Ten unexpected things were honoured at the 34th Annual Ig Nobel prizes last week, each so extremely surprising that, in the event’s long tradition, it makes people laugh, then think. The awards gala happened at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...
Scientists who study the climate work with data that goes back thousands of years and build models that project centuries into the future. Meanwhile, CEOs and politicians base their decisions on business, political and news cycles. Can we reconcile this...
African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino horn and elephant ivory Source link...
September 19, 20244 min readHere’s What the ‘Manosphere’ Gets Wrong about CuckoldryIn online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both...
September 19, 20245 min readThis Elegant Math Problem Helps You Find the Best Choice for Hiring, House-Hunting and Even LoveMath’s “best-choice problem” could help humans become better decision-makers, at everything from choosing the best job candidate to finding a romantic...
Amazon parcels are prepared for delivery at Amazon's Robotic Fulfillment Centre.Nathan Stirk | Getty ImagesAmazon is rolling out an artificial intelligence tool designed to help third-party sellers quickly resolve issues with their accounts and fetch sales and inventory data.The company...
Play video content A 15-year-old Mississippi girl has been charged with murdering her mom -- and the events leading up to the fatal shooting were caught on camera -- as well as the victim's chilling screams mixed with gunfire. Check...
Posted by Shai Barack – Android Platform Performance lead Introducing Android support in Compiler Explorer In a previous blog post you learned how Android engineers continuously improve the Android Runtime (ART) in ways that boost app performance on user devices....
Giant tree-like cactuses called saguaros in Arizona, USASusan E. Degginger / Alamy The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. Cacti are one of the world’s...
You may seek to beat the slots, but that’s down to luck’s complexitiesMartin Parr/Magnum Photos The Art of UncertaintyDavid Spiegelhalter (Pelican (UK, out now); W. W. Norton (US, 4 March 2025)) I am not a twin, but I share a birthday...
