A kirigami design where the length-to-width ratio of the cuts was six was much more responsive to magnets, which in turn enhanced an effect known… Read More »A magnetic shape-shifting surface can move things without grabbing it
Dozens of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger plane made an emergency landing at an airport in southwestern South Korea, flying on its… Read More »More than a hundred dead after South Korean plane crashes at airport. Here's what we know
According to the authors of this latest paper, the microwave grape trick also shows their promise as alternative microwave resonators for quantum sensing applications. These… Read More »Can microwaved grapes be used for quantum detection?
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) took aim at Democrats for choosing Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as the top Democrat on the… Read More »Crockett slams Democrats for choosing 'seniority' over those who are 'best equipped'
Apparently Hertz's removal of electric vehicles from its fleet is not happening fast enough for the car rental giant. A Reddit user posted an offer… Read More »Hertz continues to purge EVs, asking renters if they want to buy rather than return
A funnel cloud was spotted over Katy, a western suburb of Houston, Texas, when a tornado warning was in effect for the area on Saturday,… Read More »Funnel cloud looms during tornado warning in Katy
OpenAI has finally shared details about its plans to shake up its core business by moving to a for-profit business structure. On Thursday, OpenAI posted… Read More »OpenAI defends a shift to the profit motive as critical to supporting the humanitarian mission
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested… Read More »The Syrian Embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon transfers former Syrian army officers
Steve Bannon enthusiastically joined MAGA's immigration civil war on Friday, calling Elon Musk a “toddler” and telling X's owner to “bring it.” As Musk doubled… Read More »Steve Bannon mocks 'toddler' Elon Musk after telling X user to 'f*** himself' over visa fraud
In 2018, a team of French physicists developed a rudimentary mathematical model to describe the deformation of a common type of knitting. Their work was… Read More »The physics of ugly Christmas sweaters
Russia is deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, the US said on Friday, and at least one soldier captured by Ukraine died of his… Read More »North Korean soldiers kill themselves to avoid capture in Ukraine, US says
It feels like tech workers have had very few breaks in recent years, between continued mass layoffs, stagnant wages due to inflation, AI supposedly coming… Read More »The movements of tech workers are growing as the threats of RTO and AI loom
The past two years have been absolutely incredible for investors Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) as the semiconductor giant's shares more than doubled in both 2023 and… Read More »Here's why Nvidia stock could double by 2025
After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and on what appeared to be the company's fifth attempt Friday,… Read More »After a 24-second test of the engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly
ATLANTA (AP) — At least one Mega Millions player has enough money to ring in the new year after drawing the winning number. After three… Read More »Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says
