Acquaintances, more than close friends, show the strength of “weak ties” when it comes to employment If you want a new job, don’t just rely on friends or family. According to one of the most influential theories in social science, you’re more likely to nab a new position throughContinue Reading
Heat waves broke temperature records around the world this past summer, but it will still be one of the coolest summers of the next few decades Extreme heat has been a constant in the news this past summer: In July a punishing heat wave in Europe pushed temperatures across partsContinue Reading
Engineers at the company DeepMind built a machine-learning system based on research on how babies’ brain works, and it did better on certain tasks than its conventional counterparts. Christopher Intagliata: Artificial intelligence systems have bested humans at chess, poker, Jeopardy, Go, and countless other games. But machines still aren’t thatContinue Reading
Last-mile delivery by a small drone takes much less energy per package than delivery by diesel truck Drones that fly packages straight to people’s doors could be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional modes of transportation. A study comparing the environmental impact of various ‘last-mile’ delivery methods — which takeContinue Reading
Nongovernment satellites are vulnerable to attack, and calling them critical infrastructure would make it easier for the U.S. to fight back For five days in 2021, gas on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. stopped flowing. People began to panic-buy at the pumps and cancel trips. A Russian criminal groupContinue Reading
The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations. The sunshield – about the size of a tennis court at full size – was folded to fit inside the payload area of an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket’sContinue Reading
Percy is moving on to its next drill site in Mars’ lonely Jezero Crater. Like a white gumball dropped in the sand, NASA’s Perseverance rover glints amongst the cliffs of Mars in a striking new satellite image. Perseverance – or “Percy,” to its familiars – has been rolling around Mars’Continue Reading
It provides insights into how the position and intensity of the North Atlantic jet stream has changed during the past 1,250 years. The findings suggest that the position of the jet stream could migrate outside of the range of natural variability by as early as the year 2060 under unabatedContinue Reading
U.S. National Science Foundation-funded scientists at Tufts University have developed a new filtering technology inspired by biology that could help curb a drinking water-related disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide. It could also potentially improve environmental remediation and industrial and chemical production, among other processes. Reporting inContinue Reading
The flight is scheduled for July 20. Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos will fly on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the billionaire announced on Instagram on Monday (June 7). The flight is scheduled for July 20, the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11Continue Reading
