Has Quantum Physics Determined Your Future?On the morning of June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip stood outside Moritz Schiller’s delicatessen near the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo. Sometime after 10:45 A.M.
The Fear and the FixAs the automobile-clogged city of Los Angeles saw its smog problem worsen through the 1960s, Californians had ample reason to worry about environmental pollution.
The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social NetworksI have studied animal behavior for more than 35 years, so I’m rarely surprised at just how nuanced, subtle, and complex the social behavior of nonhuman animals can be. But, every once in a while, that “my goodness, how astonishing!” feeling—which I felt so often in graduate school—returns.
Solving the Mystery of the Dancing Honey BeesFor centuries, the meanings of the conspicuous shaking, waggling, trembling, buzzing, and piping behaviors of worker honey bees were deep mysteries.
A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Just Created the Instruction Manual for Light-Speed TravelWith the ease of starting a car, the crew of the USS Enterprise starship streaks to a new adventure in every episode of Star Trek, somehow traveling at several times the speed of light.
Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.It takes a lot of energy to grow a baby — just ask anyone who has been pregnant. But scientists are only now discovering just how much.
Locks of Beethoven’s Hair Are Unraveling the Mysteries of His Deafness and IllnessesGerman composer Ludwig van Beethoven began losing his hearing in his 20s, a fact that deeply upset and embarrassed him. Over the years, his hearing loss worsened, and by the time he died at age 56 in 1827, the composer was totally deaf.
What Is Tucker Carlson Even Doing?This is part of Sly as Fox, a short series about the perils of underestimating Fox News in 2024. It is always sort of heartwarming when a person fulfills their peak potential.
Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreakTwenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked a fever, and started to cough. Six days later, he was hospitalized; six days after that, he died of acute respiratory distress caused by viral pneumonia.
Deep Dive into LlaMA 3 by Hand ✍️“In the rugged mountain of the Andes, lived three very beautiful creatures — Rio, Rocky and Sierra. With their lustrous coat and sparkling eyes, they stood out as a beacon of strength and resilience.
Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six YearsA 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients.
The Age of RebellionWhen George Washington was a young man, he was far from the level-headed statesman depicted in paintings and books from the Revolutionary War era.
The Atlanta Hawks’ Prize for Winning the Lottery? Um, Options?How does landing the first pick affect the futures of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray? And who is the favorite to go no. 1? We examine all the Hawks’ offseason options.
How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on EarthNew research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology. In the fall of 1385, according to a 17th-century Icelandic text, a man named Ólafur went fishing off the northwestern coast of Iceland.