Giant 10-person ‘flying taxi’ passes first flight test in China
A Chinese company successfully flew a 5-ton (4,536-kilogram) electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) in a new feat for electric aircraft. Its makers at...
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Early warning signal hidden within the Gulf Stream could signal AMOC collapse, study finds
The Gulf Stream holds tantalizing clues about when other key Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse due to climate change, a new study finds. Originating in...
AI just verified a proof that earned one of math’s most prestigious prizes. Math will never be the same | Kit Yates
Earlier this month an artificial intelligence (AI) startup announced that their AI agent had confirmed a proof of two cases of the devilishly challenging “higher...
A ‘mass migration’ of stars from the Milky Way’s center could explain why there’s life in our solar system
Thousands of sun “twins” spotted by a space telescope could shed new light on how our star came to host at least one life-friendly world...
‘Rectal garlic insertion for immune support’: Medical chatbots confidently give disastrously misguided advice, experts say
Popular AI chatbots often fail to recognize false health claims when they’re delivered in confident, medical-sounding language, leading to dubious advice that could be dangerous...
The world is being held hostage by its reliance on oil. How can we break free from the fossil fuel?
Between the 17th and 20th centuries, humans killed millions of whales for oil. They stripped their blubber, spinning the iconic creatures in the water and...
Russian Revolution gold coin hoard worth over $500,000 discovered during house construction
Archaeologists have discovered a century-old hoard of gold ruble coins underneath a house in northwestern Russia. The 409 coins were minted during the waning days...
Europe’s oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle
Fragments of an early handgun found in Brandenburg, Germany, could be from Europe’s oldest known portable gunpowder weapon, according to new research. The artifact, which...
Man in Czech Republic accidentally finds Bronze Age spearhead mold in his backyard
A seemingly dull rectangular stone, used as part of a foundation for an old barn in a Czech garden, is actually half of a rare...
‘It’s nature calling to humans, and humans deciding whether or not to reply’: Why we need to start paying attention to our mutually beneficial relationships with other species
Nature is full of relationships: predator and prey, parasite and host, competitor versus competitor. But there is another, often-forgotten relationship that involves species working together...