There’s a weird asteroid shaped like a bone whipping around our sun
Astronomers have got their closest look yet at an unusually shaped asteroid orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars......»»
The best bone conduction headphones for 2024
Bone conduction headphones can make working out easier and safer. Here, we've rounded up our favorite models from brands like Shokz and H20 Audio......»»
iPhone 16 camera bump design rumored to have shifted closer to iPhone X
Rumors keep changing about iPhone 16 design, with the latest suggesting the camera bump will resemble a thinner version of the iPhone X pill-shaped bump.The iPhone XS cameras were enclosed in a pill-shaped bumpDesign leaks usually slow down after the.....»»
RNA splicing regulation discovery provides insight into bone diseases
In today's aging societies, bone and joint diseases are becoming increasingly common. For example, in Japan alone, over 12 million people suffer from osteoporosis, a condition that severely weakens bones and makes them fragile. If we are to find effe.....»»
Small satellite may shape centaur rings
The unique two thin rings around the Centaur Chariklo could be shaped by an even smaller satellite. Chariklo is a Centaur, which are small bodies similar to asteroids in size but to comets in composition, that revolve around the sun in the outer sola.....»»
Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite
An official classification now aligns with what many suspected from merely looking at the images of the strange meteorites that fell near Berlin on January 21, 2024. They belong to a rare group called "aubrites.".....»»
A puzzling illness paralyzed US kids every other year—until it didn’t
Researchers braced for a surge in 2022 that never came—and no one knows why. Enlarge / This thin section transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image reveals numerous spheroid-shaped Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) virions. (credit:.....»»
These Shokz bone conduction headphones are 22% off today
The Shokz OpenRun Pro bone conduction headphones, which won't cover nor plug your ears, are on sale from Amazon for a more affordable $140 after a 22% discount......»»
Asteroid making its closest approach to Earth this week
On 4 February, asteroid 2011 MD will make its closest approach to the Earth. Though it will not be visible with the naked eye, the asteroid will pass 15,000,000 km away from Earth—much closer than those in the asteroid belt and less than 10% of the.....»»
Joint research team develops edge-to-edge assembly technique for 2D nanosheets
A collaborative research team has fabricated a soccer ball-shaped construction using edge-to-edge assembly of 2D semiconductor materials. The research has been featured on the cover of the online edition of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.....»»
How the microbes in wastewater can make our cities more sustainable
COVID-19 showed us how useful monitoring wastewater can be. But the genetic material in our wastewater, namely DNA and RNA, is a treasure trove of other useful information. It reveals the presence of thousands of different types of weird and wonderfu.....»»
Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely passing within 1.7 million miles
An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday......»»
Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, genetic analysis finds
A genetic analysis of bone fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in central Germany shows conclusively that modern humans—Homo sapiens—had already reached Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals for several thousan.....»»
NASA"s Lucy ready for 2024 mission milestones
After its successful first asteroid encounter in 2023, NASA's Lucy mission has its sights firmly set on its main targets, the never-before-explored Jupiter Trojan asteroids. In 2024, the Lucy spacecraft will transition from its current orbit around t.....»»
NASA automated system predicts asteroid impact over Germany
NASA recently predicted the impact of a small asteroid which burned up in the atmosphere over Germany, using its impact prediction system, Scout......»»
"Hell chicken" species suggests dinosaurs weren"t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit
Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the geologic period that started about 145 million years ago? It's a question that has vexed paleontologists like us for more than 40 year.....»»
Look back in time at Apple"s original Mac development team
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Mac, the Steve Jobs Archive has revisited the day "Rolling Stone" magazine sent a photographer to this "weird company."Steve Jobs with the original Macintosh in 1984Launched in 2022 by Laurene Powell Jobs, Tim Cook.....»»
Physics of V-shaped flight formations offer insights into energy efficiency
Birds have inspired human flight for centuries, but Shabnam Raayai thinks they can also offer lessons in reducing energy consumption......»»
4 really weird things you can do in "Palworld"
'Palworld' is taking video games by storm, and it's weird as heck, for better and worse. The first couple months of 2024 are stacked with huge video game releases, between Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and Tekken 8.....»»
Vera Rubin will help us find the weird and wonderful things happening in the solar system
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is something special among telescopes. It's not built for better angular resolution and increased resolving power like the European Extremely Large Telescope or the Giant Magellan Telescope. It's built around a massiv.....»»
Saturday Citations: The cutest conservationists; a weird stellar object; vitamins good for your brain
There are fields of scientific research that involve neither vast cosmic phenomena nor extremely cute animals, but those are topics of high salience in Saturday Citations, and this week is no exception. And we'll probably play the odds and say next w.....»»