Category: Art

Saltwater deep in Earth’s crust may host microbial communities that can tell us about early life on Earth. (Image credit: AlexLMX via Getty Images) Water covers nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface. But how much water lies hidden underground in the planet’s crust? A 2021 study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that more of...

With the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament sold out for the first time, Caitlin Clark mania has firmly taken hold across the nation. The 6-foot basketball phenom’s No. 22 Iowa jerseys and shirts have been on backorder for weeks. “Clarkies” line up for hours in the northern cold seeking tickets and autographs....

Drawing by a participant highlighting the cardinality of numbers by using sets of grouped elements (animals). This type of drawing is generally accompanied by a 3-step solution. Credit: Hippolyte Gros A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with CY Cergy Paris University (CYU) and University of Burgundy (uB), have analyzed drawings made...

On Monday, Xbox announced that it would be hosting its next Partner Preview event on Wednesday, March 6th. Well, March 6th is here, and the event is over, so we have another round of game trailers and announcements to talk about. Today, Xbox hosted its March Partner Preview event. The event, which streamed live on...

Key milestones for creating a planetary-scale Digital Twin Earth. Credit: Brocca L et al/Frontiers The water cycle looks simple in theory—but human impacts, climate change, and complicated geography mean that in practice, floods and droughts remain hard to predict. To model water on Earth, you need incredibly high-resolution data across an immense expanse, and you...

Netflix proved that cracking down on password sharing can be quite lucrative. Despite the online protests from people threatening to cancel their subscriptions after the anti-password-sharing measures were implemented, Netflix actually got millions of new subscribers in the second half of 2023. It’s no wonder Disney was quick to announce it also plans to ban...

If you’re a Netflix subscriber and find yourself with time on your hands over the next week or so, good news — the streaming giant has decided to close out the first quarter with a veritable flood of new content, much of which will start to roll out over the next seven days. We’re talking...

Artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Starship on the moon. (Image credit: SpaceX) Practice makes perfect, which is especially true for moon missions with astronauts on board. That’s why SpaceX and NASA recently completed more than 200 docking scenarios together with Starship hardware. Starship is the landing system that will bring astronauts to the lunar surface with...

From the expanse of the Mississippi River to the heights of the Great Smoky Mountains, here are the Tennessee boutique hotels, camping compounds, and storied resorts we suggest for exploring Memphis, Nashville, and beyond. The Memphian, Memphis Best for: Art lovers The lone hotel in Overton Square, The Memphian offers a one-of-a-kind lodging experience, blending...

A series of images showing asteroid 2008 OS7 tumbling past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A stadium-sized asteroid tumbled harmlessly past Earth this month as a powerful NASA radar system watched. Asteroid 2008 OS7 passed by Earth on Feb. 2, 2024 at a safe distance of 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers),...