Stephen Hawking Exhibition Hopes To Unravel the Mysteries of His Blackboard
Having devoted his life to the conundrums of the cosmos, Prof Stephen Hawking has left behind a mystery of his own amid the eclectic contents of his former office. From a report: The Cambridge cosmologist, who died in 2018 at the age of 76, treasured.....»»
2022 Taiwan Innotech Expo to kick off on October 13
The 2022 Taiwan Innotech Expo press conference announced that this year's event will be held during October 13-15 at the First Exhibition Hall of the Taipei World Trade Center, where 520 breakthrough innovations in multiple technology applications wi.....»»
World"s whitest paint now thinner than ever, ideal for vehicles
The world's whitest paint—seen in this year's edition of Guinness World Records and "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"—keeps surfaces so cool that it could reduce the need for air conditioning. Now the Purdue University researchers who created.....»»
Tesla hopes full self-driving beta will be out globally by the end of 2022
Tesla says it has shipped the Full Self Driving Beta package to over 160,000 customers so far and has also made significant upgrades to its training system......»»
Scientists sequence the world"s largest pangenome to help unlock genetic mysteries behind finer silk
BGI Genomics, in collaboration with Southwest University, the State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, and other partners, has constructed a high-resolution pangenome dataset representing almost the entire genomic content in a silkworm......»»
Stephen Palumbi Says ‘Super Reefs’ Can Help Save Dying Coral
The marine biologist told RE:WIRED Green about his team’s work to breed heat-resistant coral that can continue to support vibrant aquatic ecosystems......»»
Stephen Welby: A Man on a Mission
In his five years as IEEE’s executive director and chief operating officer, Stephen Welby has led the organization through a global pandemic, a changing publishing landscape, and soaring geopolitical tensions. Welby, an IEEE Fellow, is leaving a.....»»
Hubble detects protective shield defending a pair of dwarf galaxies
For billions of years, the Milky Way's largest satellite galaxies—the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—have followed a perilous journey. Orbiting one another as they are pulled in toward our home galaxy, they have begun to unravel, leaving behin.....»»
Two new discoveries shed light on the mystery of how cells manage stress
In new research recently published in the journal Cell Reports, a team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst delved into the mysteries of how cells weather stress. Using bacterial cells, the researchers discovered that a damage-r.....»»
This tree owns itself—and is fighting for its own survival
An artwork part of the 58th Carnegie International art exhibition, the legally autonomous tree will own the land it grows on. On a few square feet of land on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, a black gum tree has.....»»
Tritium enters U.S. charger market with new design
Australian EV charger supplier Tritium has rushed to open its first U.S. production plant in hopes of solving a persistent problem for EV owners — public chargers that are out of order......»»
39-year-old Radio Shack laptop gets new CPU, keeps original screen
Hobbyist and IEEE editor Stephen Cass upgrades a broken laptop from 1983. Enlarge / A 1983-era TRS-80 Model 100 as an action hero, dramatically exploding onto the scene. (credit: Radio Shack / Benj Edwards) Faced with a broken.....»»
Nude photos in DMs could be automatically blocked by Instagram users
Meta has confirmed that it is developing a way of allowing users to automatically block nude photos in Instagram DMs. While the nature of the images that can be detected isn’t specified, one hopes it will block unsolicited nude photos to which too.....»»
25% of Netflix subscribers planning to leave service, Apple TV+ ranked low on most-used streaming video list
Netflix already lost 1.2 million subscribers in the first two quarters of 2022. While the company hopes to add one million new users with its new ad-supported tier, a survey shows that 1 in 4 Netflix users are planning to cancel their subscriptions.....»»
Energy crisis: How the EU hopes to tackle high power prices while protecting its cross-border electricity market
Europe is getting more of its power from renewable sources every year but, as the current crisis has shown, power markets remain at the mercy of increasingly volatile gas prices. The EU Commission has recently proposed a plan to relieve the crisis b.....»»
iPhone 14 reactions, best iOS 16 features, and how to benefit from Focus Filters
Everything you need to know about the iPhone 14 Pro launch and that 48MP camera, plus what's best in iOS 16 — and in the forthcoming iOS 16.1, all on the latest AppleInsider Podcast episode.Host Stephen Robles and guest William Gallagher have very.....»»
Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert"s wordy theatre sketch is pure silliness
If you woke up this morning and thought, wow, I'd love to see Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert perform a ridiculously silly high-brow skit on The Late Show in which they give way too much exposition in a new theatrical drama, cramming the backstory i.....»»
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — What Durin"s Discovery Means for the Series
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power answered at least one of its mysteries in this week's episode. But what does Durin's discovery mean for the rest of the series?This post contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. If you.....»»
Original iPhone stars in Stephen King"s "Mr. Harrigan"s Phone"
Netflix released a trailer for "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" and it modifies the timeline of the original story so the main characters each have an original iPhone.Image from the Mr. Harrigan's Phone trailer"Mr. Harrigan's Phone" was published in a collecti.....»»
Opinion: Scientists might have discovered an Earth-like planet. Let one of them tell you about it.
There's more important work for the James Webb Space Telescope. A team of astronomers at the University of Montreal hopes to use it to study a newly found planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) that could be almost completely covered in water......»»
Stephen Lang gives into madness in Old Man’s first trailer
Don't Breathe and Avatar's Stephen Lang brings chills and insanity to his character in the upcoming film Old Man. But is he the threat that he appears to be?.....»»