Turkish hilltop where civilisation began
On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets......»»
Large Hadron Collider ATLAS moves into top gear for Run 3
After over three years of upgrade and maintenance work, the Large Hadron Collider began its third period of operation (Run 3) in July 2022. Since then, the world's most powerful particle accelerator has been colliding protons at a record-breaking ene.....»»
MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show
MSG Entertainment began quietly using facial recognition at venues in 2018. Enlarge (credit: Steve Zak Photography / Contributor | Getty Images North America) When Kelly Conlon joined her daughter’s Girl Scout troop fo.....»»
Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for mistreating auto, mortgage customers
Wells Fargo has been trying to resolve a raft of scandals that began in 2016 with the revelation that the bank opened millions of bogus accounts......»»
When was the first time life began to prey on each other?
Using the word predation may seem surprising when we talk about the first organisms that set out to eat other organisms, for they were not deadly predators with sharp teeth and claws, but small single-celled life forms that swam around in the primord.....»»
New funding announcements at high-stakes UN nature summit
The world's environment ministers began the final phase of crunch talks at a UN summit in Montreal on Thursday aimed at sealing a historic "peace pact with nature.".....»»
1.5°C: where the target came from—and why we"re losing sight of its importance
The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change was still taking shape, that warming of more than 2°C would "push global conditions past any point that any human civilisation had exper.....»»
Musk may try to deny severance to thousands laid off by Twitter, report says
Musk's attorney, Alex Spiro, out but still representing Twitter on pending cases. Enlarge (credit: Jeff Kravitz / Contributor | FilmMagic) From the moment Elon Musk began layoffs at Twitter, former employees immediately.....»»
Renamed, reengineered Audi Q8 E-tron gets a big range boost
The renamed Audi Q8 E-tron began salable production Wednesday at its home plant in Brussels. Better engineering and battery construction have boosted the crossover's range up to 600 kilometers under the European testing cycle, Audi says......»»
India began exporting solar modules amid US sanctions on China
As India tries to reduce its photovoltaic dependence on imports, suppliers are investing and building up production capacities from ingot to module, leading to India's solar module exports for the first time......»»
Hawaii road in limbo as Mauna Loa lava continues to crawl
About a week-and-a-half since the world's largest volcano began erupting, Hawaii officials continue to brace for slow-moving lava to intersect with a crucial Big Island road, even though scientists are not sure when or even if that will happen......»»
Gold Rush treasures from 1857 shipwreck up for Reno auction
Since the recovery of sunken treasure began decades ago from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, tens of millions of dollars worth of gold has been sold......»»
France sees hottest year on record in 2022
France this year experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national weather service said Wednesday, as global warming stokes temperatures globally......»»
For the first time, farmers in the Philippines cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tons
For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tons of grains this October. This nearly never-ending story began at ETH Zurich......»»
Astronomers inspect two galactic open clusters
Using the Tubitak National Observatory (TUG) and ESA's Gaia satellite, Turkish astronomers have inspected Berkeley 68 and Stock 20—two galactic open clusters. Results of the study, presented November 17 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver import.....»»
Drone show mishap sees flying machines drop out of the sky
A drone-based light show turned chaotic after some of the flying machines began falling out of the sky and crashing into the water during the performance......»»
Compeq Manufacturing gains global foothold for PCBs used in LEO satellites
Compeq Manufacturing, in 2017, began to supply PCBs used in ground receiving stations for US-based operators of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and has become the main supplier of such PCBs for SpaceX and the best partner for companies who operate L.....»»
How Webb"s NIRSpec instrument opened up 200 windows to our origins
Astronomy is driven by big questions, and they don't come much bigger than wondering how the first stars and galaxies began to form—eventually giving rise to our own existence......»»
Amazon CEO says job cuts will continue into next year
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said job cuts at the e-commerce giant would continue into early next year, in his first public remarks since the company began widespread layoffs earlier this week......»»
Finding work-life balance with remote work
Before March 2020, the idea of remote work was not a realistic option for many businesses. However, the COVID-19 pandemic changed options drastically for employees almost overnight, and the remote work experiment began. Fast forward to 2022, and trad.....»»
New test shows loose RTX 4090 power connectors cause overheating and melting
Failure is rare, but can be caused by any kind of 12VHPWR cable or adapter. Enlarge / Nvidia's RTX 4090. (credit: Sam Machkovech) A few weeks ago, some early adopters of Nvidia's new flagship RTX 4090 GPU began reporting.....»»