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Bursts of electrical stimulation to a nerve in the face seem to improve signalling between neurons and people's performance on a memory test
Apple's audioOS code reveals support for four-speaker HomePod audio, which isn't currently available in any of Apple's products
The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the […]
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Researchers published a complete map of a male fruit fly’s nervous system, and programmers are already making it play video games.
A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.
Trade routes and ports have shaped the history of human civilization, with the Mediterranean network among the most prominent and influential. Yet our understanding of its past is shaped largely by what remains visible on land rather than by the sea itself. Stone-built structures such as docks, quays and breakwaters give us important clues, but they do not always reveal the full picture.
The world's most endangered tigers have started a family in Greece, offering hope for a predator rapidly vanishing from the wild.
While Sony kills physical games, these modders will help you play PS3 game discs on almost any PC — or a Linux PS5 if you have one.
Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits.
Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof’s origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations
3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottlenecks.
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University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new way to harness one of the body's natural defenses: copper. While copper is essential for life and helps power important biological processes, having too much of it can be toxic. To keep copper levels in balance, cells rely on specialized proteins that regulate where it goes and how much is present.
Nearly 3 billion people worldwide are still regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, a new study of 204 countries shows.
Active black holes are easy to detect. Their superheated accretion disks emit bright X-rays, and the jets streaming from their poles are easily seen at visible and radio wavelengths. But most stellar-mass black holes are inactive. They either drift through the galaxy alone or orbit a companion star without consuming its material. We can't observe inactive black holes directly. We can only observe their effects on nearby objects. We currently know of three such black holes thanks to the Gaia spacecraft.
Nintendo has announced that the first run of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch 2 will ship with a special textured foil packaging — so here's where to preorder your copy if you want to add it to your collection.
The Tesla Cybercab is notable for what it lacks, namely a steering wheel and pedal. By design, there is no way for this vehicle to be manually controlled - or so we thought. Less than a week after the Cybercab was officially launched in Austin, Texas, some riders have discovered the Cybercab's secret manual controls […]
Blast your opponents in 1v1 arcade space battles like it's 1992 all over again.
For the first time, scientists used the combined power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Some are the smallest and faintest ever directly seen. The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small TNOs than expected and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as those of their larger family members.
The essential new documentary from Maya Annik Bedward opens September 11.
The White House has taken down its racist Tetris ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to "arcade" games, as spotted earlier by Kotaku. The Tetris clone, called "Build the Wall," involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a "zombie border siege." It's not clear why the White House removed the title, though the Tetris Company […]