Tag: Technology

Fossils in the FRED database span species and time. New Zealand is the only country in the world with a complete, open-access database of its fossil record. It all began in 1946 with a...

Generative artificial intelligence systems have been making waves in various fields, but a recent study has highlighted some concerning issues with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus. Researchers from...

A recent discovery in scientific 3D modeling has revealed that laser light can actually cast its own shadow, challenging conventional ideas about shadows. This surprising finding was published in the journal Optica on November...

If you're in the market for a new pair of binoculars for stargazing, you're in luck because there is a great deal on Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 binoculars on Amazon right now. These binoculars...

Amid a wave of people leaving Elon Musk's social media platform X, Bluesky, a new platform founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is gaining momentum. The exodus from X is not only due...

A meteorite found in a university drawer in 1931 holds clues about ancient water on Mars, according to new research. The Lafayette meteorite, a small piece of glassy space rock, was discovered at Purdue...

Fifty years ago, a message was sent from Earth to the stars using radio waves. This event took place on November 16, 1974, during a tumultuous time on our planet. The cold war was...

The discovery of exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, has been an ongoing effort that has led to the identification of over 5,000 such worlds. These exoplanets vary in size, composition, and atmospheric...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious flashes of cosmic energy that occur across the sky, releasing as much energy in milliseconds as the sun does in a day. Scientists have long been puzzled by...

The Arecibo Observatory celebrated its 50th anniversary of sending a groundbreaking message into space on November 16, 1974. The message, known as the Arecibo message, was designed by astronomer Frank Drake and aimed to...