Two of the Milky Way’s gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening to the echoes of distant cosmic explosions. The findings could potentially force us to reconsider our galaxy’s mass and maybe even its shape, researchers say.The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy made up of a dense central region containing a supermassive black hole (dubbed Sagittarius A*), orbited by four major arms — the Sagitarrius arm, the Scutum-Centaurus arm, the Perseus arm and the Outer arm — that curve and stretch outward like a giant pinwheel. Most of…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has filed a patent for a “creepy” AI-powered wearable device that would be capable of tracking the user’s emotional state – right down to their sighs and laughter and what time of day they take medication. The patent filing, which was published on July 2, describes an “apparatus” for “emotional state analysis and real-time fitness coaching.” Meta wrote in part that the device would use insights such as whether the user is happy or sad to generate a workout routine. “The AI assistant may listen to a user(s) at predefined times to hear various types of communication,…

Iran has given the world its first glimpse inside the bombed-out compound where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israel airstrike at the start of the war. The Iranian regime has released a new 50-second video showing the destruction left by the blast as part of a six-day funeral for the 86-year-old, who ruled the Islamic Republic with an iron fist since 1989. The gutted interior of the compound is barely recognizable as a structure, the Feb. 28 missile strikes stripping it down to support beams and rebar. Deep piles of rubble cover the entire floor, draped with buckled…

ICE officer Gregory Simmons details saving child from drowning ICE Law Enforcement Officer Gregory Simmons describes the dramatic pool rescue of a 6-year-old child from drowning in Pasco County, Florida. Simmons reacted instinctively, performing CPR to revive the unconscious child. His quick actions highlight the heroic efforts of law enforcement officers on and off duty. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Quick-thinking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Wisconsin who were preparing to conduct an arrest operation dropped everything to rush to the scene of a nearby rollover crash, saving a woman trapped inside her car, Fox…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Minnesota’s Department of Health (MDH) voluntarily suspended a grant program that was specifically based on race after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated a Civil Rights Act compliance review, the DOJ said in a Tuesday announcement.The Capacity Strengthening Initiative, according to the DOJ, was a grant program which “limited eligible grantees to organizations that worked with ‘people of color,’ provided ‘strategic consideration’ and ‘gave priority’ to proposals from organizations ‘led by populations of color.'” It also, the DOJ alleged, prioritized allocating a higher proportion of grants to “Black or African American” and…

The cult of Erewhon now comes complete with holy water. The luxury grocery chain mecca, long favored by influencers, celebs, nepo babies, and health acolytes, has released its limited-edition ‘Sacred Water,’ a $12, elitist on-ice experience. Sacred Water, billed as a clarified tonic, is a blessed blend of grape juice, coconut milk, coconut water, jasmine tea, basil, anise, cardamom, and raw honey. The drink is served in a 12 oz cup, making it a staggering $1 per oz, or unslaking $0.50 per sip. The water was created in collaboration with the hair-care manufacturer Jolie Skin Co. In an Instagram post celebrating the…

Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Four years ago, Morocco shocked everyone by reaching the semifinals of the World Cup. To get there, the Atlas Lions played like a quintessential underdog. They defended with their lives and then capitalized on whatever counterattacking opportunities presented themselves during a given match. It wasn’t the most entertaining brand of soccer, but it was effective. Morocco topped their group ahead of Croatia, Belgium, and Canada, and then they defeated Spain and Portugal before bowing…

Skip the protein shakes. This unconventional pre-workout might already be in your pantry — and you don’t even have to eat it. Sports researchers in Malaysia found that offering a whiff of chocolate to people while working out helped them increase their performance during leg exercises. “We know olfaction is powerfully wired into the brain’s appetite and emotion networks, but surprisingly, no study has systematically looked at the three-way interaction between smell, appetite, and actual resistance exercise capacity,” Dr. Mohamed Nashrudin bin Naharudin, senior author on the study, said in a release. Training with chocolate Researchers had 23 young men…

Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could help clear a path to developing clean, abundant nuclear power and solving the global energy crisis, the researchers said.Using hybrid quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) methods, scientists with IBM and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have blueprinted how to make tritium, an extremely rare isotope of hydrogen that’s critical to the fusion process.Although their research — uploaded June 29 to the preprint server arXiv — has not been peer-reviewed, the researchers say it’s the…

WASHINGTON — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed got a grilling from a lefty anchor Wednesday about whether he lied by describing himself as a physician despite lacking a current medical license. El-Sayed’s LinkedIn page describes him as a physician, and he claimed to be “a physician and epidemiologist” during an April debate. “You got attacked by your rivals for calling yourself a physician, not just a doctor, even though you don’t have a valid state medical license in New York or Michigan, which apparently is what you need legally to call yourself a physician,” Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan pressed El-Sayed, questioning…