2025-03-04

“Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing

With most targeted changes not mammoth-specific, the focus is on gene editing. [...]

2025-03-03

Google launches free Gemini-powered Data Science Agent on its Colab Python platform

A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimated that their data processing time dropped from 1 week to five minutes. [...]

2025-03-03

Spring Equinox Is Almost Here: Have You Heard the Egg-Balancing Myth?

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere. But is it the only day you can balance an egg on its end? [...]

2025-03-03

AI versus the brain and the race for general intelligence

We already have an example of general intelligence, and it doesn't look like AI. [...]

2025-03-03

Blue Ghost Lunar Mission Sticks Its Landing on the Moon

The lunar lander has taken up residence on Earth's nearest celestial neighbor. [...]

2025-03-03

These hot oil droplets can bounce off any surface

Droplets of less volatile liquids like soybean oil and silicone oil have lower saturation pressures than water. [...]

2025-03-03

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface. [...]

2025-03-03

A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone. [...]

2025-03-02

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon

Firefly Aerospace’s first attempt at landing on the moon was a success. The company, which is working with NASA under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, announced early [...]