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Google Maps has changed the name of “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” for US users to reflect President Trump’s executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump…
Look out, iPhone fans — some new tech is in town that costs less and has a longer life. Fairphone, a Dutch company known for its environmentally conscious ethos with…
In July, a government agency tasked with protecting our cultural heritage abdicated its responsibility, voting to further industry’s pursuit of profit over protecting sites of cultural significance. The Advisory Council…
NGC 6723 is a globular cluster, an ancient inhabitant of the Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto)Quick factsWhat it is: NGC 6723, the “Chandelier…
Every second of every day, Earth is bombarded by particles from outer space. Some of these particles are obstructed by our planet’s atmosphere but can spray down other particles, while…
Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a medieval hoard of 2,600 silver coins, including more than 350 coins of a type never seen before. The hoard may have been buried by…
He fell hard for them. A hapless robot proved they’re not so different from us when it toppled down the stairs after seemingly getting distracted by machine cheerleaders. The blooper-worthy…
Earth’s temperatures are steadily rising, with the past decade experiencing all 10 of the warmest years on record. As heat waves become more frequent and intense, concerns are growing about…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model used a novel approach to AI cognition to dramatically reduce the cost of requests, suggesting that nonverbal reasoning may be the next step toward…
There’s a commonly cited idea that water in a drain swirls in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. But is there any truth to it? When you pull…