Updated July 6 with details on other upcoming Apple TV news, more features coming to tvOS 18 this fall, and news about home devices. That’s how you know Apple is doing it right: when it introduces a feature you’d never thought of before but find brilliant upon seeing it. Such is a new iPhone feature, … Read more
Rendered image of the landing of the MARUM-MeBo70 on the seabed of the Amundsen Sea. Credit: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen / Martin Künsting In recent years, global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice caps. The “eternal” ice in Antarctica is melting faster than previously assumed, especially … Read more
Scientists have captured the first ever early stage of embryo formation, which could help solve the ‘mystery’ of how birth defects develop in humans. Australian researchers watched in amazement as the cells of a quail embryo crawled around a protein-based support structure, organising themselves into the earliest form of the heart and the first stage … Read more
A lot of gear comes through our desks here at Pinkbike. Check Out is an occasional round-up of everything our tech editors got their hands on. Sometimes they’re products we’re doing long-term testing on, other times they’re things we’re excited about but don’t have time to fully review. And sometimes it’s crazy shit that someone … Read more
Sometime in the coming months, a spectacle could light up the northern sky. There, in the constellation Corona Borealis, more than 2,500 light-years away, lurks a star called T Coronae Borealis, building up to an explosion that will temporarily cause the star to become one of the brightest objects at night. sky. Astronomers are eagerly … Read more
A new photo of the Crab Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists parse the composition and history of the ancient supernova remnant. The Crab Nebula, located in the constellation Taurus, is the result of a supernova explosion that was observed on Earth in 1054 CE and was bright enough to … Read more
Large birds of prey such as falcons, ospreys, eagles and vultures can remain aloft, glide along rising air currents and fly over tens of thousands of kilometers while barely fluttering. Scientists and laypeople alike – fascinated by this feat – have wondered for centuries how they accomplished it. Now an international team of researchers … Read more
A father-daughter duo from the Cowboy State didn’t know it at the time, but the large rock they found is a massive discovery that’s 2.5 billion years old and a unique find for Wyoming rock hounds. The large rock found by Laramie resident Patrick Corcoran and his daughter Cora is called a banded iron formation. … Read more
Researchers at Columbia University have created a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) using sodium-cesium molecules, cooled to just five nanoKelvin and stable for two seconds. This achievement opens up possibilities for investigating various quantum phenomena and simulating the quantum properties of complex materials. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Physicists at Columbia University have taken molecules to a new ultracold limit … Read more
A few weeks ago I reported that luxury German AV brand Loewe had set up Europe’s first ‘Open Cell’ OLED TV production line, potentially allowing it to create truly unique TV designs that simply aren’t possible if you go with the usual more ‘ finished’ OLED modules. Loewe has now unveiled the first results of … Read more