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a star wars action figure
Engineering

How I turned myself into a Star Wars action figure

Hasbro is 3D-printing customized versions of characters like Princess Leia, the Mandalorian, and Iron Man.

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO
Social Media

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

His new Twitter bio reads 'Chief Twit,' for what it's worth.

Bellairsia gracilis
Evolution

A Scottish fossil is helping scientists fill the gaps in the lizard family tree

The tiny critter lived in the middle Jurassic period and has a mix of ancestral and modern lizard parts.

Slip of the tongue? It happens to all of us.
Psychology

Slip of the tongue? It happens to all of us.

Speakers of all ages and abilities make speech errors every once in a while.

Mars surface impact crater from meteor strike with water ice captured by NASA instruments
Mars

Two NASA missions combined forces to analyze a new kind of marsquake

Little tremors and wiggles on Mars' surface hold big importance in planetary science.

Argo AI car
AI

A major player in the AV space is hitting the brakes—here’s why

Although it was backed by Ford and Volkswagen, Argo AI's tech could not meet previously laid out timelines and budgets.

A person wearing a blue shirt sitting in front of a silver Apple laptop and typing on it, perhaps changing the permissions on certain apps.
Tech Hacks

Keep tabs on how much access your computer’s apps have to your system

Have you checked your programs' permissions lately?

Solar panels
Fossil Fuels

Global carbon emissions will peak in 2025, international agency estimates

Global demand for fossil fuels also shows a peak or plateau for the very first time.

Sleeping person in striped counting sheep with nightmares in them as part of a sleep study illustration
Psychology

How sleep scientists helped people soothe their nightmares

In a small nightmare disorder study, dreams connected to positive stimuli and emotions led to better rest.

This Renaissance-era baby died from living in darkness for a year
Archaeology

This Renaissance-era baby died from living in darkness for a year

The remains were found naturally mummified in a crypt belonging to an aristocratic Austrian family.

Elon Musk gesturing with both hands up against black background
Electric Vehicles

Tesla is under federal investigation over autopilot claims

The probe centers on more than a dozen accidents involving Teslas in autopilot mode.

Manatee
Whales

These now-extinct whales were kind of like manatees

New research describes three species of the recently discovered genus.

A yellow floppy disk with a poison symbol on it, standing upright on a teal surface.
Tech Hacks

The Opt Out: The rewards and risks of lying to tech companies

DIY data poisoning can feel subversive, but is it?

Lunar surface with stars in the sky
Engineering

NASA could build a future lunar base from 3D-printed moon-dust bricks

The new building material relies on lunar regolith, aka moon dirt.

A popular medical software is failing veterans with visual impairments
Diseases

A popular medical software is failing veterans with visual impairments

More than a million VA patients are blind or have low vision.

paintings on a red wall
AI

Shutterstock and OpenAI have come up with one possible solution to the ownership problem in AI art

Conversations have been brewing around how artists get compensated for AI-generated works.

varying sizes of argonaut egg cases are lined up
Evolution

Argonaut octopuses are enigmatic—down to their self-made ‘shells’

The evolution of the animals' buoyant egg cases is totally unique.

Flu Virus
Health

Flu and RSV hybrid virus studied in a lab for the first time

Amid a 'triple-demic,' scientists investigate two of the viruses interactions and co-infections.

Twitter logos outside the New York Stock Exchange
Social Media

Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’

Elon Musk's deadline to buy the social media company is this week.

battery equipment
Engineering

Scientists are getting energized about a massive battery ‘genome’ project

The proposed initiative is all about sharing information on how these devices perform.