What Actually Happens If You Shoot a Ball at a Newton’s Cradle?
In a recent video, the Slo Mo Guys fired at the clicky-clacky desk toy with a superhigh-speed ball. It looks pretty cool—and the physics are even cooler......»»
Scientists find a solid metallic ball within the Earth’s core
The innermost inner core of the planet is thought to be a solid metallic ball around 400 miles across, according to seismologists......»»
Single gene causes stinging cell to lose its sting
When scientists disabled a single regulatory gene in a species of sea anemone, a stinging cell that shoots a venomous miniature harpoon for hunting and self-defense shifted to shoot a sticky thread that entangles prey instead, according to a new stud.....»»
Feral cattle roam New Mexico"s wilderness. Federal agents plan to hunt them from the sky
In the skies above the New Mexico wilderness, federal agents in helicopters this week plan to shoot and kill dozens of feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public's safety......»»
Brigitte Kock’s 3D Printed Textiles Have Us Re-Thinking Design
I stumbled onto a really fascinating series of TikToks on designing a 3D printed corset with fully 3D printed connectors and everything. You can see in the TikTok embedded above, how there are neat little ball and hole style connectors that hole the.....»»
Entrepreneurship starts in the cradle: How does a sense of security in early childhood give rise to entrepreneurs?
Attachment theory is a concept in developmental psychology developed over the years 1969 to 1982 by John Bowlby. Attachment theory maintains that babies are born with an innate system that seeks to create a safe and meaningful relationship with their.....»»
Study investigates magnetic field of an extremely ultraluminous X-ray pulsar
Using NASA's Swift spacecraft and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers have observed NGC 5907 ULX1—the most luminous ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar known to date. Results of the observational campaign, published February 7 on the pre-print server a.....»»
Astrophysicists propose cooling Earth by using Moon dust as ‘sunscreen’
A wild new research proposal aims to shoot clouds of lunar dust off the moon into a stable orbit to block a small amount of sunlight to keep the Earth cool......»»
Canon’s newest budget full-frame mirrorless camera will shoot 60 fps 4K video
And the EOS R50 camera is the cheapest way to buy into the RF lens family. Enlarge / Canon's new EOS R8 full-frame mirrorless camera. (credit: Canon) Canon is introducing a pair of budget-minded mirrorless cameras for pe.....»»
Unifying colors by primes
Isaac Newton's theory of light indicates that all colors can be generated from three basic colors: red, green, and blue. RGB (Red, Green, Blue), a light-color structure that contains 3×256 values of letter symbols, and CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, K.....»»
Fortnite: How to collect Dragon Balls on Adventure Island
In this guide, we'll walk you through how to access Dragon Ball Adventure Island and how to find all seven Dragon Balls in Fortnite......»»
MusicLM: Google AI generates music in various genres at 24 kHz
Your musical wish is MusicLM's command, making audio from "rich captions." Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an exploding ball of music. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, researchers from Google announced a new genera.....»»
Google’s new AI model creates songs from text descriptions of moods, sounds
Your musical wish is MusicLM's command, making hi-fi audio from "rich captions." Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an exploding ball of music. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, researchers from Google announced a new.....»»
Forspoken review: Magical open-world gameplay makes up for a slow start
Forspoken drops the ball on narrative, but it makes up for that with satisfying spellcasting and exploration......»»
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot grows a set of hands, attempts construction work
Atlas goes for "inertially significant" lifts, learns all about Newton's third law. "Give 'em the clamps!" Atlas now has a pair of gripper claws. It also may be time for a new.....»»
WhatsApp will soon make it less annoying to shoot videos within the app
WhatsApp appears to be testing a new camera update where there will now be a tab to swap to video mode, making it easier to record videos within the app itself. The post WhatsApp will soon make it less annoying to shoot videos within the app first ap.....»»
Drone crash on Netflix set causes ‘serious disfigurement’ to actor’s face
A high-profile Taiwanese actor was badly injured during a Netflix shoot recently when a camera drone collided with his face......»»
Collector discovered Isaac Newton’s lost personal copy of Opticks
David DiLaura called his discovery "a once-in-a-collector’s-lifetime event." Enlarge / Isaac Newton's personal copy of the 1717 second edition of Opticks, long thought lost, has been found. (credit: Peter Harrington Rare Books).....»»
Bees like to roll little wooden balls as a form of play, study finds
It's “a strong indication that insect minds are far more sophisticated than we might imagine." Enlarge / This bee seems to having a grand old time rolling this colored wooden ball. (credit: Samadi Galpayage) There's.....»»
2022 was excellent for sports games, depending where you looked
While sports franchises like Madden stagnated in 2022, the indie scene picked up the ball and ran in a delightfully weird direction......»»
Elon Musk blames Twitter cost cuts on “$3 billion negative cash flow”
Musk says he'll resign once he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job." Enlarge (credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Elon Musk has defended his financial stewardship of Twitter, arguing t.....»»