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Scientists discovered a surprising cooling trend on glaciers in Mount Everest 10 years ago. Now they think they know what's causing it.

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 10:12

Prayer flags flying on the wind in Himalaya. — Strong winds whipping down from the summit are causing mountains like Mount Everest to cool during the warmer months, research shows.
miljko/Getty Images

Science, mount-everest, mountaineering, climate-change, Mountain, glacier

Elon Musk's Neuralink implanted its first brain chip in a human's skull. Here's what we know about the surgery.

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:10

Elon Musk said Neuarlink implanted its first device in a human. — Elon Musk said Neuarlink implanted its first device in a human.
Future Publishing

Tech, Science, elon-musk, neuralink, brain-computer-interface, Musk, neurological-disorders

Scientists discovered which dogs live the longest after studying 155 different breeds, and it could help you be a better pet owner

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:02

A Shiba Inu smiling and standing outside. — feng xu/Getty Images

Science, Dogs, Pets, Longevity, dog-breeds, Genetics

Elon Musk hopes Neuralink test results will soon reveal that a patient controlled a phone with their thoughts

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 08:08

Neuralink — Musk said last week Neuralink's first patient was recovering well.
Future Publishing

Tech, elon-musk, neuralink, Musk, chip, Brain, Science

YouTube helped solve an evolutionary mystery that's puzzled biologists for decades

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 07:03

Two images of euglenoid cysts taken under a microscope that look like clear circles with grayish fingerprints inside — Light microscope images of euglenoid cysts from Greece dating between the Holocene and the present era. Researchers recently saw evidence of euglenoids making cysts for the first time.
Andreas Koutsodendris/Heidelberg University

Science, eukaryotes, evolutionary-biology, euglenoids, microfossils, youtube

I tried the perfect space meal for astronauts, and it was surprisingly flavorful and easy to make

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 06:13

A salad containing sweet potatoes, kale, and barley on a rainbow-striped plate. — Emily Swaim

Science, Food, Space, Astronauts, Salad, space-food, space-travel

A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 11:05

An illustration of an asteroid against a starry background in space. — The asteroid flying by Earth won't make another close approach to our planet until 2037.
ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images

Science, asteroid, Earth, Space, NASA

Yes, the moon is shrinking but that's not the disturbing news scientists discovered that could threaten future NASA missions

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 18:00

Supermoon — REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

Science, moon, NASA, lunar-surface, moonquake, Artemis, Space

Casual friendships are dying out — and we're all worse off for it

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 07:50

Tech Insider : Economy

Man surrounded by fragmented and cracked geometric shapes, each containing people inside — Casual friendships are key to our emotional lives, but these "fringe friends" are slowly disappearing.
Seba Cestaro for BI

Nikol Moses felt the itch to head somewhere new.

economy, Strategy, Science, Careers, Discourse, friendships, Loneliness

Peter Thiel invests in group to recreate the Olympics on steroids — literally

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 17:25

Tech Insider : Sports

Peter Thiel — Peter Thiel is one of the investors in an organization that wants to build an Olympic Games that doesn't prohibit, but rather encourages, the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Marco Bello/Getty Images

Tech, Sports, Science, peter-thiel, paypal, Olympics, steroids

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