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Human lung tissue analyses identify iNKT cell depletion as a mechanistic feature of advanced IPFFindings extend MiNK’s iNKT platform into chronic fibrotic lung disease and support immune restoration strategies in IPF, a large unmet-need market
Andrew Liptak’s Deficiency Agent and Candace Rondeaux’s The Algorithmic Fog of War, featured in Future Tense Fiction by the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination and Issues in Science and Technology, a joint endeavor between Arizona State University and the National Academy of Sciences, converge on a central problem confronting modern conflict. They explore how decision-making authority shifts when humans rely on opaque, ... Read moreThe post Authority, Automation, and the New Fog of War appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.
A clinical trial at BC Cancer Victoria using artificial intelligence (AI) is reducing the number of radiation treatments to some patients with prostate cancer by more than 90 per cent." data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WEB-HERRERA-2026-02-03_01175.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WEB-HERRERA-2026-02-03_01175.jpg?fit=780%2C439&quality=89&ssl=1" />A clinical trial at BC Cancer Victoria using artificial intelligence (AI) is reducing the number of radiation treatments to some patients with prostate cancer by more than 90 per cent.The post BC Cancer clinical trial shows promise with radiation treatments reduced by more than 90% appeared first on CHEK.
In collaboration with the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Oshima College, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) succeeded in developing a new regenerator material composed solely of abundant elements, such as copper, iron, and aluminum, that can achieve cryogenic temperatures (approx. 4K = −269°C or below) without using any rare-earth metals or liquid helium.
Kennesaw State researchers use sulfur-modified solid electrolytes to improve lithium-ion movement in solid-state batteries.
Sugar can be used to make bioproducts, but growing sugar for that purpose could complete with using it for food. Formate is a possible alternative that can be made from carbon dioxide using renewable energy. Researchers engineered a new strand of E. coli that can grow on formate.
The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, minerals altered by water, and other geological traces indicate that the Red Planet was once a much wetter and more dynamic world. Reconstructing how this water-rich environment disappeared remains one of the great challenges of [...]The post An Unusual Dust Storm Reveals How Mars Lost Some Of Its Water appeared first on Astrobiology.
A Sydney PhD student has recreated a tiny piece of the Universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust from scratch. The results shed new light on how the chemical building blocks of life may have formed long before Earth existed. Linda Losurdo, a PhD candidate in materials and plasma physics in the [...]The post This Student Made Cosmic Dust In Her Lab. What She Found Could Help Us Understand How Life Started On Earth appeared first on Astrobiology.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the chair and members of the newly established Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC), a unified advisory body that will provide independent advice on complex scientific and technical challenges across the Department's Office of Science.
As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driven impersonation. The international relations scholar spent months pressing the Google-owned platform to remove hundreds of deepfakes, an uphill battle that stands as a cautionary [...]The post Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes appeared first on Digital Journal.
The uneven detection of prebiotic organic compounds in meteorites—where amino acids and nucleobases are commonly identified but sugars remain rare and poorly characterized—limits our understanding of extraterrestrial organic chemistry. This discrepancy is striking given that laboratory simulations of interstellar ice chemistry readily produce complex sugars. Here we report the simultaneous analysis of sugar and amino [...]The post Abiotic Sugar Enantiomers In The CI Carbonaceous Chondrite Orgueil appeared first on Astrobiology.
Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, they are entwined with the lives and emotions of their respective protagonists – Agnes Shakespeare (née Hathaway) and Helen Macdonald.
As the only known habitable (and inhabited) planet in the universe, Earth informs our search for life elsewhere. Future telescopes like the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will soon look for life on rocky worlds around Sun-like stars, so it is critical that we understand how to distinguish habitable planets from inhabited planets. However, it remains [...]The post A Whole-planet Model Of The Earth Without Life For Terrestrial Exoplanet Studies appeared first on Astrobiology.
For residents of European cities—with their snarled traffic, drafty old buildings, creaking public services and gray winters—it's easy to see the appeal of moving to a brand-new, high-tech metropolis.
Our partners at OoLEN (Origin of Life Early-Career Network) are conducting a survey about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the field of origin of life research. Inclusion and Community are two of OoLEN’s key pillars, and as part of this, they are gathering information on the current DEI climate in the OoL field for [...]The post DEI Survey For OoLEN (Origin of Life Early-Career Network) appeared first on Astrobiology.
