Category: Art

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What happens when online investment trading platforms start to resemble games that keep people playing for hours, with badges and exploding confetti to reward investors for their engagement? For those who know what they’re doing, it won’t make much of a difference. New research from the University of Toronto engaging nearly...

iew of the reflection of a Laser Retroreflector Array through a testing apparatus at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Laser retroreflector arrays make it possible to do laser ranging – using small bursts of laser light to detect distances between objects. (Image credit: NASA) The U.S. Space Force aims to better pinpoint...

The Deadpool & Wolverine press tour has started with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy & Co. traveling to China, Korea, and Germany to promote the highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine ahead of its July 26th release date. Marvel is screening some footage from the film at these massive events. That’s how we got confirmation...

Netflix is continuing to crush it this year on the documentary front, particularly when it comes to such releases that have a powerful impact on viewers. Just days ago, for example, the streaming giant gave us America’s Sweethearts — a seven-episode, all-access docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad. Because of the grueling work that...

Samsung was the first smartphone vendor to make a big deal about generative AI features on mobile devices this year. It partnered with Google and others to launch the Galaxy AI suite on the Galaxy S24, turning AI features into a big selling point for the new flagships. A few months later, Samsung started bringing...

The Detroit jacket debuted in 1954. Now Carhartt has reissued it with some welcome upgrades as part of its Icons Re-Engineered program. Posted on Jul 6, 2024 3:00 PM EDT Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › The Carhartt Detroit work...

Carpenter ants (Camponotus), a diverse genus of large ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world, can selectively treat the wounded limbs of fellow nestmates — either by wound cleaning or amputation. Injured individual (marked in yellow) of Camponotus floridanus receives wound care by a nestmate. Image credit: Frank et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.021. Open...

Equipped with four state-of-the-art instruments, EarthCARE makes a range of different measurements that together provide unique insights into the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation. The cloud profiling radar is a 94 GHz cloud radar with Doppler capability. It provides vertical profiles of clouds to gain detailed insight into cloud structure. The atmospheric lidar...

Let me preface what I’m about to write by noting that I don’t own a Tesla, and I’m not an Elon Musk fanboy. But it wouldn’t matter if I was — the facts are the facts when it comes to his electric car company’s progress, as well as any third-party analysis of it. Earlier this...

Music, an ever-evolving art form, has seen its fair share of revolutionaries, but few have truly transformed how instruments are played. From the haunting melodies of a guitar to the vibrant rhythms of a drum, these musicians didn’t just play music; they redefined it. This list celebrates ten such trailblazers who didn’t merely master their...