
IEEE Spectrum - 23 hours 40 min ago
In December, NASA took another small, incremental step towards autonomous surface rovers. In a demonstration, the Perseverance team used AI to generate the rover's waypoints . Perseverance used the AI waypoints on two separate days, traveling a total of 456 meters without human control. "This demonstration shows how far our capabilities have advanced and broadens how we will explore other worlds," said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman . "Autonomous technologies like this can help...

Popular Science - 1 day 39 min ago
That eerie glow is actually a pair of built-in night-vision goggles. The post Why do cats' eyes glow in the dark? appeared first on Popular Science .

Mother Jones - 1 day 1 hour ago
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Australia is famously a place with some of the world's most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders. Deadly snakes. Jellyfish with fatal stings. But it is also home to one of the world's cutest: the flying fox, also known as the giant […]...

Wired - 1 day 1 hour ago
You can never truly empty a box. Why? Zero-point energy.

Popular Science - 1 day 3 hours ago
Dirt may help map where scorpions live and potentially save lives. The post Deadly scorpions are picky about their soil appeared first on Popular Science .

Newser - 1 day 16 hours ago
The International Space Station is fully staffed again with the arrival Saturday of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns, per the AP . "Soft capture complete," radioed Jessica Meir, the mission commander, per Space.com . The spacecraft were flying south of South Africa at...

Ars Technica - 1 day 16 hours ago
"We observed materially lower leak rates compared to prior observations during WDR-1."...

New York Times - 1 day 19 hours ago
President Trump announced on Thursday that his administration would scrap the endangerment finding.

Discover Magazine - 1 day 22 hours ago
Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.

The Independent - 2 days 2 hours ago
While many embrace the joys of winter, the inevitable task of clearing snow and ice after a significant storm often proves less appealing.

Retraction Watch - 2 days 2 hours ago
If your week flew by we know ours did catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 400 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 63,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: CDC's unethical' vaccine trial; The Lancet refuses to retract' letter; on the methods used to correct science...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 2 hours ago
A two-acre Los Angeles oil drill site near the St. Vincent Elementary School in University Park, had been releasing noxious fumes for years. Finally, the wells have been shut down.

New York Times - 2 days 11 hours ago
E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify "trillions of dollars" in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.