
The Conversation - 22 hours 10 min ago
Mythos' dramatic hacking abilities are as much a reflection of the precarious state of digital defenses as a revolutionary tech breakthrough.

The Conversation - 22 hours 14 min ago
Understanding why some faults creep rather than sticking and causing massive earthquakes is important for gauging the future risk of both earthquakes and tsunamis.

The Conversation - 22 hours 15 min ago
Small-scale solar panels usable by renters and without rooftop installation can boost renewable energy use and reduce the effects of high electricity prices.

BBC - 22 hours 34 min ago
How to see the Eta Aquariid meteor shower...

Wired - 23 hours 45 min ago
The first two episodes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new podcast feature him discoursing on food with a reality-TV chef and, for some reason, Mike Tyson. Vaccines are not on the agenda.

Wired - 23 hours 45 min ago
On Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question that has bedeviled sci-fi nerds for years.

Newser - 1 day 1 hour ago
New Orleans, a city long defined by water, may ultimately have to give in to it. A new perspectives paper in Nature Sustainability argues that southern Louisiana has crossed a "point of no return" on sea-level rise, and that planning to resettle people away from the New Orleans region should...

Wired - 1 day 1 hour ago
A new study shows the mechanisms of how coffee modifies the microbiome, reduces inflammation, and influences mood. Even decaf has its perks.

The Independent - 1 day 2 hours ago
Research points to alarming species decline, habitat degradation, and deeper ecological stress in India's Western Ghats...

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 2 hours ago
See those little round plants? The flat ones? They’re ferns. Ferns! Did you even know ferns came like that? Not a frond in sight? Little flat discs? Well, they do! They grow in many, many wet places in Japan, often among the wee mosses and lichens, which means I’d seen them for a long time […] The post Snapshot: Funny little ferns appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 7 hours ago
Neither a true possum nor a honeyeater, everything about this minute marsupial will raise your eyebrows. The post The extraordinary life of the honey possum appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 8 hours ago
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we're looking back at a selection of stories we've run over the decades. This abridged excerpt is from a feature in AG 25, in Jan Mar 1992. The post FROM THE ARCHIVE: Triumph on K2 appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
By accelerating the identification of DNA sequences that control gene expression, assays are revealing the hidden grammar of the regulatory genome and giving scientists the means to rewrite it...

Newser - 1 day 17 hours ago
Artificial intelligence is edging into territory that has long kept biodefense experts up at night. As microbiologist and federal biosecurity adviser Dr. David Relman tells the New York Times , in a test run for a major AI company, a chatbot not only laid out how to tweak a dangerous pathogen...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 21 hours ago
Jackpot.

Newser - 2 days 3 hours ago
Germany's most-watched whale saga has a new chapter: Timmy is finally back in the North Sea. The roughly 40-foot humpback, stuck for weeks in the Baltic and written off as doomed in early April, was released Saturday in the North Sea following what the New York Times reports was the...