Small, primordial black holes that formed in the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang may have had company, in the form of even smaller supercharged black holes with the mass of a rhinoceros that quickly evaporated. A team of researchers has theorized that these tiny rhino black holes, which would represent an … Read more
iOS 18 will be fully unveiled this Monday during the WWDC keynote. According to one of the latest rumors, the iPhone update will introduce a redesigned Control Center. A core feature of the new Control Center is the ability to place controls on multiple separate pages, rather than the single-page view currently available. Here’s what … Read more
A silent colossus lurks off the Pacific coast, threatening hundreds of miles of coastline with tsunamis and devastating earthquakes. For decades, scientists have warned about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a megathrust fault that runs offshore along the coast from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino, California. When the fault – or even … Read more
Human interest By means of Alex Mitchell Published June 7, 2024, 4:41 PM ET Call it one dinomicite discovery. A Long Island professor is among researchers who have discovered a new dinosaur species in Zimbabwe – the fourth ever discovered in the African country. Professor Kimi Chapelle of Stony Brook University played a crucial role … Read more
Call it one dinomicite discovery. A Long Island professor is among researchers who have discovered a new dinosaur species in Zimbabwe – the fourth ever discovered in the African country. Professor Kimi Chapelle of Stony Brook University played a crucial role in finding fossils of this long-necked herbivore, called a sauropodomorph dinosaur, which inhabited the … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space observatory from experiencing shortfalls in its ability to observe the universe, NASA officials said. The … Read more
The SpaceX Starship will launch on its fourth test flight from Boca Chica Beach on June 6, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Boeing’s Starliner fulfilled a long-held NASA dream when Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams emerged from the capsule onto the ISS. Yes, the docking process was a bit wobbly, but … Read more
The five biggest banks pay an average of just 1.69% on £10,000 of easy access loans This remains no less than 1.43% behind the rest of the market average Despite new rules requiring them to offer savers ‘fair value’ Britain’s five biggest banks are still failing to offer competitive savings rates despite the Financial Conduct … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The top US antitrust enforcer will look at the artificial intelligence sector “with urgency” after concerns that power over the transformative technology is being concentrated among a few deep-pocketed players. Jonathan Kanter said in an … Read more
Astronomers have discovered carbon in a galaxy seen just 350 million years after the Big Bang, in observations that raise the possibility that conditions for life were present almost from the beginning of time. The observations, made by the James Webb Space Telescope, suggest that huge amounts of carbon were released when the first generation … Read more