ECONEWS
It seemed impossible to detect such fine arteries on a moving X-ray until a new training method enabled an AI to go from almost never getting it right to getting it right in most cases
The history of cities has always seemed to be driven by money, technology, and institutions, but a new study suggests there may be something more fundamental and powerful: the simple act of bringing people closer together changes the entire network
What looks like a beautiful dance in the Kushiro wetlands could be a secret conversation between two cranes, featuring a series of bows, poses, and movements that last up to three minutes and respond to each other’s gestures
A man with severe paralysis caused by ALS used a brain implant at home for more than 3,800 hours and was able to convert his attempts to speak into text, computer-generated information, and a voice similar to his own
A Montana county commissioner wanted to prepare his county in case coal revenues dried up, and voters ousted him from office in a Republican primary that served as a warning to other mining communities
Homo erectus teeth dating back about 400,000 years, found in China, have just revealed an unexpected clue about a possible family connection to the mysterious Denisovans
The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form
On May 30, a loud boom shook Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and NASA traced it to a meteor that broke apart with the force of 300 tons of TNT
The U.S. power grid has just been given a 60-day ultimatum, as artificial intelligence data centers consume so much energy that they are already raising concerns about the impact on household electricity bills
It looks like a yellow toy floating in a lagoon, but it has a huge mission: to find the most resilient corals before the ocean warms up again
Our galaxy isn’t stationary but hurtling at full speed toward a hidden gravitational anomaly located between 150 and 250 million light-years away
Scientists at MIT have created a robot with an “elephant’s memory” that promises to tell you where you left your keys last night—and it does so in a matter of seconds
Puerto Rico had a $1 billion federal fund to install solar panels and batteries in vulnerable households, but now much of that money is being diverted to the old power grid
Switzerland just scanned what’s under everyone’s feet, turning secret geology into a national GPS for planners
It all started with a simple bowl of oatmeal and an apple; now scientists believe that these foods contain more than 139,000 compounds that could change the way we understand nutrition
It all began with a material thousands of times thinner than a human hair; now scientists believe they have found an unexpected way to manufacture much more efficient superconductors
Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess









