Greetings from Mexico City, where these dogs ride a bus to and from school
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Category: Science
Operation Rainbow Space Baby: An astronaut’s journey with IVF
Struggling to have a second child, astronaut Kellie Gerardi uses her social media presence to let others know they’re not alone. (Image credit: Roy Rochlin)
To get from experience to emotion, the brain hits ‘sustain’
A study of mice and people looks at how the brain takes an experience, like being cut off in traffic, and responds with an emotion
‘Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst’: Don’t believe the hype — here’s why artificial general intelligence isn’t what the billionaires tell you it is
“Unfortunately, the goal of creating artificial general intelligence isn’t just a project that lives as a hypothetical in scientific papers. There’s real money invested in
Swarovski Optik AX Visio 10×32 smart binocular review
Can a claim to be the world’s first artificial intelligence-enabled smart binocular justify the premium being charged for the Swarovski Optix AX Visio 10×32 over
Braided gold Viking arm-ring discovered by amateur metal detectorist on Isle of Man
Around 1,000 years ago, this Viking Age arm-ring from the Isle of Man was likely used not only to display its owner’s wealth but also
America’s First Spacewalk
Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini IV four-day Earth-orbital mission, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.
Australian ‘trash parrots’ have now developed a local ‘drinking tradition’
Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have to queue.
Weed may be bad for your heart, whether you smoke or consume edibles
Smoking cannabis and consuming THC edibles are both linked to impaired blood vessel dilation, possibly through separate mechanisms, a study finds.
NASA spacecraft finds solar ‘cannonballs’ may have stripped Mars of its water — proving decades-old theory
After nearly a decade in orbit, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has, for the first time, directly observed the process that scientists had long suspected was responsible
Yale School of Medicine’s James Kimmel Jr. discusses ‘The Science of Revenge’
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with James Kimmel Jr., lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, about his new book “The Science of Revenge.”
How does the brain turn an experience into an emotion?
A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent
Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle colliders instead of building new ones on Earth
New calculations have revealed that the super-energetic jets produced by spinning black holes could be a source for elusive dark matter particles.
Trump’s 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third
The Trump administration’s 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the cancellation of Mars sample-return and other high-profile missions.