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WIRED Science

What’s the Winter Solstice? Celebrations, Science, Livestream

Here’s what happens on the longest night of the year—in the solar system and across different cultures here on Earth.

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WIRED Science

What’s the Winter Solstice? Celebrations, Science, Livestream

New York Times Science

Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul

New York Times Science

How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower as It Peaks During the Winter Solstice

The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.

19 hours ago

New York Times Science

How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower as It Peaks During the Winter Solstice

WIRED Science

A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time

On Christmas Eve, NASA's fastest-moving probe will come closer than ever to the surface of the sun.

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WIRED Science

A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time

WIRED Science

To Improve Your Gut Microbiome, Spend More Time in Nature

Microbes found in green spaces can transfer into your body, increasing bacterial diversity and potentially boosting the strength of the immune system.

2 hours ago

WIRED Science

To Improve Your Gut Microbiome, Spend More Time in Nature

National Science Foundation

Combatting a deadly disease and conserving a landscape one frog at a time

New research supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation shows that efforts to save and reintroduce mountain yellow-legged frogs across Yosemite National Park are helping to sustain the population in the face of a deadly fungus and have the…

2 days ago

National Science Foundation

Combatting a deadly disease and conserving a landscape one frog at a time

Futurism

Russian Space Program Confirms Plans to Destroy Space Station

Russia's space program has thrown its weight behind NASA's plans to destroy the International Space Station in 2030. As Ars Technica reports, it's a notable change of tune for the country. The space program's outspoken head Yuri Borisov, who has been leading Roscosmos since 2022, has repeatedly changed ...

1 day ago

Futurism

Russian Space Program Confirms Plans to Destroy Space Station

Futurism

Power Failed at SpaceX Ground Control During Space Tourist Mission

In September, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission was already well underway way — when the power suddenly went out in one of the company's facilities in California. As Reuters reports, ground control lost communications with the mission's crew, which was being led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, who recently ...

1 day ago

Futurism

Power Failed at SpaceX Ground Control During Space Tourist Mission

Futurism

Google Street View Appears to Capture Man Loading Human Body Into Trunk of Car

An image on Google Street View that appears to show a man stuffing a body into the trunk of a car has provided Spanish authorities a breakthrough in a year-long missing person investigation, The New York Times reports. On Wednesday, the National Police announced that it had arrested two people last ...

20 hours ago

Futurism

Google Street View Appears to Capture Man Loading Human Body Into Trunk of Car

Futurism

We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex

Over on Reddit, a dirty-minded user has posted what they claim is an entirely AI-generated exchange using Google's Notebook LM — and reader, it's very naughty. "Make this simulation as explicit and visceral as possible," a female-voiced AI says in the sexually-charged audio exchange posted to r/Singularity. ...

21 hours ago

Futurism

We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex

Futurism

Company Announces Construction of "Grid-Scale" Fusion Power Plant

Energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced that it will begin construction of the "world's first grid-scale" nuclear fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia. The MIT spinout announced that it was "one step closer" to making fusion energy — fusing atoms together inside a reactor, ...

18 hours ago

Futurism

Company Announces Construction of "Grid-Scale" Fusion Power Plant