Objective pain score? Here’s the problem with that

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are you in pain? Are you sure? On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the worst…

Moral Outrage Goes Viral, But Doesn’t Drive Action Online

Summary: A new study analyzing over a million posts linked to online petitions found that while moral outrage boosts a post’s virality, it doesn’t significantly increase petition signatures. Emotional and…

Improving the performance of Cu₂SrSnS₄ solar cells with inorganic hole transport layers

Schematic representation of Cu₂SrSnS₄ solar cell with diverse inorganic HTLs Credit: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2025); DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.112732 Thin film solar cells such as CdTe and CIGSe…

Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

A failed Soviet Venus lander’s long space odyssey has come to an end. The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than…

AI-powered headphones offer group translation with voice cloning and 3D spatial audio

Credit: University of Washington Tuochao Chen, a University of Washington doctoral student, recently toured a museum in Mexico. Chen doesn’t speak Spanish, so he ran a translation app on his…

The biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years: NASA’s lessons and surprises

Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File Google will pay $1.4 billion to…

The greater a woman’s BMI in early pregnancy, the more likely her child is to develop overweight or obesity, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to support women and their families with overweight or obesity to…

Rare find offers new insights into ancient Dacian quarrying

A rare set of stonemason tools from the Dacian kingdom period has been discovered at Măgura Călanului in Hunedoara county, Romania. Măgura Călanului is a quarry site used in ancient…

The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez), File) The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even…