Video shows incredible new 3D holograms you can touch
Holograms you can actually touch might sound like something out of Star Trek, but researchers have just brought this sci-fi concept into the real world. …
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Rain may be the key to generating cheap electricity around the world
Every day, vast quantities of rain fall across the planet. Until now, all that energy has simply gone to waste. But scientists may have found …
ChatGPT can now guess where a photo was taken, which is slightly terrifying
A new AI trend is going viral, and it’s as impressive as it is unsettling. Users are discovering that ChatGPT’s latest models can now deduce …
Astronomers found ‘strongest evidence yet’ of alien life, but not everyone is buying it
Could we finally be close to answering one of humanity’s oldest and most profound questions? Thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers believe they’ve …
Google built an AI model for understanding dolphins
What if artificial intelligence could finally help us chat with dolphins? Thanks to a new collaboration between Google, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the …
These US states could see the northern lights this week
Skywatchers across the northern United States might catch a rare glimpse of the aurora borealis this week, thanks to a recent solar eruption. According to …
AI just helped conceive and birth a human baby for the first time
For the first time, a human child has been born thanks to an IVF process powered almost entirely by artificial intelligence. Conceivable Life Sciences is …
Bioreactors with emission-eating bacteria could help combat climate change
The future of climate tech could come not from a lab but from a lake. That’s because scientists are exploring using methane-eating bacteria to fight …
Physicists may have found a substance that existed before the Big Bang
For decades, scientists have viewed the Big Bang as the starting point of space and time. But research into cosmic inflation—the lightning-fast expansion that likely …
Background music might help people with ADHD focus
New research suggests that playing music in the background could help people with ADHD concentrate, especially when it’s fast-paced and engaging. Rather than being a …
Physicists claim to have found the first true evidence supporting string theory
A new theoretical study suggests that the mysterious force driving the accelerated expansion of the universe—known as dark energy—may actually be rooted in a deeply …
This crazy underwater robot uses 12 spinning arms to swim around like bacteria
Bacteria is amazing. We’ve found bacteria we’ve never seen on the ISS, and even bacteria that can eat forever chemicals. But what do you get …
This new plant-based material might be the key to ditching single-use plastics
A promising new material created from plants could help replace the single-use plastics that dominate our everyday lives. Developed by researchers in Japan, this cellulose-based …
Science says the color purple isn’t actually real
The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it’s also something else: a figment of our …
Scientists may have uncovered a way to stop humans from needing sleep to dream
What if you could experience all the benefits of dreaming—emotional healing, creativity boosts, memory processing—without ever closing your eyes? Scientists have uncovered that certain psychedelics …
Code in latest Android Auto update hints at smart glasses integration
Android Auto may soon extend beyond your car’s dashboard. Hidden code in the latest Android Auto 14.2 beta hints that Google is laying the groundwork …
April’s full moon will peak this weekend, so don’t miss it
This Saturday, the April full moon, known as the Pink Moon, will rise in the eastern sky just after sunset, offering a beautiful and slightly …
Disabling internet on your smartphone may actually reverse brain aging
What if the key to sharper focus and a younger brain wasn’t a supplement or app—but turning off your mobile internet? A new study from …
This revolutionary nuclear rocket might be what gets us to Mars
A new kind of space engine could change how we explore the solar system, and it’s powered by the same force that lights up the …
Windows Hello is the latest casualty of Microsoft’s buggy update history
Another Windows update, another round of unexpected headaches. This time, the culprit is a new Windows Hello bug that’s locking users out after Microsoft’s latest …
Google adds even more Gemini features to Workspace
Google continues to make a bold bet on just how much we’ll use AI in the workplace. The tech giant says it will bring a …
Breakthrough implant reads your thoughts and converts them to speech
A new thought-reading brain implant is giving people who can’t speak a chance to communicate again. Developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, this experimental technology …
A genetics company just revived the dire wolf, sort of
They vanished more than 10,000 years ago. But now, a genetic company claims it has successfully revived a dire wolf by sequencing the species’ DNA …
This AI can tell if you might develop Alzheimer’s just by hearing you speak
A few minutes of conversation might soon be enough to flag early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. According to a 2024 study from Boston University, a …
ChatGPT is reportedly testing image watermarks, but only on free accounts
ChatGPT’s image generation tool is now available to free users—and with that, OpenAI may be taking steps to clearly label what’s AI-made. According to early …
China just launched a new cable twice as powerful as Thunderbolt 4
A new Chinese-made cable capable of 8K wired connections could soon make your Thunderbolt cable seem like a VGA cable. Designed to handle ultra-high-resolution content …
Scientists found an existing drug that turns human blood into mosquito poison
A new study suggests a surprising and potentially game-changing approach to stopping malaria that involves turning human blood into a death sentence for mosquitos. The …
Scientists revived 7,000-year-old algae and it’s still thriving
At the bottom of the Baltic Sea, buried beneath layers of sediment and sealed off from light and oxygen, ancient phytoplankton have been lying dormant …
There’s a company that claims it can clean microplastics out of your blood
Microplastics are everywhere. They’ve been found in our brains, algae in the Arctic ice, human placentas, beer, and breast milk—but now, according to one luxury …
Science explains why plastic containers always come out of the dishwasher wet
If you’ve ever unloaded a dishwasher and found everything sparkling dry, except for that one plastic container still clinging to a puddle of water, well, …