Approximately two-thirds of the Earth, the only known inhabited planet, is covered in ocean. Why not 0.01% or 99.99%? It has been previously suggested that this may represent a certain degree of fine-tuning, and thus perhaps observers are a-priori more likely to develop on those rare worlds with nearly equal land-ocean ratios, such as our [...]The post What To Make Of The Earth’s Curiously Intermediate Land Fraction? appeared first on Astrobiology.
Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get through it. Two published studies by a team of Stony Brook University researchers and their collaborators uncover the shrew's genetic and biological changes during Dehnel's phenomenon.
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are excellent laboratories for testing processes that affect airless bodies, as well as informing us about Solar System history. Though most NEOs are nominally anhydrous because they formed inside the Solar System frost line and their surface temperatures are high enough to remove volatiles, a 3-micron feature typically indicative of OH/H2O has [...]The post Hydration Features on Near-Earth Objects: Integrating New Data with Prior Results appeared first on Astrobiology.
Corn bred with genes from wild relatives can reshape soil microbial communities and reduce nitrogen loss -- with no yield reduction -- according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet that could be located in the habitable zone of its star. But while this discovery is fascinating, many mysteries remain to be solved, and further studies will need to be conducted.
CIRM’s new initiative reflects a shift toward platform-based genetic therapy development, with the goal of advancing multiple treatments in parallel across rare diseases.The post New $100M CIRM Initiative Centers Platform Approaches for Rare Genetic Diseases appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.
NASA said Tuesday it will now target a March launch of its new moon rocket after running into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test a day earlier.
A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke Noto and Hugo Ulloa at the University of Pennsylvania have captured the intricate dynamics that underlie this everyday process—work that could ultimately pave the way for more accurate predictions of melting sea ice. The study has been published in Science Advances.
Ferns, defined by large genomes, high chromosome counts, and pervasive aneuploidy as well as intraspecific polyploid complexity, diverge significantly from the classical genetic theories and analytical frameworks largely developed based on diploid models. Studies leveraging second-generation sequencing technologies have long centered on neutral variation in noncoding genomic regions.
UCF computer scientist Yu Tian wants to discover real solutions for longer, healthier lifespans, and the team he directs in the AI and Imaging in Medicine (AIM) lab might not be far off from doing exactly that.
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have identified a bacterial genus that promotes root growth and nitrogen uptake in plants. The findings open new possibilities for developing customized "plant probiotics" that could contribute to more resource-efficient agriculture by reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer.
Armed with new tools that reveal patterns of connection between brain areas, researchers are gaining clearer insights into how the brain regulates behavior.
Social inequalities emerge in every human society. New research into how these hierarchies form suggests ‘prestige psychology’ – the tendency to defer to...
University of Alberta researchers have, for the first time, captured a much better view of what may be contributing to failures in lodgepole pine seed orchards—a tree essential to Alberta's forest industry. The researchers used synchrotron microcomputed tomography, an advanced 3D imaging method usually used in medicine, in a pilot study to visually explore why some pollinated female pine cones, known as conelets, are healthy while others die long before they fully develop.
How are superconductivity and magnetism connected? A puzzling relation between magnetism and superconductivity in a quantum material has lingered for decades—now, a study from TU Wien offers a surprising new explanation.
Walmart just muscled its way into territory once reserved mostly for Silicon Valley. The Arkansas-based giant topped $1 trillion in market value Tuesday, a milestone few non-tech companies have touched, CNBC reports. Shares are up more than 24% from this time last year and about 11% so far in 2026,...
Four Cornell faculty members are among 99 researchers across the U.S. who have been awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Office of Science Early Career Research Program.
A hydrogen leak during the wet dress rehearsal for Artemis 2 has forced NASA to forego the February launch window and work toward March instead.
