Our bodies are alive with activity and filled with proteins trapped in fatty membranes or floating in and out of watery cells. Scientists have now, for the first time, captured the dance between the two: a fluid tango involving proteins and fats as they would normally move in cells. “We’re going beyond taking single snapshots, … Read more
After 40 years, 130 million albums sold, thousands of packed stadiums and many musical fads defied, Bon Jovi is still standing. Anchoring some of rock’s most enduring anthems — “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Bad Medicine,” “It’s My Life,” “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive” — as well as new entries “Legendary” … Read more
Scientists have discovered a hitherto unknown space molecule while probing a relatively nearby region of intense star formation, a cosmic point about 5,550 light-years away. It is part of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334. The team, led by Zachary Fried, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), examined … Read more
Manor Lords brings its deep medieval city-builder to early access in just two days, so publisher Hooded Horse took the time to explain why it hasn’t announced pricing information yet. While many players would expect to see some sort of update by now, it’s still unclear how much Manor Lords will actually cost to purchase. … Read more
Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc visited the White House on Tuesday to promote the Biden Administration’s newly formed National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and federal action plan, speaking candidly about the death of Judd’s mother, country music star Naomi Judd, and co-worker frequent Blacc, Avicii. “I’ve learned in recovery that I can pretend to care, … Read more
Larger / M82, the site of what is likely a giant outburst from a magnetar. NASA, ESA and the Hubble Legacy Team Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy photons, including anything with more energy than an X-ray. While they are often created by processes such as radioactive decay, few astronomical events produce them … Read more
We’ve been following the developments surrounding the Pixel 9 series, which is expected to debut this October, for months. Personally, I’ve been keeping up with the speed of the wide moves – the Tensor G4, a new design, and what Google potentially calls its next foldable device, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. One detail in … Read more
A 3.7-billion-year-old record of our planet’s ancient magnetism has been discovered, providing evidence that Earth’s magnetic field existed very early in history. However, this discovery is quite surprising. Rocks approaching 4 billion years old are hard to find; most are recycled earthIts tectonic activity, sliding into the mantle through subduction zones before sliding out of … Read more
Thanks to their reign of terror in Jurassic Park, Velociraptors are notorious prehistoric predators. However, the sickle-claw killing machines familiar to moviegoers are a far cry from their sci-fi counterparts – and not just because those fictional ones lack feathers. In real life, Velociraptors topped out at the size of a Labrador retriever and were … Read more
The nova explosion 3,000 light-years away will make the new star visible on Earth Frederick Walter, galactic astronomer and professor at Stony Brook University, explains what a nova explosion is and why we will be able to see the effects from it. Walter said the explosion will be visible for several days to most on … Read more