- — Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization
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at 11/22/24 11:40amThe Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing.- — Our Universe is not fine-tuned for life, but it’s still kind of OK
- at 11/22/24 11:30amInspired by the Drake equation, researchers optimize a model universe for life.
- — A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
- at 11/22/24 10:41am"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy."
- — A former Orion engineer has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
- at 11/22/24 10:41am"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy."
- — Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare
- at 11/22/24 9:02amThis is the first time an IRBM, once restricted by a Cold War arms treaty, has been used in combat.
- — Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light
- at 11/22/24 5:00am"Constellation companies and government satellite operators are desperate."
- — Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome
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at 11/21/24 3:02pmThe teen didn't return for follow-up. Instead, she planned to see a hypnotherapist. - — We’re closer to re-creating the sounds of Parasaurolophus
- at 11/21/24 2:30pmPreliminary model suggests the dinosaur bellowed like a large trumpet or saxophone, or perhaps a clarinet.
- — NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix
- at 11/21/24 10:50amNASA expects it to take about four months to fully assemble the main parts of the SLS rocket.
- — Study: Yes, tapping on frescoes can reveal defects
- at 11/21/24 9:25amAcousticians put a traditional "knock" test for delaminated areas to the test.
- — Horrifying medical device malfunction: Abdominal implant erupts from leg
- at 11/21/24 5:30amSuspicious deaths, perforated sheep veins went unreported before device hit market.
- — Woman’s abdominal implant erupts from her leg; experts call for FDA reforms
- at 11/21/24 5:30amSuspicious deaths, perforated sheep veins went unreported before device hit market.
- — Qubit that makes most errors obvious now available to customers
- at 11/20/24 1:58pmCan a small machine that makes error correction easier upend the market?
- — Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams
- at 11/20/24 12:37pmThe basic mechanism relies on the Venturi effect, producing a unique rough and piercing sound.
- — SpaceX just got exactly what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches
- at 11/20/24 10:52am"All pertinent conditions and requirements of the prior approval have been met."
- — Cracking the recipe for perfect plant-based eggs
- at 11/20/24 8:20amHint: It involves finding exactly the right proteins.
- — The key moment came 38 minutes after Starship roared off the launch pad
- at 11/19/24 9:57pmSpaceX wasn't able to catch the Super Heavy booster, but Starship is on the cusp of orbital flight.
- — Microsoft and Atom Computing combine for quantum error correction demo
- at 11/19/24 2:00pmNew work provides a good view of where the field currently stands.
- — Scientist behind superconductivity claims ousted
- at 11/19/24 10:46amAfter claims of high-temp superconductivity were retracted, Ranga Dias lost his university job.
- — Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price
- at 11/19/24 10:10amAs US struggles to afford GLP-1 drugs, the rest of the world sees much lower prices.
- — SpaceX will try some new tricks on Starship’s sixth test flight
- at 11/19/24 8:56am"An additional objective for this flight will be attempting an in-space burn using a single Raptor engine."
- — Emergent gravity may be a dead idea, but it’s not a bad one
- at 11/19/24 8:19amGravity may not emerge, but some interesting ideas did.
- — Trust in scientists hasn’t recovered from COVID. Some humility could help.
- at 11/18/24 2:52pmIntellectual humility could win back much-needed trust in science, study finds
- — To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle?
- at 11/18/24 1:04pmThe physics of spinning objects may have seeded concepts key to the wheel.
- — The amorous adventures of earwigs
- at 11/18/24 12:37pmElaborate courtship, devoted parenthood, gregarious nature (and occasional cannibalism)—earwigs have a lot going for them.
- — Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals
- at 11/18/24 8:00amSpecial concoction also contained honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice, and grapes to make it look like blood.
- — A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs
- at 11/15/24 1:24pm"We were able to assess that they were all in those cases looking at Starlink flares."
- — As ABL Space departs launch, the 1-ton rocket wars have a clear winner
- at 11/15/24 8:39am"Our path to making a big contribution as a commercial launch company narrowed considerably."
- — Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.
- at 11/14/24 11:13amWhatever your office setup, the most important thing is to move.
- — IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware
- at 11/13/24 3:42pmIncremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up.
- — What did the snowball Earth look like?
- at 11/13/24 10:25amEntire continents, even in the tropics, seem to have been under sheets of ice.
- — Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing
- at 11/13/24 9:20amThe Series D fundraising round was "oversubscribed" and netted Firefly $175 million.
- — Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu
- at 11/13/24 7:51amThe teen had no clear exposures to animals. No contacts have tested positive.
- — Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later
- at 11/13/24 6:00amArs chats with director Juliette Eisner and original study participants in new documentary series.
- — This elephant figured out how to use a hose to shower
- at 11/12/24 4:06pmA younger rival may have learned how to sabotage those showers by disrupting water flow.
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