Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can gain more charge than was stored in the battery to begin with Source link...
Waymo self driving taxi driving in downtown San FranciscoShutterstock/Iv-olga I took my first ride in a Waymo robotaxi last month, and now I’m obsessed. I have taken five autonomous car rides since, and even convinced two reluctant friends to do...
An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation, even at a distance in a noisy room Source link...
A skeleton from a Gallo-Roman grave in Belgium is made up of bones from at least seven individualsPhotograph courtesy of Paumen, Wargnies, and Demory; Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles A complete skeleton found in a Gallo-Roman grave in western Belgium is not a...
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes - the longest flight recorded yet - before falling into waters off its east, South Korea and Japan said.The ICBM was fired at a sharply-raised angle and...
Evictions suck—for everyone. They’re bad for the property owner, the tenant, and America as a whole. On the lowest end of the spectrum, evictions cost Americans over $14,000,000,000 (that’s BILLION) per year. With this massive sum spent on court fees,...
Norwegian Cruise Line’s stock rallies toward a three-year high after an “impressive” quarterly performance and amid continued “robust” demand. Source link...
Learning a new skill doesn’t have to take years of practice. In fact, you can get surprisingly good at almost anything with just 20 hours of focused effort. After speaking with my friend Josh Kaufman about skill acquisition, I gathered...
October 31, 20244 min readZoetrope Animation Is Back. Here’s How to Make OnePut your own spin on a zoetrope with homemade drawings—or carve one into a pumpkinBy Charlotte HuA zoetrope takes advantage of human psychology and physiology to make physical...
October 31, 20244 min readVote for a Healthy Climate for Our ChildrenThe 2024 presidential election will have enormous consequences for the climate, and the health and future of childrenBy Frederica PereraTourists walked on the National Mall as smoke from wildfires...
