Mars orbiter sees odd etchings in the sand | Space photo of the day for Jan. 20, 2025
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
i've been working with healthcare/biobank data and keep thinking about what "data moats" mean now that llms can ingest anything. some a16z piece from 2019 said moats were eroding — now the question se...
A UK study found that some pet owners develop prolonged grief disorder after the death of a pet, with symptoms mirroring those seen after human bereavement....
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine tonight as Earth reels from a colossal CME impact....
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned that rapid advances could upend jobs, power, and humanity itself. JORGE UZON/AFP via Getty Images Geoffrey Hinton said he's very sad that the AI he helped create has ...
3I/ATLAS is heading away from the sun on an escape trajectory from our solar system....
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines....
Article URL: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712678 Points: 7 # Comments: 1...
A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started. (Image credit: Tommy Trenc...
Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean....
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, said her own experience with breast cancer helped her see vulnerability as a strength instead of a weakness. Tim Brown Oncologist Sue Hwang was diagnosed with br...
It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do...
The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22....
"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."...
With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky....
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026....
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before....
When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our space neighborhood....
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."...
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/raccoons-break-into-liquor-stores-scale-skyscrapers-and-pick-locks-studying-their-clever-brains-can-clarify-human-intelligence-too-272487 Comments URL: https:/...