
The Conversation - 16 hours 47 min ago
Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it's extremely complicated and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.

GeekSpin - 17 hours 47 min ago
For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing life? We used to think it took a mysterious, magical spark to bridge that gap, but a team of researchers just proved otherwise by building a living organism completely from scratch. Dubbed SpudCell, this man-made creation can feed, […] Read the original article here: Scientists create first man-made cell that can eat and grow...

Science Daily - 18 hours 18 min ago
Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism could have unpredictable effects on Earth's ecosystems. By using robotic handling systems on the Moon, researchers hope to eliminate the risk of accidental exposure or release.

Australian Geographic - 18 hours 25 min ago
Upside down southern right whales aren't sick or hurt they're just resting. The post Why do whales rest upside down? appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Wired - 18 hours 27 min ago
A new study suggests that when our star becomes unstable in 5 billion years or so, Earth may avoid being engulfed by its fiery demise.

New Scientist - 18 hours 57 min ago
Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them but that may not be true at all...

Retraction Watch - 18 hours 57 min ago
The Journal of Medical Ethics has retracted a paper on the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry for containing references that don't exist. The article's sole author: a high school student. The paper, which argues biased algorithms can exacerbate inequities in health care, was published in September. The author, Irfan Biswas, listed his affiliation … Continue reading Ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation...

Los Angeles Times - 18 hours 57 min ago
A trio of satellites set to launch early Tuesday will give wildland firefighters more time to respond and scientists more information about fire-prone regions across the globe.

Wired - 19 hours 27 min ago
A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a reevaluation of a pillar of cosmology.

The Independent - 19 hours 30 min ago
Officials in Thailand have discovered two gold rings that are around 2,000 years old...

New York Times - 19 hours 57 min ago
Kelly Berg, left, assisted Omer Hashmi, 33, who is a nonspeaker with autism, during a spelling session at the Growing Kids Therapy Center in Herndon, Va.

Last Word On Nothing - 20 hours 57 min ago
It's almost summer, and I've been thinking of what poet Billy Collins called those, "forlorn chairs/though at one time it must have seemed/a good place to stop and do nothing for a while." Even situated, as they usually are, to take in the view, it's hard for those chairs to compete with the attention-grabbing distractions found on […] The post Go Sit in a Forlorn Chair appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

New Scientist - 22 hours 57 min ago
AI companies are hiring philosophy graduates to help them understand the nature of consciousness, whether it can be replicated and how their systems can be made better and more reliable...

Australian Geographic - 1 day 1 hour ago
Living in our cities, hidden in pockets of bushland and suburban tree canopies is the powerful owl one of Australia's largest predators. The post The secret hunter of the suburbs appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Nature - 1 day 4 hours ago
Dolly's brush with celebrity could hold lessons for current discussions about reproductive technologies.

Nature - 1 day 4 hours ago
An analysis sets out the history of computing beyond software and Californian entrepreneurs.

Nature - 1 day 4 hours ago
Inappropriate use of cooling breaks in sport is undermining trust in heat-health research.

Newser - 1 day 12 hours ago
The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swaths of the sky in more depth and detail, reports the AP . Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope...

The Atlantic - 1 day 16 hours ago
The chances of getting stuck for hours in a grounded plane are soaring.