A half-century ago humanity sent its first postcard to the stars, carried by a narrow beam of radio waves.It was November 16, 1974—a turbulent time on planet Earth. The cold war was reaching its crescendo, and the world economy was...
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A methane plume at least 4.8 kilometres long billows into the atmosphere south of Tehran, IranNASA/JPL-Caltech The world has more ways than ever to spot the invisible methane emissions responsible for a third of global warming so far. But according...
Do you speak AI?Shutterstock/Ole.CNX Microsoft has created an artificial language that allows AI models to talk to each other faster and more efficiently than in English, with the hope that groups of models will be able to team up without...
Do you think teeth are boring or gross? From the iron-laden teeth of Komodo dragons to the horns on unicorns of the sea, the animal kingdom is filled with marvelous dental adaptations that will have you thinking again.Sharks are covered...
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. On November 16, 1974, humanity sent an unprecedented message into the stars.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription...
Every now and again I’ll get a weird thought in my head that sits there demanding an answer. Sometimes it’s trivial, and sometimes it sounds silly but then leads into some fun insights.This time, my brain decided to fixate on...
November 15, 20244 min readEnding NASA’s Chandra Will Cut Us Out of the High-Resolution X-Ray UniverseThe Chandra X-ray Observatory is facing closure. Shutting it down would be a loss to science as a wholeBy María AriasNASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory as...
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The issue of men's dangerously bottled-up emotions finds a fresh and personal voice in Silent Men, a documentary that is at its most powerful when director Duncan Cowles turns the camera on others Source link...