The program in Microbial, Immunologic and Neurologic Disorders is accepting joint proposals from researchers at WashU Medicine and the Weizmann Institute of Science to execute collaborative research projects. Submissions are due March 31.The post MIND program accepting proposals appeared first on The Source.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered roughly 1,000 unprotected gateways to OpenClaw, an open-source and proactive AI agent that can be controlled through text conversations with apps like WhatsApp or Telegram. The gateways were found on the open internet, allowing anyone to access users’ personal information. One white hat hacker also reportedly gamed OpenClaw’s skills system, which lets users add plugins for tasks like web automation or system control, to reach the top of the rankings and be downloaded by users around the world. The skill itself was innocuous, but it exploited a security vulnerability that someone more nefarious could have used to cause serious harm.Access to those gateways would allow hackers to reach the same files and content OpenClaw can access, meaning full read and write control over a user’s computer and any connected accounts, including email addresses and phone numbers. A number of incidents exploiting those vulnerabilities have already been reported.OpenClaw, originally called Clawdbot, was released in November 2025 by Peter Steinberger, an Austrian-born, London-based developer best known for creating a tool that lets apps display and edit PDFs natively. The launch followed a wave of advances in AI’s ability to interact with files that began in late 2025.Late last year, many people began experimenting with Anthropic’s Claude Code, an agentic AI that links to a computer’s file system through the terminal or command line and responds to conversational prompts to build large projects independently, with some oversight. The tool excited many users but also discouraged others who were uncomfortable working in a non-graphical interface.In response, Anthropic set Claude Code to work autonomously on a sibling product, Claude Work, which layers a more user-friendly interface on top. While it has gained some traction, it is a third-party product built by a developer outside Anthropic that has captured the most attention.Steinberger’s OpenClaw mimics the best features of Claude Code, but with more functionality and the ability to proactively work on tasks without being prompted.That proactivity is a key differentiator between the tool, which was forced to rename itself Moltbot and then OpenClaw last week after a request from Anthropic, and other AI systems. Its potential has energized the tech sector, driven a spike in Mac Mini sales as a popular way to host the agent, and come to dominate certain corners of X and Reddit.The problem is that the very thing that makes OpenClaw so appealing, the ability to oversee an eager AI assistant without specialist coding knowledge and with an easy setup, is also what makes it so concerning. “I love it, yet [I’m] instantly filled with fear,” says Jake Moore, a cybersecurity expert at Eset. Moore says users are so excited by the idea of OpenClaw as a personal assistant that they are granting it unrestricted access to their digital lives, sometimes while hosting their instances on incorrectly configured virtual private servers. That leaves them vulnerable to hacking.“Opening private messages and emails to any new technology comes with a risk and when we don’t fully understand those risks, we could be walking into a new era of putting efficiency before security and privacy,” Moore warns. The same access that makes OpenClaw powerful is also what makes it dangerous if it is compromised. “If one of the devices Clawdbot is running on is compromised, an attacker would then gain access to everything including full history and highly sensitive information,” he says.Steinberger did not respond to multiple interview requests, but he has published extensive security documentation for Moltbot online, even if many users may not incorporate it into their setups. That concerns cybersecurity experts. “Developments like Clawdbot are so seductive but a gift to the bad guys,” says Alan Woodward, a professor of cybersecurity at the University of Surrey in the U.K. “With great power comes great responsibility and machines are not responsible,” he says. “Ultimately the user is.”The way OpenClaw operates, running without oversight and acting as an always-on assistant, may cause users to forget that responsibility until it is too late. Some have already demonstrated that Moltbot can be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks, in which harmful instructions are embedded in websites or emails in the hope that AI agents will absorb and follow them. “I wonder who these users think will be blamed when agentic AI empties their account or posts hateful thoughts,” Woodward says.
SpaceX says it wants to deploy an astronomical number of data centres in orbit to supply power for artificial intelligence, but the proposal might not be entirely serious
Homebuyers who haven't walked away from the market are finally getting something in return for their persistence: leverage. A Redfin analysis finds 62% of buyers last year paid less than asking, the highest share since 2019, with average discounts near 8%—a level not seen since 2012, reports the Wall...
New research from the Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University shows that public companies with products subject to price negotiations in the first two years of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were more profitable than comparable companies in the S&P 500 and that revenues from these drugs were not essential for corporate operations or R&D. This research also shows the estimated margins from sales of these drugs exceeded the average cost of product development, including normal returns, before beginning IRA price negotiations.
Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to serious congenital heart defects.
