Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the first time since 1972, the United States is back on the moon. At 6:23 p.m. Eastern time Thursday Feb 22, Intuitive Machines Inc. landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon, becoming the first private firm to place a vehicle intact on the lunar surface. NASA, which paid nearly $118 … Read more
âFirst text, then images, now OpenAI has a model for generating videos,â screamed Mashable the other day. The makers of ChatGPT and Dall-E had just announced Sora, a text-to-video diffusion model. Cue excited commentary all over the web about what will doubtless become known as T2V, covering the usual spectrum â from âDoes this mark … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has finally been handed over to his mother, his spokeswoman has said. Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69, has been given the body … Read more
Luke Skywalker’s childhood might have been slightly less harsh if he’d grown up on a more temperate Tatooine — like the ones identified in a new, Yale-led study. According to the study’s authors, there are more climate-friendly planets in binary star systems — in other words, those with two suns — than previously known. And, … Read more
Space is already crowded with human-made objects and anti-satellite weapons can make the situation much worse. Credit: NASA ODPO In a week where national security has taken center stage in Washington, the White House confirmed on Thursday that it had evidence that Russia was developing a space-based nuclear anti satellite weapon. John Kirby, the National … Read more
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This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Picture the minute hand at about 8 past the hour. That’s the slope of Viet’s backyard in southern Los Angeles County. It’s a bit too aggressive for a slip-and-slide. In fact, Viet doesn’t even let his 7-year-old daughter play … Read more
(The Hill) — The Odysseus lander, just a day after it made a historic landing on the moon, tipped over and is now on its side, officials revealed. The lander, which made history as the first private spacecraft to land on the moon in over 50 years, ended up on its side near the moon’s … Read more
Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Dune 2 director Denis Villeneuve has waded into an increasingly controversial movie debate ahead of the release of his long-awaited movie sequel. The filmmaker, whose credits include Arrival and Blade … Read more
How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers from the Universities of Zurich, Lausanne and Konstanz have challenged two prevailing explanations — repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, both mechanisms synergistically contribute to fostering cooperation effectively. One of the great unresolved mysteries of human evolution is how … Read more
Singapore. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to Singapore’s Meteorological Service, Singapore has been warming up twice as fast compared to the rest of the world. Due to the effects of global warming, rising urban heat, and El Niño, 2023 was the hottest recorded year in Singapore. Temperature increases can result in adverse climatic effects such … Read more
