AIs with high class and higher altitudes – TechCrunch
There’s more AI news out there than anyone can possibly keep up with. But you can stay tolerably up to date on the most interesting developments with this column, which...
The live cam that brings you the emerald Northern Lights is back
Where the polar bears roam, the northern lights glow. February and March are the best months to see the ghostly aurora borealis, and you can now often view it (at...
The U.S. is about to get a potent polar vortex blast
Welcome back, old friend. The polar vortex, composed of lofty winds that circulate atop the globe each winter, largely stayed put in the Arctic last year. But in 2021 the...
When to wear a double mask for protection from a coronavirus infection
People are now spreading recently mutated, more contagious coronavirus strains around the U.S., and the most infectious strains will rapidly become dominant. With this reality, it's high time to improve...
Elon Musk’s explosive SpaceX rocket test violated its FAA license
Back in December 2020, SpaceX staged a test in which it launched a rocket that's meant to one day bring us closer to Mars than ever before. Then, on its...
Relive the dramatic Apollo 14 launch and moon landing, 50 years later
On Jan. 31, 1971, NASA sent the Apollo 14 mission skyward. The eighth crewed mission in the Apollo program (and third one to reach the surface of the Moon) lifted...
Scientists finally figured out why wombats poop cubes. Thank God.
Our long international nightmare is over: We finally know why wombats poop out cubes. The scientists did it. They really did it. Thank heavens. Wombats' odd poop has long been...
‘Frozen’ CG snow and crash-test cadavers offer hints for 60-year-old Russian mystery deaths – TechCrunch
The Dyatlov Pass incident is the mother of all cold cases: 9 people found dead in 1959, deep in the Ural mountains, under circumstances no one has ever been able...
MIT researchers develop a new ‘liquid’ neural network that’s better at adapting to new info – TechCrunch
A new type of neural network that’s capable of adapting its underlying behavior after the initial training phase could be the key to big improvements in situations where conditions can...
How to get back your sense of smell after COVID-19, according to science
The link between COVID-19, smell, and taste disturbance became apparent in March 2020 as the pandemic swept around the globe. To date, nearly 100 million people have been infected with the coronavirus....