Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure raises LBD risk. …Read whole article here
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Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs
A white dwarf throws off shells of gas like a butterfly leaving a cocoon . Here the bright dot in the center of the image is the white dwarf surrounding by its cocoon of a nebula. (Image credit: H. Bond (STSci), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA via Wikimedia Commons) This article was originally published...
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Taylor Swift concerts do cause small earthquakes
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It’s a beautiful, clear night in July 2023 and over 70,000 people are packed into the open-air Lumen Field arena just south of downtown Seattle. They came decked in sparkles, glitter, and—naturally—handmade snake capes. Once inside, the lights go dark, a...
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Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again
Technically, the poke never really left Facebook. The classic feature from Facebook’s early days lets users get a friend’s attention with a virtual nudge of sorts. While the poke fell out of use ages ago, the company has more recently seen an uptick in its use among younger users, which has now prompted it to...
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Microsoft’s new Windows 11 preview infuses external webcams with AI
Image: Microsoft One of the strengths of local AI is its ability to filter out unwanted noise, and a couple of new Windows features Microsoft is testing take advantage of that. One of them will be rolled out to Copilot+ PCs that use Intel processors first, breaking Microsoft’s streak of tying new features to Windows
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NASA offers $155,000 to design moon tires
The final LTV design may—or may not—look like the current batch of terrestrial candidates. Credit: Felix and Paul Studios Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. With about two-and-a-half years to go until a planned crewed-mission to the moon, NASA is still deciding which company will receive a...
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reMarkable Paper Pro Move reviewed: a pocket notebook for writers on the go
The reMarkable Paper Pro Move is a premium, pocket-sized digital notebook praised for its ultra-portable design, natural paper-like writing feel, and long battery life. Reviewers note that it is more responsive than its predecessors and excellent for note-taking. For users who value portability, it’s a compelling and expensive…Read whole article here
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Add 1TB of storage to your phone with SanDisk’s tiny
Image: SanDisk Let’s be honest. Your phone probably doesn’t have enough storage space to get real creative. If you’re always shooting vids and snapping pics with your phone, then you might benefit from this 1TB SanDisk Creator Phone SSD—and right now it’s on sale for just $109.99 (was $134.99). That’s a smooth 19 percent discount
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Acting NASA Administrator Duffy Selects Exploration-Focused Associate Administrator
Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Wednesday named Amit Kshatriya as the new associate administrator of NASA, the agency’s top civil service role. A 20-year NASA veteran, Kshatriya was most recently the deputy in charge of the Moon to Mars Program in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In...
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Acer’s Nitro V 16S packs big RTX gaming power into a slim frame
Image: Acer Today at IFA in Berlin, Acer introduced the Nitro V 16S, a thin laptop with big gaming power. These days portable gaming laptops are all the rage, especially with hardware getting smaller and cooling systems, well, getting cooler, and the Acer Nitro V 16S certainly seems to be following in line with that...