A Low Growl She counted the hours as she sat with her bear and enjoyed the fresh spray of the sea. But just as it grew quiet, a low growl came from her bear. He was never aggressive. And this was certainly out of character for him to do things like this. The ocean started…
Asus is launching the Zenfone 9 today, more than a year after the last flagship. The event begins at 9 AM New York Time/3 PM Berline Time/9 PM Taipei Time, and it will be live-streamed on YouTube. You can watch it with us as we expect to see the compact Zenfone 9 make an appearance…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein known to science The news: DeepMind says its AlphaFold tool has successfully predicted the structure of nearly all proteins known to science. From today,…
Why bother to design your own robots when you can just reuse what nature created? This was the thought process behind a research project from engineers at Rice University who successfully transformed dead spiders into robotic gripping claws. The scientists have dubbed their new area of research “necrobotics” and say it could create cheap, effective,…
Enlarge / The evening sun colors the underside of the Boeing 747 and the following contrail red in Berlin in 2021. (credit: Soeren Stache/Picture Alliance/Getty ) Jet A-1, a straw-colored, kerosene-based fuel used in most big airplanes, is a difficult substance to replace. It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A significant factor that scares people away from electric vehicles is confusion over charging. Every gas station in the land is fitted with nozzles that will fill any gasoline-powered car’s fuel tank. But not all EVs use the same plug, and then there’s the matter of alternating current…
Any one of those healthy succulent leaves could grow a new plant. Manji So / Unsplash Outdoors, most plants reproduce through flowering, pollination, fertilization, and seed production. But inside our homes, the process looks a lot different. In an enclosed space with often limited light, it can be hard to achieve the conditions many houseplants…
Life-saving abortion and other emergency procedures are already being cracked down on in certain US states following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Deposit Photos In the weeks since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abolishing the nationwide right to an abortion, OB-GYNs and emergency room physicians are still figuring out how…
Alex Zekoff Contributor Share on Twitter Alex Zekoff is the CEO and co-founder of Thoughtful Automation, an automation-as-a-service platform. With rising interest rates, there’s a new sheriff in town for all companies. It’s called efficiency. Efficiency is now especially important for startups, which are always running fast toward a cliff. When, as a typical startup,…
Spotify is launching a new personalized playlist called “Friends Mix” to give users a way to discover new tracks based on the Blends they’ve created with with their friends. The streaming service’s Blend tool allows two Spotify users to see where their musical tastes overlap by mixing together their favorite songs to find those they…