Image demonstrating the real-word deployment of the robot. Credit: Stella, Achkar, et al. Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals,…
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Study proposes new mechanism underpinning intrinsic strange metal behavior
Theoretical phase diagram as a function of temperature and hybridization strength, which serve as our tuning parameters. The color indicates how correlations decay over time. In the blue regions, the…
Angola’s cholera outbreak has claimed more than 300 lives: WHO
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, which infect the digestive system. Credit: Ronald Taylor, Tom Kirn, Louisa Howard/Wikipedia Angola’s cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World…
Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts
Apple CEO Tim Cook in June 2024 announces plans to incorporate AI into Apple software and hardware. Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence…
Rocket carrying European orbital vehicle crashes after launch
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, dealing a blow to the continent’s bid to build a new space economy.…
SpaceX’s Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth’s poles will be the 1st to grow mushrooms in space
Astronauts will attempt to grow mushrooms in space for the first time during SpaceX’s upcoming Fram2 mission. Launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as early as Monday (March 31),…
Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from…
When glaciers roamed Mars
Perspective view of Kalkaska crater and the Heart Lake system from CTX-MOLA DTM mosaic over global CTX mosaic. Credit: Berman & Williams (2025) The surface of Mars is known for…
What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different…
The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under…
