196 LEGO Technic gears turn in a closed loop. Adding a 197th gear locks it.
Bloomington, Indiana, Bans Superintelligent AI, Hoping 350 Other Cities Will Follow | Sponsors intend to create “a massive regulatory burden” for AI companies through city-level policies.
SpaceX not being honest about ‘political’ reasons for slowing Starshield, says Zelenskyy
Not all keto diets are the same: in a mouse study, a palm oil keto diet higher in long-chain saturated fats caused inflammation in the heart, kidneys, liver, brain and fat, whereas a coconut oil keto diet with fewer of them did not. The type of fat, not ketosis itself, appears to drive the harm.
One single Nvidia AI rack moves more data than the entire world's internet combined
Most new parents have intrusive thoughts about their baby being harmed. Research found 95% of birthing parents reported intrusive thoughts about accidental harm. Over half (54%) reported intrusions about intentionally harming their baby.
Study Reveals What a Lifetime of Exposure to Fluoride in Drinking Water Does to Cognition
Scientists created a Doctor Octopus-inspired brain interface for controlling robotic arms. A touch-based brain-computer interface can enable people to command extra robotic arms while simultaneously using their own hands without disrupting their natural physical coordination.
The mitosis of a Stentor coeruleus, timelapse. The process took almost one hour
Deep Well Producing Suspected Methane Gas – How can the Gas be Removed to Prevent Pump Problems?
How do you think space colonization differ socially from the general practice of colonization in the past?
A new study found that regular coffee consumption is linked to increased colon contractions, lower small intestine acidity, and greater gut microbiome diversity, though researchers note further controlled studies are needed to prove direct causation.
Smoking linked to 31% higher dementia risk, 40% higher Alzheimer’s risk and 52% higher vascular dementia risk in a review of 61 studies involving 2.8 million people, with the risk increasing with the number of cigarettes smoked
The rate of digital change is increasing SO fast and the future is even faster.
Nvidia director sold nearly $1B in stock weeks before the Jensen Huang scandal broke
Elephants Found to be Increasingly Isolated, Leading to Fractured Social Networks: With a troubling decline in the population, researchers warn of a tipping point for the highly social animals
CNN Aviation Analyst Says ‘It’s Just Too Much of a Coincidence’ FAA Rolled Out New AI Traffic Tool Right Before Nationwide Ground Stop
A 30-year study of atmospheric oxygen and CO₂ found that oceans have absorbed increasing amounts of fossil fuel emissions since 1990, while carbon uptake by forests, soils and other land ecosystems has stagnated and generally declined since 2009, raising concerns about natural carbon sinks.
Live updates: Homeland Security secretary says ‘major engineering defect’ took place
Mass smuggling of up to 1.5 million Nvidia AI GPUs could be the underlying cause of Jensen Huang's departure, leading analysts claim — more than 1.5 gigawatts of banned chips tracked to China despite export controls
Touch lamp rapidly flickers when repeatedly operating a nearby lava lamp's mechanical switch – what could explain this?
Men with the lowest testosterone levels had an 18% higher risk of dying from cancer than men with the highest levels, according to a review of more than 26,000 men. Testosterone was not linked to prostate cancer risk, and low levels may be a warning sign of poor overall health rather than a cause.
FAA SMART AI system vendor and Microsoft both say ground stop isn't their fault
Before You Argue With Someone, Take an Honest Look at Yourself. Where Do You Fall on This Chart?
Live updates: No timeline for resolving nationwide ground stop as flight cancellations climb
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) Induces Transcriptional Changes Opposing Signatures of Brain Ageing and Neurodegeneration
Congenital syphilis rates soared in US newborns from 2012 to 2022. Congenital syphilis rates increased from 16.0 per 100,000 birth hospitalizations in 2012 to 94.7 per 100,000 in 2022. The infection can cause organ damage, skeletal abnormalities, neurodevelopmental impairment, and infant death
On a line from the smallest things to the largest, people come out about in the middle.
