Webb Telescope is powerful enough to see a variety of biosignatures in exoplanets, argues new paper
The best hope for finding life on another world isn't listening for coded messages or traveling to distant stars, it's detecting the chemical signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres. This long hoped-for achievement is often thought to be beyond our cu.....»»
Ads featuring interracial couples produce mixed results for brands
A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar who studies how authenticity and aesthetics intersect with branding found that interracial couples featured in advertisements enhanced brand outcomes relative to white couple.....»»
Apple releases watchOS 11 with these new features
watchOS 11 is now available for Apple Watch users. It is the latest major upgrade to the Watch’s software, and features a variety of brand new apps and watch faces, powerful health and fitness features, and more. Here’s everything that’s new......»»
iPadOS 18 now available, here are all the best new features
Apple has released iPadOS 18 as a new software update for users. It brings a variety of big and small changes to the iPad, including powerful customization tools, brand new apps, Apple Pencil upgrades, and more. Here’s everything that’s new......»»
New hypothesis suggests Mars"s unique shape may be due to long lost moon
An astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory has developed a hypothesis to explain the unique shape and terrain of Mars. He suggests both are due to a long-lost moon. Michael Efroimsky has published a paper outlining the hypothesis on the arXiv prepri.....»»
How Olmec elite helped legitimize their political power through art
In an article recently published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Jill Mollenhauer argues that the Gulf Lowland Olmec, one of Mesoamerica's earliest major civilizations, sometimes incorporated aesthetic and ritual practices associated with their rock.....»»
Astronomers detect black hole "starving" its host galaxy to death
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The results are reported in the journal Nature Astronomy......»»
Saturday Citations: Permian-Triassic mystery solved; cute baby sighted; the nine-day 2023 seismic event
This week, a billionaire made a spacewalk, archaeologists found a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage and the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the extreme outskirts of the Milky Way. And a few other things happened:.....»»
Artemis missions could put the most powerful imaging telescope on the moon
Ground-based interferometry on Earth has proven to be a successful method for conducting science by combining light from several telescopes into acting like a single large telescope. But how can an ultraviolet (UV)/optical interferometer telescope on.....»»
Lenovo just slashed $3,000 off this mobile workstation
The ultra-powerful ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 is getting the discount treatment as part of this Lenovo flash sale. Save over $3,000 when you order the Core i9-RTX 4000 Ada configuration through the manufacturer!.....»»
Passports are coming to Google Wallet, but you’ll still need the paper version
You'll soon be able to add your passport to Google Wallet and use it in select airports around the country......»»
Most powerful Corvette to date spied on famed German test track?
Chevrolet engineers have been spotted at the Nürburgring track with what could be the most powerful Corvette yet: the rumored Zora......»»
Custom microfluidic chip design reshapes framework of spatial transcriptomics technology
Spatial transcriptomics has emerged as a powerful tool for in situ analysis of gene expression within tissues. However, current technologies still face several challenges, including high costs, limited field of view, and low throughput, significantly.....»»
Corvette Zora spied on famed German test track?
Chevrolet engineers have been spotted at the Nürburgring track with what could be the most powerful Corvette yet: the rumored Zora......»»
Global warming"s economic blow: Risks rise more rapidly for the rich, study finds
In a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), researchers analyzed how erratic weather events, increasingly intensified by global warming, affect global production and consumption across different income groups. The paper.....»»
James Webb trains its sights on the Extreme Outer Galaxy
A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way......»»
Apple just got authorization for AirPods Pro 2’s hearing aid feature
Earlier this week, Apple announced a powerful new health feature coming to AirPods Pro 2: hearing aid. But curiously, the company shared that it had not yet received FDA authorization for this ‘clinical grade’ hearing aid mode. Assuming that woul.....»»
Apple just got approval for AirPods Pro 2’s hearing aid feature
Earlier this week, Apple announced a powerful new health feature coming to AirPods Pro 2: hearing aid. But curiously, the company shared that it had not yet received FDA approval for this ‘clinical grade’ hearing aid mode. Assuming that would hap.....»»
Webb peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy
Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center. (For co.....»»
Leasing, variety expand EV popularity, according to Q2 credit data
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 moved to fourth place from ninth and the Ford Mustang Mach-E moved to third from sixth......»»
Eminent officials say NASA facilities some of the “worst” they’ve ever seen
Buildings at Johnson Space Center in Houston are among the worst at any NASA facility. Enlarge / The primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope enters a vacuum test chamber at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 2017. (credit:.....»»