Credit: AI-generated image After several dashed predictions, quantum computing is accelerating rapidly with actual use cases and scientific breakthroughs expected within years, not decades. US tech giants, startups, banks and…
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Tech giants object as YouTube set to dodge Australian social media ban
Australia’s plan to exempt YouTube from a world-leading teen social media ban is ‘illogical’ and a ‘mockery’, rival tech giants Meta and TikTok say. Australia’s plan to exempt YouTube from…
Lead and toxic chemicals found in synthetic braiding hair
by I. Edwards Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some popular synthetic hair products used for braids, twists and extensions may contain cancer-causing chemicals and high levels of lead, according to a…
Better semen quality is linked to men living longer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Men’s semen quality is associated with how long they live, according to a study of nearly 80,000 men, published in Human Reproduction. The study followed the…
First Bronze Age settlement in Africa’s Maghreb region discovered
University of Barcelona archaeologists have discovered the Maghreb region’s first known Bronze Age settlement. While the historical narrative credits the Phoenicians as the first complex culture to settle the region…
Tesla shares fall on weak China auto sales
A buyer drives a new Model Y car at Tesla’s Xiedao delivery centre in Beijing in February 2025. Shares of Tesla tumbled Tuesday following data showing a big drop in…
Crickets and flies face off in a quiet evolutionary battle
Hawaii’s male crickets can’t hide from their buzzing boogeymen for long. In just a handful of years, cricket-killing parasitic flies have evolved hearing that’s more sensitive to their prey’s new,…
How do people in Gaza have light for their tents?
Struggling with persistent power outages in the conflict-shattered Gaza Strip, Palestinian Ayesh Nassar, a 43-year-old resident of Jabalia refugee camp in the north, had little choice but to use a…
Brain waves measured during sleep predict cognitive impairment years before symptoms appear, study finds
Predicting cognitive impairment risk with features from univariate and multivariate EEG analyses. A) Layout of the full night low-density EEG set-up. B) Univariate (relative power) and multivariate EEG analyses (total…
NASA’s two stuck astronauts are finally closing in on their return to Earth after 9 months in space
This image taken from video posted by NASA shows, from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Credit: NASA via…
