Science News
- New climate evidence explains why Polynesians suddenly sailed east after 1,700 years, Ars Technica reports
- Researchers combine AI and quantum computing to generate new peptides for drug discovery
- 30 US states plan to legalize plug-in solar tech as home battery installations hit record high, TechRadar reports
- IEEE Spectrum reports AI boosts research careers but flattens scientific discovery, sparking Hacker News discussion
- Developer launches Quantum-Qec, a matrix-free quantum homeostatic engine, as open-source blueprint on GitHub
- Quanta Magazine reports that simple fluids can fracture under certain conditions, sparking Hacker News discussion
- 2012 paper on energetic costs of cellular computation resurfaces on Hacker News
- Autopsy study finds replicating SARS-CoV-2 in the hearts of Long Covid patients, presented at USCAP
- Study finds Long Covid may physically damage nerves that control the stomach, published in IJID
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
- Hacker News discusses 2016 article on how doctors die, highlighting end-of-life care differences
- Virginia Tech researchers find weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control
- China's BrainCo bets on wearable brain tech as Neuralink drills into skulls, highlighting BCI market divergence
- White House taps Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb to lead new UAP Science Advisory Council
- Psychologists explain why reaching for your phone first thing in the morning is harmful and how to stop it, TechRadar reports
- A Jupiter-size planet escapes its star's death during red giant phase, Ars Technica reports
- Planetary scientists push back against Elon Musk's Mars colonization vision, calling it an illusion
- Hacker News user shares Wikipedia article on BLISS programming language
- Smithsonian article on leaded gasoline being known poison from invention sparks Hacker News discussion
- Hacker News discusses Wikipedia article on Earendel, the most distant known star discovered by Hubble
- Study finds modern decor may be straining people's brains, sparking Hacker News discussion
- China's Tianwen-2 space probe rendezvouses with Earth's quasi-moon asteroid Kamo'oalewa
- Study finds tropical forests face increasing risks of exposure to critical temperature thresholds
- Hacker News discusses 1993 paper on early history of Singular Value Decomposition
- El Niño wreaks havoc on Pacific fisheries as warm water surges, causing windfall for some regions
- FCC approves Reflect Orbital's space mirror satellite that astronomers hate
- Ars Technica reports quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor using reinforcement learning
- Ars Technica publishes first images of Quest shipwreck, revealing worse condition than expected
- China recovers reusable Long March 10B booster using a cable net on a ship instead of landing legs
- General Fusion becomes first publicly traded fusion stock after completing deal