Why bans on smartphones or social media for teenagers could do more harm than good

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There are growing calls for young people under the age of 16 to be banned from having smartphones or access to social media. The Smartphone Free…

Human-like real-time sketching by a humanoid robot

TEO the UC3M Robotics Lab humanoid robot painting a flower. Credit: Fernandez-Fernandez et al The rapid advancement of deep learning algorithms and generative models has enabled the automated production of…

Anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

In the United States, landlines are languishing

In a Saturday Nov. 12, 2011 photo, rows of old and newer telephones along with office switchboards are in the museum operated by members of the Parkersburg Council of the…

Electric bike injuries, hospitalizations increased significantly in recent years

The incidence of electric bicycle (e-bicycle)-related injuries, particularly head injuries, has surged in the United States since 2017, according to a research letter published online Feb. 21 in JAMA Surgery.…

Private US spacecraft is on its side on the moon with some antennas covered up, the company says

On Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 the Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange…

Cornell Astronomers on Newly Approved UVEX NASA Mission

NASA has approved a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky, which will enable scientists to probe ever more deeply into how galaxies and stars evolve. A…

Neural Decoding Unveils Secrets of Navigation

Summary: A new study combines deep learning with neural activity data from mice to unlock the mystery of how they navigate their environment. By analyzing the firing patterns of “head…

Researchers find that Żagań-Lutnia5 is an Iron Age stronghold

Archaeologists have conducted a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of Żagań-Lutnia5, revealing that the monument is an Iron Age stronghold. Żagań-Lutnia5 was first discovered in the 1960s near the town…

Wearable Tech Reads Human Emotions

Summary: Researchers unveiled a pioneering technology capable of real-time human emotion recognition, promising transformative applications in wearable devices and digital services. The system, known as the personalized skin-integrated facial interface…