The final flight and complex legacy of a pioneering solar-powered aircraft. A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar Impulse 2, which previously performed…
Distinct form of tooth protein in Homo erectus shows up in Denisovans—and us. Humanity’s ancestry has grown far clearer thanks to our ability to obtain ancient DNA. We now know that, as humans left Africa, they interbred with the groups they met there, Neanderthals and Denisovans. Evidence from the…
The drugs had an estimated worth of over $9 million USD. Four Australian men have given new meaning to the term “bricked printers.” According to a press release from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) today, three men have been sentenced for trying to use…
The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery. Olympic weightlifting consists of three basic movements performed on a barbell: the snatch, the clean, and the jerk (with the latter two executed in combination). At such an elite…
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says. The world’s first dentist was a Neanderthal, according to a recent study. 59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they were desperate…
Driver recovery can automate what used to be an irritating manual process. Hardware driver updates can be a blessing and a curse. When they’re good, they can fix bugs, improve performance, and add new capabilities, giving your PC a minor upgrade without requiring any extra effort or investment. When…
“We know what customers need right now.” In March, Reuters reported that Amazon was developing a new smartphone. Citing four anonymous “people familiar with the matter,” the publication said that Amazon was exploring using Alexa as an operating system and developing the phone, codenamed Transformer, to push people to…
Early galaxy has elements produced by the Universe’s first supernovae. For decades, astronomers looking through telescopes like Hubble have been trying to catch a glimpse of the ancient epoch when the Universe’s first generation of stars ignited. But the small galaxies that were the building blocks of the cosmos…
The Rivian Assistant is available for both Gen1 and Gen2 hardware. Rivian has quickly built a reputation as one of the auto industry’s leaders when it comes to vehicle software. Its clean-sheet approach to an electric vehicle’s electronic architecture earned it a $5 billion investment from Volkswagen Group, and…
“All modern operating systems do this, including macOS and Linux.” Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better. That has been the messaging out of Microsoft for most of this year, and the company is also going out of its way to…