More than 10,000 experts with doctorate degrees in science and related fields left their government jobs last year, according to the White House Office of Personnel Management. Jeffrey Mervis, senior correspondent for Science Magazine, joins CBS News to discuss.
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- The global industrial robotics market is experiencing remarkable growth, fueled by technological advancements and the increasing automation of manufacturing ...
Leading English-language news outlets often misuse the term "hard-right" to describe far-right political movements, potentially softening their extremist image and boosting their electoral appeal, according to a new study published in the journal European Political Science. The research, conducted by Dr. Georgios Samaras from King's College London's School for Government, analyzed 140 articles from seven outlets published between 2022 and 2025.
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- The global aerial work platforms market is experiencing substantial growth, driven by robust industrial and construction activities worldwide. Valued at ...
Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year. His rocket venture, SpaceX, announced on Monday that it had bought xAI...
X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) are the brightest and fastest X-ray light sources. Normally, an XFEL produces short pulses at a single level of X-ray energy. For the first time, scientists carefully tuned an undulator's magnetic field to generate pulses across multiple energies.
Young adults in Sweden feel significantly worse than older people in almost all areas of life. While older Swedes rank among the happiest in the world, young adults struggle with loneliness and psychological distress. These are the findings of a new large-scale study on flourishing in Sweden, published in the International Journal of Wellbeing and conducted by researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics, Lund University, Oslo Metropolitan University and Harvard University.
Many have spent much of their career studying disasters—how people perceive risk, how institutions communicate, and why preparedness so often falls short of good intentions. But this study forced me to confront something I had not fully reckoned with before: hurricane preparedness is not only a matter of awareness or motivation. It is deeply shaped by the built environment—by where people live, where they work, and how campuses are physically designed.
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has established the Ludwig Laboratory for Cell Therapy at Weill Cornell Medicine's Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center.
Mozilla is moving ahead with AI in Firefox—but it's also adding a big "off" switch. Starting Feb. 24, the browser will include a new "AI control" setting that lets users shut down all its AI tools, the Verge reports. From that menu, people can toggle specific features such as...
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine have developed a set of polygenic risk score (PRS) models that significantly improved the ability to predict breast cancer risk in women of African ancestry. Using genetic data from more than 36,000 women, the team created the most comprehensive breast cancer prediction tool for this historically underserved population.
Tesla's autonomous vehicle, Robotaxi, has completed some of its first fully unsupervised rides in Austin, Texas. A self-proclaimed AV enthusiast, David Moss, documented his experience on social media. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, stated that the company has been testing their Robotaxis without a safety monitor in Austin and that the amount of autonomy and city's set to see Robotaxis will increase dramatically every month.
Tesla's autonomous vehicle, Robotaxi, has completed some of its first fully unsupervised rides in Austin, Texas. A self-proclaimed AV enthusiast, David Moss, documented his experience on social media. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, stated that the company has been testing their Robotaxis without a safety monitor in Austin and that the amount of autonomy and city's set to see Robotaxis will increase dramatically every month.
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- John P. Wilson, Professor and Founding Director, today announced the details of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute's (SSI) annual Los Angeles Geospatial ...
When extreme weather strikes, the preparations of emergency planners can have life-or-death consequences. In July 2025, central Texas flooded with disastrous consequences, killing more than 130 people.
It's not yet known whether the hydrogen leak encountered Monday will impact the moonshot's eventual launch date.
Dear Colleagues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued guidance for the extramural community during the current lapse in federal government funding. Please see NIH NOT-OD-26-036: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT...
A former submarine worker has claimed he was made aware of the horrifying logbooks the US Navy kept of chilling fast moving unidentified objects moving across oceans
Anyone waiting for Friday's snapshot of the US job market will be staring at a blank space instead. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says its January employment report won't come out as planned because the agency is partially shut down amid a budget standoff in Congress, the Wall Street Journal...
Researchers present challenges and opportunities for economics researchers to engage with federal regulatory agencies.The authors Max Zahrah for helpful research assistance and Nathan Hendren for providing helpful comments.
Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after losing one of their major gene-regulatory systems during evolution. By studying a microscopic soil-living roundworm, the team revealed how an alternative, conserved epigenetic mechanism can take over when a common one is missing.
