Once you can accept the Universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

— Albert Einstein

Astronomy

Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It's advertising's future

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Feedback digs into a baffling ad for a mobile game and identifies a new and devilish way to advertise a product online: make it as confusing as possible to encourage people to click (it worked on Feedback)
Categories: Astronomy

Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Thanks to artificial intelligence, understanding animals may be closer than we think. But we may not like what they are going to tell us, says RSPCA chief executive Chris Sherwood
Categories: Astronomy

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Orca – Black & White Gold digs deep into the dirty waters surrounding the killer whale trade and captures a daring rescue mission
Categories: Astronomy

How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
I have a confession to make. After taking a handful of autonomous taxi rides, I have gone from a hater to a friend of robot cars in just a few weeks, says Annalee Newitz
Categories: Astronomy

Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It's advertising's future

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Feedback digs into a baffling ad for a mobile game and identifies a new and devilish way to advertise a product online: make it as confusing as possible to encourage people to click (it worked on Feedback)
Categories: Astronomy

Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Thanks to artificial intelligence, understanding animals may be closer than we think. But we may not like what they are going to tell us, says RSPCA chief executive Chris Sherwood
Categories: Astronomy

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
Orca – Black & White Gold digs deep into the dirty waters surrounding the killer whale trade and captures a daring rescue mission
Categories: Astronomy

How to cut through the latest nutritional fads

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
From the benefits of fermented foods to diets that promise a better hormone balance, there is a confusing array of dietary advice out there
Categories: Astronomy

NASA announces 9 possible moon landing sites for Artemis 3 lunar mission

Space.com - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
NASA has refined its list of potential landing sites near the moon's south pole for its Artemis 3 mission, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface no earlier than 2026.
Categories: Astronomy

How to cut through the latest nutritional fads

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
From the benefits of fermented foods to diets that promise a better hormone balance, there is a confusing array of dietary advice out there
Categories: Astronomy

60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight

NASA Image of the Day - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:54pm
NASA test pilot Joe Walker took the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) for its first spin 60 years ago today. NASA used the LLRV, also known as the flying bedstead, to train Apollo astronauts for the descent to the Moon's surface.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)

Space.com - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:30pm
NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.
Categories: Astronomy

The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:00pm
Most ingredients touted as the key to better health fail to live up to the hype but fibre bucks this trend, with benefits for the whole body, not just the gut
Categories: Astronomy

The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:00pm
Most ingredients touted as the key to better health fail to live up to the hype but fibre bucks this trend, with benefits for the whole body, not just the gut
Categories: Astronomy

Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

Space.com - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:30am
Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981.
Categories: Astronomy

In 2024’s Record-Hottest Year, U.S. Voters Will Decide Climate’s Path Forward

Scientific American.com - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:30am

Global temperatures through September point to 2024 besting 2023 as the hottest year on record. How many future years set records depends in part on the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election

Categories: Astronomy

Debris from satellite breakup threatens other spacecraft, animation shows

Space.com - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:22am
Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.
Categories: Astronomy

Oldest tadpole fossil known to science dates back 161 million years

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:00am
A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species
Categories: Astronomy

Oldest tadpole fossil known to science dates back 161 million years

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:00am
A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species
Categories: Astronomy

Cancer atlas reveals how tumours evolve inside the body

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:00am
A massive undertaking to map cancer tumours is providing new insights into how the disease forms, evolves and develops resistance to treatments
Categories: Astronomy