Amazeballs Closeup view of Sun. Whilst we are living casually living our lives, this absolute awesome phenomena constantly takes place above us all the time.
The longest recorded lightning flash stretched 829 km across the United States
Regret is rare among transgender youth who started hormone therapy, according to the largest study of its kind. Of 376 young people surveyed about 5 years after starting estrogen or testosterone, 96.8% said it was the right decision, only 2.7% regretted it, and 82.7% were still taking hormones.
US humanoid robot production could hit 400,000 by 2030 as deployment ramps, J.P. Morgan says
Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways Scientists Are Only Beginning to Understand (Full summary included inside Reddit)
People who practice environmentally friendly habits tend to be viewed as more desirable romantic partners than those who disregard the environment, according to new research.
Why is there so much talk about commercial space stations for research and so little for manufacturing?
New exhibit featuring the full-sized Space Shuttle Endeavour opens TODAY, 11/13/2026 - at California Science Center!
ESA's Euclid telescope reveals a nearly 500-gigapixel view of the Universe in its first major data release
New research shows that human speech follows the same patterns as birdsong | Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning
When I'm spinning my knife it develops lateral rocking movement that causes counter-rotation at the end. When I first encountered it I mistakenly thought the knife acted as a compass arrow, but later figured out it's the rocking that makes it go in the opposite direction.
Paid sexual exchanges are far more common among young adults than once thought, new study suggests
The sea surface has set a daily record every day since mid-June. Past El Niños point to a record 2027
Help me prepare a standard checklist and a working doc, who worked in the related field (Boiler process and fuel piping). I need inputs from people who worked in this design field.
Denmark began offering pregnant women an RSV vaccine in October 2025, and 72% of those eligible took it. That winter, hospital admissions for RSV in babies under 6 months fell by 75%, from an average of 1,128 to just 296. That is more than 800 babies kept out of a hospital bed in a single season.
Microsoft outage live: Microsoft’s global outage will cost Australia billions, expert says; US tech giants and Indian airlines also affected | Microsoft
The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was burried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle
Bolt extraction: Is a really big wrench or an impact gun at a bigger risk of stripping the treads out?
Ovarian Cancer Warning Signs Could Be Detected Before Invasive Tumours Even Develop, Study Finds
I'd like to turn my stationary bike pedaling into in-game movement with an optical sensor rig.
Cheap and reliable way to continuously monitor load on a stepper motor?
New Planetary Society dataset of NASA mission scientific productivity and impact, by cost
NASA's Parker Solar Probe finds a surprising magnetic reversal in the solar wind. Researchers discovered organized field rotations that flip direction between large and small plasma scales
Is it possible to make glasses with a build in zoom funcion in to glass
All the time spacecraft have spent transmitting from the surface of Venus adds up to less than 13 hours
Astronomers Discover Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the Oldest Compact Quasar Pair in the Universe
NASA takes an all-hands-on-deck approach in its return to the Moon | Agency is reaching out to all corners of the US commercial space industry, casting an extraordinarily wide net to reach even companies that have yet to fly any hardware into orbit: “The pace that’s occurring,...is unprecedented”
Assembly-line workers building radio receivers at the Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation plant in New York 1945, photo captures a surge in manufacturing as production lines transitioned back toward civilian electronics alongside military demand.
Vertical Drag Finisher Performing Precision Edge Preparation on Steel Alloy Bone Taps
Military veterans being driven toward alcohol abuse by feelings of betrayal, not just combat, and it's leading to new methods of treatment
Peeking at the tiny desiccant beads inside an AC filter dryer using an ultra-thin 0.75mm industrial endoscope.
Dual-arm robot with tactile fingertips pushes a straw through the sealed film on a cup without buckling the straw or tipping the cup
Are there antennas that can physically change their shape or characteristics to tune into different bands?
CAD Animation of a kinetic sculpture with intermittent motion for nested layers of globes
Boston Dynamics swapped Atlas’ feet for scooter wheels, then taught it to dash sideways and perform a 360-degree jump
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