The Elusive Origin of Zero
Who decided that nothing should be something?.....»»
Jeff Bezos finally got rid of Bob Smith at Blue Origin
"I am confident that Blue Origin's greatest achievements are still ahead of us." Enlarge / Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith (black hat) walks with Jeff Bezos after his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space in July 2021. (cred.....»»
Holidays to the home country could help bilingual children hold on to family"s original language
It's hard to keep a language in the family. Many people who migrate to different countries find that their language of origin has become a heritage language, passed on to future generations with varying degrees of success. These languages come under.....»»
Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
No one mentioned that libwebp, a library found in millions of apps, was a 0-day origin. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Incomplete information included in recent disclosures by Apple and Microsoft reporting critical zero-.....»»
Big businesses say they are helping to restore ecosystems, but proof remains elusive
We're witnessing first-hand an alarming decline of the world's ecosystems, which is having a devastating impact on the people who rely on them. In many cases, it's no longer enough to just protect what remains—degraded ecosystems must be restored......»»
New origin story for key regulatory gene: PRC2 repressed jumping genes in ancestors of eukaryotes
The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by Frederic Berger and his group at the Gregor Mendel Institute show that PRC2 represses transposons in a range of eukaryotes and only gradually evolved to sil.....»»
16 strange new parasitoid wasp species discovered in Vietnam
Researchers at Kyushu University and Vietnam's National Museum of Nature have discovered 16 new species of Loboscelidia, a strange-looking and elusive group of parasitoid wasps. The scientists also reported for the first time the unique parasitic beh.....»»
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Life on a faraway planet—if it's out there—might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe's pantry, and only so many ways to mix them. A team led by scientists at the University of Wisc.....»»
Rare 4GB sealed original iPhone up for grabs, will it break the $190k record?
Earlier in the year we saw a rise and fall of sealed original iPhone auction prices. But then in July, a very rare 4GB model tripled the all-time record going for a whopping $190,000. Now another one of the elusive 4GB sealed original iPhones is up f.....»»
Researchers investigate how carbon atoms might diffuse on interstellar ice grains
Uncovering the organic (carbon-based) chemistry in interstellar space is central to understanding the chemistry of the universe in addition to the origin of life on Earth and the possibilities for life elsewhere......»»
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A year after New Shepard’s accident, Blue Origin may return to flight next month
New Shepard is scheduled to launch in early October on its return-to-flight mission. Enlarge / On January 23, 2016, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket again, after its previous flight in late 2015. This marked the first.....»»
The origin of Elon Musk"s feud with Bill Gates, according to Musk"s new biography
Bill Gates went to see Elon Musk in 2022, hoping to convince the fellow billionaire to give away more of his money -- the way the Microsoft founder had......»»
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity.....»»
New insights into neutrino interactions
Research at Hokkaido University has revealed that elusive particles called neutrinos can interact with photons, the fundamental particles of light and other electromagnetic radiation, in ways not previously detected. The findings from Kenzo Ishikawa,.....»»
Migration in West Africa: New study on Nigeria shows the ambivalence of biometric ID systems
Most states in West Africa lack reliable data on the number and origin of migrants living within their borders. Rulers often exploit this lack of clarity in a way that consolidates their own position of power. Biometric ID technologies play a key rol.....»»
"Origin" trailer promises another moving film from director Ava DuVernay
With "Origin," director Ava DuVernay adapts Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." At first glance, Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — an expansive examination of g.....»»
Researchers close in on the elusive neutrino
The humble neutrino, an elusive subatomic particle that passes effortlessly through normal matter, plays an outsized role among the particles that comprise our universe. To fully explain how our universe came to be, we need to know its mass. But, lik.....»»
The origin and functional diversification of the Pert-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain—an intracellular sensor
Signal transduction and perception regulates biological activities to adapt to changing environments. The Pert-Arnt-Sim domains are commonly available sensors found across diverse receptors in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea. However, the extent of.....»»
Researchers searching for the habitat of a threatened fish first seen in Southeast Asian markets
A multi-national research team from Indonesia, Australia, and the United States, are hunting to find the home of one of the world's most endangered fish, the Clown Wedgefish, a fish so elusive that it has only ever been recorded at fish markets......»»
LHCb collaboration observes a doubly charged tetraquark and its neutral partner for the first time
The observation of elusive, exotic particles is the key objective of countless studies, as it could open new avenues for research, while also improving present knowledge of the matter contained in the universe and its underlying physics. The quark mo.....»»