This brain implant contains tens of thousands of lab-engineered neuronsScience Corporation An experimental brain implant containing tens of thousands of living neurons can form cell connections with the brains of mice. Such a device could eventually enable sophisticated control over...
December 3, 20244 min readWho Is Jared Isaacman, President-Elect Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA?NASA’s presumptive next leader, billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, already has big plans for the space agencyBy Lee BillingsJared Isaacman, billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and private astronaut, is...
In Hawaiian tradition, the souls of the dead journey to the afterlife by jumping from cliffside promontories called “leaping places” into Pō, the swirling sea of time where gods and forebearers dwell. But without the guidance of an‘aumakua—an ancestral spirit...
Chemicals in drip water form records of ancient fires in speleothem cave structuresJay Alder/Oregon State University In the event of a wildfire, flee into the cave. This is the official emergency policy of Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, a...
Living in the desert is a challenge. But the Mojave desert woodrat has an ace to play: it can eat poison. This allows the cute little rodent to survive and thrive by feeding on toxic creosote bushes. Remarkably, it hasn’t...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruw5AygidBE A robot that can jump into flight like a bird could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-winged drones. Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their legs to leap into the air and start flying, but...
Today’s weather forecasts rely on simulations that require a lot of computing powerPetrovich9/Getty Images/iStockphoto Google DeepMind claims its latest weather forecasting AI can make predictions faster and more accurately than existing physics-based simulations. GenCast is the latest in DeepMind’s ongoing...
Modern and Mesopotamian people embody emotions in different waysModern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al. 2014, Mesopotamian: Juha Lahnakoski 2024 The inhabitants of Mesopotamia must have known grief, fear, love and awe – but they didn’t necessarily think about them in the...
Darwinian thinking has been challenged many times, starting with co-discoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace, who disagreed with some aspects of Charles Darwin’s arguments, but was eventually proved wrong on most of them. The US botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey...
Sweeping restrictions on abortion across the U.S. have already had major ripple effects in reproductive health care. During president-elect Donald Trump’s next administration, restrictions on abortion are likely to ramp up, and birth control may be next. The double hit...
