TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery The James Webb space telescope has captured unprecedented direct images of a planet beyond our own solar system, in its first exoplanet discovery. The observations reveal a planet, which has been...
India, Poland and Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
Countries send their first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commander A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades....
Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems
UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitis Hundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects. Some cases of pancreatitis reported to be...
Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds
Evolutionary change driven by intensive fishing led cod to ‘shrink’ from average 40cm length in 1996 to 20cm in 2019 Overfishing has led to a collapse in the eastern Baltic cod population, but over the past three decades the size of the fish themselves has also been dramatically and mysteriously...
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome – podcast
It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about the benefits that this new knowledge would bring, with predictions about curing genetic diseases and even...
Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say
Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicions Swarms of tiny robots, each no larger than a speck of dust, could be deployed to cure stubborn infected sinuses before being blown out through the nose...
Nvidia DLSS 4 transformer model exits beta, set to bring improved graphics to more games
The latest version of Nvidia's DLSS Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction SDK, released on Wednesday, brings the transformer model out of beta. Promoting the upscaling technology into DLSS's stable branch will likely broaden its adoption in upcoming PC games. Read Entire Article
Study shows gaming can reduce stress, even the violent kind
A recently published study aims to dispel yet another myth about video games, showing that both violent and non-violent gaming sessions can effectively reduce stress levels. The research centers on A Plague Tale: Requiem, a rat-infested action-adventure game released by Focus Entertainment in 2022. Read Entire Article
Hackers show how they can fully control your 2020 Nissan Leaf remotely
Security researchers at the Black Hat conference in Asia have disclosed an exploit in 2020 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles that hijacks the entire computer system. Thanks to a laundry list of vulnerabilities, hackers can remotely control vital systems – from steering and braking to wipers and mirrors. The exploit can......
How PC makers exploited BIOS copyright strings to unlock trial software during the Windows 95 era
Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen recently shared another behind-the-scenes story from the development days of Windows 9x, this time involving software copyright violations by dishonest PC manufacturers. According to Chen, some of these unnamed companies (disguised under fictitious brands in his post) managed to add extra software value to their hardware......