Quark matter — the fifth state of matter within neutron stars
Quark matter may join solid, liquids, gases, and plasmas as a newly-understood state of matter. Far from being exotic, a new study suggests that quark matter could make up a...
You can help a Mars Rover’s AI learn to tell rocks from dirt – TechCrunch
Mars Rover Curiosity has been on the Red Planet for going on 8 years, but its journey is nowhere near finished — and it’s still getting upgrades. You can help...
Facebook’s ‘Deepfake Detection Challenge’ yields promising early results – TechCrunch
The digitally face-swapped videos known as deepfakes aren’t going anywhere, but if platforms want to be able to keep an eye on them, they need to find them first. Doing...
How Mars may have lost several systems of rings over billions of years
Rockin’ in the Mars room… Phobos, the innermost of the two moons of Mars, orbits a mere 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) above the surface of Mars, orbiting Mars once every...
NASA astronaut reveals an appalling experience of racial injustice
Leland Melvin blasted into space twice. But in a new interview with Bill Nye, the former NASA astronaut described an egregiously racist experience that could have almost certainly derailed his...
Scientist says we haven’t found ET yet because we’re doomed to destroy all life
A group of physicists working on the atomic bomb program at Los Alamos Research Laboratory in 1950 were having a discussion about aliens over lunch one day. The general consensus...
AI gladiators fight thousands of duels so we can learn how weaponry evolves in nature
Naturally occurring violence in the animal kingdom has fascinated scientists, military strategists, and stoned people watching the National Geographic channel for as long as humans have been observing it. Understanding...
OpenAI to sell its headline-grabbing text generator as an API
OpenAI once withheld its text generator for fear of misuse — but now wants to sell the tech as an enterprise product. The company is releasing an application programming interface...
NASA picks Astrobotic to deliver its water-hunting robot rover to the Moon – TechCrunch
NASA has selected a company to fly its VIPER Moon rover to the Moon, for a mission which will be a crucial step in its Artemis program as it will...
The most bitter part of the coronavirus pandemic
Wild medical discoveries that change the course of history — namely penicillin — can happen. “But those are rare,” emphasized DePaul University's Klugman. “Science does not work that way. It...