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Great white sharks are overheating
The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall. The oceanâs most iconic predators maintain warmer body temperatures than the…
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by “unfriendly states”
Grinex, a US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, said itâs halting operations after experiencing a $13 million heist carried out by âwestern special servicesâ hackers. Researchers from TRM, which has…
Woman builds EpiPen cannon, because why not?
The PVC pipe potato gun is a staple of many science-oriented (and frequently unsupervised) childhoods. There are plenty of variations to that starchy shooter, but the basic elements are invariably…
âDoors to Deathâ reveal how Romans upgraded a stadium for bloodsport
The ancient Roman city of Pergeâin present-day southern Turkeyâwas one of the regionâs most prominent urban centers. By the 2nd century CE, the hub was so large that it even…
From crying to dentistry: 6 odd skills astronauts need to go to space
When the four-person Artemis II crew safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, they landed with a deeper understanding of what it will take to finally bring humans back to…
How Audiâs electromechanical progressive steering works
Audi is having a big moment: two years ago, the German brand announced it would launch 20 brand-new or significantly new models. Twelve of those have already rolled out, with…
After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars
NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center,…
OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows. Called GPT-Rosalind after Rosalind Franklin, the model appears to differ from most science-focused…
Saturnâs largest moon could see 10-foot waves from a tiny breeze
Titan is the largest of Saturnâs 292 known moons, by far. Itâs also the only other cosmic body apart from Earth confirmed to host standing liquid similar to our oceans…