Hersey will speak on “Rest Is Resistance” at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB has shown that the main immune cells of the brain become reactive and overexpress certain receptors that promote the elimination of dopaminergic neurons, even when these neurons are still functional. The study points to a new immunotherapy approach that could help preserve viable neurons in people with this diagnosis.
Seven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching.
(MENAFN - Investor Brand Network)NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC) announced that President Dr. Anil R. Diwan was interviewed on the Mission Matters Podcast, where he discussed the ...
Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.
Anonymous survey with optional confidential interviews will document how practitioners facilitate MDMA-assisted couples therapyFindings to inform ethical guidelines, future clinical trial protocols, and policy recommendationsStudy is part of a long-term strategy to legitimize psychedelic therapies for non-diagnostic therapeutic purposes
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(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- In a paper published today, researchers at InsideOutBio have used AI to examine how cells fold proteins into active complexes, using alternative DNA ...
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
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SpaceX's Block 2 Super Heavy booster represents a radical redesign that could fundamentally transform orbital economics. Through detailed video documentation, the company reveals engineering modifications optimized for rapid reusability and manufacturing scale, pushing boundaries in propulsion, structural design, and operational philosophy that challenge traditional aerospace development approaches.
SOPHiA GENETICS SA (NASDAQ:SOPH – Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 53,042 shares, a growth of 68.3% from the December 31st total of 31,511 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 137,142 shares, the short-interest [...]
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine—including all mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians—evolved. In a paper published in BMC Biology, researchers found an intriguing pattern of gene evolution which appears to be significant for the evolutionary origin and diversification of vertebrates.
What to know about Artemis II's 'wet dress rehearsal' NPRMeet the 4 Artemis II astronauts who are getting ready for a flight to the far side of the moon CBS NewsCountdown underway for critical moon rocket fueling test Monday Spaceflight NowFlorida cold blast impacts NASA's Artemis II, SpaceX Crew-12 launch dates Florida TodayArtemis II could take humans farther than they've ever gone before CBS News
As astronauts prepare to fly around the moon, critical testing must occur before there is "Go" for launch.
Museum of Idaho launches new exhibit exploring 'Life Before Dinosaurs' KSL News
2 February 2026 - Biopharmaceutical company Pharming Group N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam:PHARM) (NASDAQ:PHAR) revealed on Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Respons...
2 February 2026 - Frontage Laboratories Inc, a US-based global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO) and a subsidiary of Frontage Holdings Corporation (HKEX:1521), said...
2 February 2026 - Trace Biosciences Inc, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company, announced on Saturday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug...
The WB-57 is a high-altitude research aircraft operated by NASA and based in Houston. Here’s what the plane is and what it’s used for.
Consciousness studies is too much like the blind men with the elephant. Here's an explanation for the blind spot and how we can work around it.
Young computer programmer Caleb is selected to participate in a groundbreaking experiment by evaluating the human qualities in a new and improved female artificial intelligence. But in the luxurious, isolated mansion of the man who created this technology, all may not be as it seems.
NASA starts launch rehearsal for Artemis II mission to the moon Yahoo News CanadaEarliest launch date for Artemis II set for Feb. 8 after cold weather delay: NASA Global NewsWe’ve already been to the moon, so why are we going again? CBCArtemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA begins countdown for critical fueling test SpaceNASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years CityNews Toronto
For the first time since 2018, healthcare has been knocked off the top spot when it comes to the number of cyberattacks - finance takes the lead.The post Financial services are ‘most at risk’ from cyberattacks appeared first on Digital Journal.
Dale: Hi Keith, We’ve had a productive few days since I last checked in. Yesterday and today we worked on the eastern slopes adjacent to the Anuchin Glacier – Denis and his student Efe have been collecting samples of ice in a few areas and I mapped it in with the Trimble GNSS receivers I [...]The post Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 1 February 2026: Drilling Diving Holes appeared first on Astrobiology.
Seeing Guinea worm cases reach historic lows is one of the clearest expressions of Jimmy Carter's legacy.The post Global Guinea worm disease eradication is now ‘very close’ appeared first on Digital Journal.
