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New York Times Science

The Space Rock Stars of Brazil

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for scientific study and public display.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

The Space Rock Stars of Brazil

New York Times Science

Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation

Futurism

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing this week, experts warned that the United States is at risk of having China beat it to the Moon as its Artemis program continues to lag behind. Earlier this month, China's lunar exploration program tested its "Lanyue" lunar lander at a facility outside of Beijing, ...

3 hours ago

Futurism

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

Futurism

China's Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble

China's electric vehicle industry is, by most accounts, far superior to ours in the United States: the cars are cheaper, the consumers more primed to purchase them, and they have lots of viable options outside of Tesla. Unfortunately, that competition comes with a price — or rather, with a price war. ...

4 hours ago

Futurism

China's Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble

Futurism

Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality

Russian president Vladimir Putin was caught chatting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, discussing organ transplants, and how they could let "us live younger and younger, and perhaps even achieve immortality." As ABC News reports, the comments were caught on a hot mic attached to Putin's interpreter, ...

1 day ago

Futurism

Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality

New York Times Science

Cue the Sun: This Lab Recreates Hot, Sweaty Days to Test Humans

Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Cue the Sun: This Lab Recreates Hot, Sweaty Days to Test Humans

Futurism

The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It

Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among those who are more AI literate — a damning revelation that highlights persistent skepticism and a continued effort by AI companies to paint the tech as a mesmerizing, revolutionary inflection point for humanity. As detailed in ...

24 hours ago

Futurism

The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It

Futurism

A Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI

Paranoia is as natural to Silicon Valley as lip fillers are to Los Angeles. In the Bay Area, you can't throw a rock without hitting a startup founder convinced everyone is out to steal his ideas or poach his staff — a state of mind reaffirmed by the fact that sometimes, people very much are trying ...

21 hours ago

Futurism

A Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI

Singularity HUB

Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells

Such sensors could one day carry out MRI at the scale of individual cells or aid researchers in drug development. The post Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

Singularity HUB

Scientists Just Made 'Biological Qubits' That Act as Quantum Sensors Inside Cells

Futurism

NASA Finds Evidence That Mars Devoured Huge Chunks of Other Planets

The Red Planet had a grisly history. New examined data taken by NASA's retired InSight lander suggest that there may be giant chunks of rocky material deep inside the mantle of Mars, which were lodged there after a barrage of massive objects slammed into its surface some 4.5 billion years ago. Some ...

5 hours ago

Futurism

NASA Finds Evidence That Mars Devoured Huge Chunks of Other Planets

Futurism

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars

Blind Date Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar visitor, widely believed to be a comet, screaming through the solar system. With the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers had a closer look at the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, revealing an unexpectedly high ratio ...

23 hours ago

Futurism

Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars