On Oct. 6, news broke that 23andMe, the genomics company that collects genetic material from thousands of people for ancestry…
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If you’ve ever used a dating app, you’ve probably experienced the disappointment of meeting someone who doesn’t look quite like…
Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US…
Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then off all…
The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed…
In June, an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the “utility” phase, in which high-tech experimental devices become useful.…
Viewed from the Voyager 1 space probe as it passed beyond the edge of the solar system, Earth and Venus…
In 1950, British computer scientist Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? He suggested…
On September 24 this year, a Nasa capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious cache of material grabbed from…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, dropping off its sample of dust and pebbles gathered from the surface of near-Earth…