Questions about lifespan, DNA, and whether it and #39;s down to choice, environment, or pure chance have been and will continue to be asked.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BHP has selected 10 early-stage exploration and technology companies for the 2026 BHP Xplor program, marking the largest cohort since the program began and its fourth year of operation. The 2026 cohort brings together junior exploration companies, geoscience organisations, and technology teams that collectively span the discovery [...]
The Starlink 17-32 mission will be the first Starlink mission in February. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:38 a.m. PST (10:38 a.m. EST / 1538 UTC).
The National Reconnaissance Office has now declassified a satellite program used to spy on America’s adversaries
What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low compared to other human traits, standing at just 20–25%; some recent large-scale studies even placed it below 10%.
Traditional processes used to discover new materials are complex, time-consuming, and costly, often requiring years of sustained effort. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated powerful capabilities in information processing, offering new opportunities for intelligent and autonomous materials research.
As a new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like "eyebrows" and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla. Sprout's charm is the whole point. A...
The gains of recent decades have left the world both better off and more equal.
As a kid in the 1970s, I watched the Apollo moon missions on TV, drawn like a curious moth to the cathode-ray tube’s glow. The English band Pink Floyd blared through the speakers of my mom’s Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, beckoning us to the dark side of the moon.The far side of the moon, the term most scientists prefer, is indeed dark (half the time), cold, and inhospitable. There’s regolith and a couple of Chinese landers—Chang’e 4 in January 2019 and Chang’e 6 in June 2024—and not much else. That could change in about a year, as Contributing Editor Ned Potter reports in “The Quest to Build a Telescope That Can Hear the Cosmic Dark Ages.” Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 with the LuSEE-Night radio telescope aboard will attempt to become the third successful mission to land there.The moon’s far side is the perfect place for such a telescope. The same RF waves that carried images of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface, Roger Waters’s voice, and hundreds of Ned Potter’s space and science segments for the U.S. broadcast networks CBS and ABC interfere with terrestrial radio telescopes. If your goal is to detect the extremely faint and heavily redshifted signals of neutral hydrogen from the cosmic Dark Ages, you just can’t do it from Earth. This epoch is so-called because we Earthlings have yet to sense anything from this time period, which started about 380,000 years after the big bang and lasted 200 million to 400 million years. The far side of the moon may be a terrible place to live, but it’s shielded from all the noise of Earth, making it the ideal spot to place a radio telescope.As Potter emphasized to me recently, LuSEE-Night won’t listen for a signal from Dark Ages hydrogen directly. “Will the hydrogen from the Dark Ages send a signal? No,” says Potter. “But all that hydrogen out there may absorb a little bit of energy from the cosmic microwave background, interfering with that even more distant remnant of the big bang.”The far side may not stay quiet for much longer. Several countries, including China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, are making slow but steady progress toward establishing a lunar presence. As they do so, they’ll place more relay satellites into orbit around the moon to support exploratory activities as well as moon bases planned for the next decade and beyond. That means the window on a noise-free far side is closing. LuSEE-Night, a project 40 years in the making, might just get there in the nick of time.Potter is tracking emerging protocols that could preserve the far side’s electromagnetic silence even as such efforts advance. Radio astronomers he’s talked to have shared ideas about how to prevent this emerging problem from turning into a crisis. “There are no bad guys in this story, at least not yet,” says Potter. “But there are a lot of well-meaning people who could complicate the picture a great deal if they don’t know that there’s a picture to complicate.”It’s a busy time for moon missions. In addition to Blue Ghost Mission 2, the Chinese are sending Chang’e 7 to the moon’s south pole, while NASA’s Artemis II is scheduled to enter the first of three launch windows this month. Artemis II will be the first mission to put humans into lunar orbit since the last Apollo mission in 1972. And IEEE Spectrum readers will enjoy a front row seat, thanks to the enterprising reporting of a true legend in the business, our own Ned Potter.This article appears in the February 2026 print issue as “See You on the Far Side of the Moon.”
The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.
A new gas sensor can detect ethanol in the air at just 5 parts per billion while using less than 30 milliwatts of power.
We asked retired astronauts about their favorite space movies, and this is what they shared with us KION Central Coast
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine received a $1.1 million AMA grant for AI in physician training.
AI will make a savants of all of us — and least in our own heads.The post Evidence Grows That AI Chatbots Are Dunning-Kruger Machines appeared first on Futurism.