Eddie Howe was not exactly overjoyed to learn that, rather than being cup-tied, Antoine Semenyo was free to play for Manchester City here. Sure enough the Newcastle manager’s worst fears were realised as the winger – who played in the competition this season for Bournemouth – scored City’s opener and...
Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action
Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse The president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk’s association with the body by arguing that fellows should only be ejected for fraud or other defects in their research. In...
The pulmonaut: how James Nestor turned breathing into a 3m copy bestseller
It is the most essential thing we do - yet many of us arguably breathe badly. The author of Breath explains how that can be changed In the last stages of writing his book, Breath, James Nestor was stressed. “Which was ironic when writing a book about breathing patterns and...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist...
Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power
The successful test is a proof-of-concept for Overview Energy's plans to deliver solar energy to Earth from satellites. The Northern Virginia startup hopes to conduct orbital tests and begin commercial operations within the next few years. Read Entire Article
Wine 11.0 released with performance gains and WoW64 completion
Wine 11, the latest release of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, introduces NTSYNC support and completes the new WoW64 architecture, delivering notable performance and compatibility improvements across Vulkan, Direct3D, and system integration. Read Entire Article
Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand
The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found that the material swells when it comes into contact with water, but it can also revert to its original state when exposed to other liquids, such as solvents. Read Entire Article
AI researchers are now studying LLMs as if they were living organisms
Large language models have grown so vast and complex that even the people who build them no longer fully understand how they work. A single modern system contains hundreds of billions of parameters – numbers so massive that, printed out, they would carpet entire cities. That opacity has become a......
Enthusiast proves it is possible to operate a PC inside a freezer, but not really worth the hassle
The YouTuber started with modest – some would say heavily dated – hardware including an Intel Core i7-9700K CPU and a GTX 1070 GPU. For cooling, he went with a chest-style deep freezer and modified it with extra insulation around the lid to help keep outside air from getting inside....
Hilarious viral video shows driverless delivery vans causing chaos on Chinese streets
Videos trending on Chinese social media show self-driving delivery vans running amok on city streets – plowing through wet concrete, driving on shoulders and embankments, speeding along potholed roads, blocking traffic, rolling over barriers, and crashing into other vehicles. One clip even appears to show a driverless van speeding on......