You Can DIY These Closet Upgrades Without Spending a Ton
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Making the most out of your closet to get more storage or expand your living space can make your home…
These Sony Wireless Headphones Are Less Than $40 Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you tend to wear headphones for long stretches, the…
10 Reasons the Birth Rate Drop Could Be Irreversible – Listverse
Over the past 70 years, the global birth rate has dropped from roughly five children per woman in 1950 to 2.2, and 2.1 is considered the replacement level for a…
US plan to close the National Eye Institute shows faulty vision
In June, a US House of Representatives committee released a plan to restructure the National Institutes of Health. This includes consolidating the National Eye Institute (NEI) into a broader neuroscience…
Was the Nobel prize for physics? Yes — not that it matters
The award of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their groundbreaking research on artificial neural networks ( Nature 634 , 523–524; 2024 )…
SpaceX must share astronaut health data to boost space biomedicine
Last month, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission took humans beyond the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time since the end of the Apollo Moon programme (…
The discovery that stuck — 20 years of graphene
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03311-7 In 2004, physicists reported something remarkable: they had isolated ultrathin films of carbon atoms using sticky tape alone, and found that the films…
Consider the ethical impacts of quantum technologies in defence — before it’s too late
A quantum sensor that measures local gravity using free-falling atoms. Credit: Isabella Moore/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Quantum technologies hold great promise for aiding national defence, by sharpening how countries collect data,…
I’ve been studying misinformation for a decade — here are the rumours to watch out for on US election day
This year’s US presidential race is unprecedented, with a last-minute switch in the Democratic Party’s nominee and assassination attempts targeting Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. As anxiety about the outcome…
How much energy does it take to make a baby? Researchers are rethinking what they know
Elephants are pregnant for up to two years. Females of some fish species starve for weeks while holding dozens of eggs and hatchlings inside their mouths. And pregnant humans commonly…