Today’s the day: A solar eclipse will darken the skies in the northeastern US and Canada in the early hours of Saturday. Unlike the “Great
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Beyond RGB: A new image file format efficiently stores invisible light data
Imagine working with special cameras that capture light your eyes can’t even see—ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn, infrared heat signatures that reveal hidden writing, or
Read moreReport: US scientists lost $3 billion in NIH grants since Trump took office
Since Trump took office on January 20, research funding from the National Institutes of Health has plummeted by more than $3 billion compared with the
Read moreLatest Webb telescope image shows a cosmic phenomenon called an ‘Einstein ring’
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, pictured above, also happens to be a stunning illustration of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. So
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Scientists Agree That Everyone Hates Your Terrible Zoom Mic
A new study from Yale confirms what everyone already knew: we’re all judging you when your mic sounds cheap and bad on a conference call.
Read moreTrump annoyed the Smithsonian isn’t promoting discredited racial ideas
On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order that took aim at one of the US’s foremost cultural and scientific institutions: the Smithsonian. Upset
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