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La Niña hits Sydney with record-breaking rain
Climate Change

La Niña hits Sydney with record-breaking rain

Three more months of potential rainfall are still to come.

A man standing in a field lands a drone in the back of a pickup truck.
AI

Microsoft is hoping its algorithms can help farmers—and the planet

You can't eat an algorithm, but data can still be useful when it comes to food production. Here's how.

Coyote walking on street
Cats

Culver City is home to a unique cat versus coyote conflict

California cat lovers take note.

A woman blows her nose with recovering in bed.
Diseases

The US may be in for a brutal flu season

The best time to get your annual flu vaccine is now, experts say.

guided frame demo during google annoucement
AI

Google’s Guided Frame helps visually impaired individuals take better selfies

In its Pixel 7 announcement event, Google debuted a new way to help blind and nearly blind people better frame their photos.

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images
Space Telescope

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images

View features that can only be seen when multiple telescopes team up.

two hands holding us passports in a plaza in madrid spain
Life Skills

8 things you need to know before traveling international for the first time

There's an entire world out there.

Silkworms like the one seen here spin cocoons of silk.
Biology

How researchers leveled up worm silk to be tougher than a spider’s

Spiders usually produce the strongest threads of all the silk-making animals.

falling water levels on the rhine near cologne august 2022
Global Warming

Hotter summers are baking the water out of soil at unprecedented rates

This summer's extreme droughts would be 'virtually impossible' without the influence of greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say.

How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.
Whales

How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.

Scientists tracked whale sounds to discover one of their krill-hunting tricks.

bonnie and clyde with electric car
Vehicles

Will self-driving cars make police chases a thing of the past?

Police cruisers and getaway cars are racing toward an unknown future.

People taking photos of glowing lava on Cape Verde
Physics

These islanders live and thrive alongside lava

Photographer Cris Toala Olivares visits communities who've built a relationship with one of nature's most terrifying forces.

Melting glacier pink
Ocean

Collecting ancient geomyths could give scientists new insights on climate change

According to researchers, some stories capture historical sea level rise that happened thousands of years ago.

This US Space Force telescope in Australia will keep tabs on unusual satellite activity
Air Force

This US Space Force telescope in Australia will keep tabs on unusual satellite activity

The surveillance tool became operational in September.

One secret to excellent memory in old age? Giant neurons.
Biology

One secret to excellent memory in old age? Giant neurons.

The neurons may help prevent the formation of tangled tau proteins, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.

You can now tell Facebook to stop feeding you posts you hate
Social Media

You can now tell Facebook to stop feeding you posts you hate

Facebook Feed now includes 'show more' and 'show less' options for some posts.

Focal Bathys ANC wireless headphones feature image
Headphones

Focal Bathys Bluetooth ANC headphones first impressions: Déjà new

Named after the first self-propelled submersible, the Focal Bathys are top-tier wireless headphones for exploring music’s buoyant depths.

a bundle of charging cables
Engineering

USB-C is on track to become the charging cable standard in the EU

This soon-to-be policy will affect a wide range of electronic devices from phones to keyboards.

The key to tastier beer might be mutant yeast—with notes of banana
Biology

The key to tastier beer might be mutant yeast—with notes of banana

Adding a gene for banana-like flavor to yeast can punch up a beer's taste and make the organisms hardier.

Close up on wooden chess board with chess pieces in play
Internet

Chess.com investigation finds that teen grandmaster ‘likely cheated’ in more than 100 online matches

The findings detected 'many remarkable signals and unusual patterns in Hans’ path as a player.'