Can AI be hypnotized?
It’s no longer considered science fiction fodder to imagine a human-level machine intelligence in our lifetimes. Year after year we see the status quo in AI research shattered as yesterday’s...
Mesmerizing image of black hole reveals magnetic field
The first image of a black hole just became even more fascinating. At the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy is a supermassive black hole about 38 billion kilometers...
Is it a bird? Is it a meteor? No, it’s SpaceX space junk over the Pacific Northwest!
"Shooting stars? Debris? Anyone else see this in Seattle just now?" Stunned onlookers filmed the skies over Portland and Seattle in awe on Thursday, as a strange stream of bright...
Donut-brained cuttlefish passed an intelligence test designed for kids
Cuttlefish are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. In fact, a recent study conducted by Dr. Alex Schnell from the University of Cambridge, found that cuttlefish passed...
Covid vaccine side effects show your immune system works, say doctors
Doctors are getting questions about the possibility of short-lived, though sometimes uncomfortable, side effects after the second Covid shot. Mashable spoke with some of these doctors. They emphasize that the...
The latest data from CERN hints at a whole new force of nature
When Cern’s gargantuan accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), fired up ten years ago, hopes abounded that new particles would soon be discovered that could help us unravel physics’ deepest...
Scientists will test the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor this summer
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) will, if things go according to plan, move one step closer to becoming the world’s first functioning nuclear fusion reactor this summer when scientists...
NASA plans first flight of Mars helicopter Ingenuity on April 8 – TechCrunch
As exciting as the entire Perseverance mission to Mars is, one of the events most looked forward to by us Earthlings must be the first flight of Ingenuity. After conducting...
How Deepfakes could help implant false memories in our minds
The human brain is a complex, miraculous thing. As best we can tell, it’s the epitome of biological evolution. But it doesn’t come with any security software preinstalled. And that...
You can livestream Iceland’s new, thrilling volcanic eruption
Fresh new earth is pouring from the ground in Iceland. And you can watch this lava splattering and flowing live on YouTube. Icelandic scientists put up a webcam on Saturday...