
Australian Geographic - 1 day 13 hours ago
After nearly 40 years on the water, Toby Story shares some of the most common beginner mistakes he sees, and the simple lessons that can make kayaking easier, safer and more enjoyable. The post Paddle Pulse: Lessons every new paddler learns eventually appeared first on Australian Geographic .

GeekSpin - 1 day 14 hours ago
The Sun has had a five-billion-year sentence hanging over Earth, but a new study suggests that it might never be carried out. That long-standing fate in which our planet would be swallowed up by the expanding fireball when the star dies is now being challenged. New research published recently in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics […] Read the original article here: Scientists say Earth may escape the dying Sun after all...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 18 hours ago
The ring, made in part from deep-blue stone, was likely owned by a high-status woman during the Middle Ages.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 19 hours ago
Atomic clocks leveraged the atom to keep time, but new innovations will use the nucleus itself.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 19 hours ago
Discovered in 1908, the disc is covered in undecipherable symbols that have perplexed experts and led to numerous theories about its origins.

Mother Jones - 1 day 21 hours ago
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Peak Energy announced last week that it has entered a new partnership with General Motors to manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The deal marks a pivotal moment for Peak, a startup founded three years ago, and an opportunity […]...

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 21 hours ago
Lately, I've been thinking about the nature of knowledge and how we acquire it. My training as a scientist taught me to revere the scientific method, and I continue to hold science in the highest regard. Science can teach us much about the world and ourselves, and as I've written elsewhere, it can allow us to […] The post The wisdom of a summer afternoon appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

The Atlantic - 1 day 21 hours ago
What Darwin saw in the Gal pagos...

New Scientist - 1 day 21 hours ago
The next generation of AI models are meant to be trained by people paid to have conversations with them, but several of these workers have admitted to New Scientist that they simply get chatbots to do it instead. This "AI inbreeding" may reduce the power and usefulness of future models, warn experts...

Retraction Watch - 1 day 22 hours ago
Springer Nature will start issuing expressions of concern notices for books after investigating hundreds of its books for integrity-related problems in recent years. The publishing giant has seen an uptick in the number of investigations for books. In 2022, Springer Nature carried out 124 such investigations. In 2023, that number grew to 207 in 2023 … Continue reading Springer Nature to start issuing expressions of concern for books...