster that can be observed with the naked eye. Enlarge / Messier 45 as seen from Texas. (credit: Jeff Cohen) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this wo.....»»
Presence of atomic oxygen confirmed on both day and night sides of Venus
A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists from Germany has made the first direct observation of oxygen atoms in the day side atmosphere of Venus. In their project, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group studied data from the Str.....»»
Daily Telescope: Lucy continues to surprise astronomers with its first flyby
"We never suspected anything so bizarre!" Enlarge / This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft departed the system. (cre.....»»
Arctic Ocean soundscapes reveal changes in mammal populations in response to climate change
While the sounds of our oceans may be familiar to us through the lens of nature documentaries, from the haunting calls of whales to the barks of some fish, this acoustic environment can provide a wealth of knowledge to scientists regarding the comple.....»»
The iPhone 16 already sounds incredible
We may have just gotten the iPhone 15, but the iPhone 16 rumors are starting to make the rounds. Here's why it could be a very exciting upgrade next year......»»
NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists......»»
NASA"s Lucy spacecraft discovers 2nd asteroid during Dinkinesh flyby
On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair......»»
Study uncovers giant fluctuation-enhanced phonon magnetic moments in a polar antiferromagnet
Phonons, quasi-particles associated with sounds or lattice vibrations, can carry momentum and angular momentum. However, these quasi-particles are commonly considered to possess negligible magnetic moments......»»