Wrap up warm, grab a deck chair and take your place to spot about 10-15 bright meteors an hour It is time again for one of the more reliable meteor showers of the year: the Leonids. Active between early November and early December, the shower experiences a sharp peak this...
‘They treat men like vending machines’: inside the hidden world of social media sperm selling
Parenthood can seem an impossible dream for many, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution, but they can be a murky world A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric boast for a Facebook profile page, but then this...
James Watson obituary
Nobel prize-winning biologist whose discovery, with Francis Crick, of the structure of DNA solved the mystery of genetic inheritance James Watson, who has died aged 97, had an extraordinary gift for science, combined with ruthless ambition and an arrogant disregard for most of his peers. These combined qualities earned him...
Retired Australian teacher discovers the oldest fossil of its kind in southern hemisphere – and a new species
Robert Beattie, 82, has found specimens of a 151m-year-old midge that challenge what we know about how the insects evolved Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here As a boy, holidaying with his family in the New South Wales coastal town of Gerringong,...
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists It has been an excellent year for neurotech, if you ignore the people funding it. In August, a tiny brain implant successfully decoded the inner speech of paralysis patients....
The microchip era may be ending – and wafer-scale systems could be what comes next
Nowhere is this transformation more visible than at Nvidia, whose valuation recently soared to about $5 trillion, making it the world's most valuable publicly traded company. Nvidia's flagship processors are intricate marvels. Each unit – encapsulated in a plastic package and interwoven with copper connections – contains up to 208...
Hackers used booby-trapped images to spy on Samsung phones, no clicks required
For months, hackers conducted a quiet but highly advanced espionage campaign targeting select Samsung Galaxy users. The invasion used an exploit so sophisticated that it infected devices without users taking any action. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have disclosed full details of "Landfall," a commercial-grade spyware that......
Boot up, VPN, multi-password logins, and zero pay: Bank of America hit with wage lawsuit
The lawsuit centers on the experiences of Tava Martin, a former business analyst who worked both remotely and at the bank's Jacksonville facility. According to court documents, Martin and her colleagues were required to perform a series of technical steps before they could begin their workday. Read Entire Article
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 16-21-23-48-70, Mega Ball: 5, Megaplier:
From Bollywood to bodegas, Mamdani’s mayoral campaign found visual inspiration in unlikely corners
Zohran Mamdani’s winning run for New York City mayor featured a memorable campaign design that drew its inspiration from a wide range of influences, helping the democratic socialist appeal to young and diverse voters