Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Scientists have observed a new type of black hole that is too heavy to have been born from a star but still too slim to act as an anchor for an entire galaxy. These black holes are being being referred to as “lite” intermediate-mass…

Imagine trying to study a historical event. The beginning is somewhat known, and the ending is clear. But most of the middle part is missing, and there’s little to explain how the event unfolded from one stage to the next. 

For geologists, this…

Power does strange things to people. Psychology papers are littered with examples of people behaving awfully – even unlawfully – when they feel powerful or consider themselves to be high-status. 

One famous paper, by researchers at the…

But the ESA was only meant to safeguard against “reasonably foreseeable future threats,” Willms argues. Congress has the ability to protect species indefinitely—like it did for wild horses under the 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and…

Fruits and vegetables are often sprayed with fungicides to keep mold at bay. However, new research suggests one of these chemicals could be quietly harming insects that are critical to healthy ecosystems and could lead to an insect…

Researchers have put several large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to test to see just how likely they would be to successfully pilot a spacecraft. The results are promising and show that AI models like Gemini and ChatGPT could one…

A survey of more than 1,000 American teen drivers has found they spend about 21 percent of each drive looking at their phones. This is despite the majority of states in the US banning all types of phone usage for young drivers.

The research…

The movie Jaws was first released 50 years ago in the summer of 1975. In the film, a vicious shark terrorizes a New England town by snatching swimmers from the ocean. Although the town’s mayor initially denied that a man-eating shark was to…

According to the World Health Organization, around 41,000 people die each year while cycling. How many of those weren’t wearing a helmet is unknown. What is known, is that helmets are a deterrent for many.

Cycling UK, a charity promoting bicycle…

Microbes can be found in just about any environment on Earth, including the bubbling hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. Few organisms can withstand the scalding waters, as one poor bison recently discovered. However, understanding how…