Model of a Neanderthal man at the Natural History Museum in London Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty Images When our species and Neanderthals interbred, it may have been mostly female Homo sapiens and male Neanderthals that mated. That’s the conclusion of a…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Some 3,000 years of history is locked inside the DNA of a single species—the old Irish Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). This rare indigenous breed…
A recent study published in Aging-US explored how two common amino acids may influence how long people live. The paper, titled “The role of phenylalanine and tyrosine in longevity: a cohort and Mendelian randomization study,” examined whether levels of these…
Apple’s mobile devices are secure enough for NATO. Following extensive testing by the German government, the iPhone and iPad are now considered secure enough for the NATO-restricted classified level. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der…
The NATO-restricted designation is the lowest level of classified information, and it applies to information that would be “disadvantageous to the interests of NATO” if disclosed, according to a security document posted by the Marines. BlackBerry 10 phones similarly received…
Meeting notetaker Read AI on Thursday launched an AI-powered email-based assistant called Ada, saying it helps users manage their schedules, answer questions based on a company’s knowledge base, and reply to out-of-office emails. The company is calling Ada a “digital…
OpenAI has announced plans to turn its London office into its largest research hub outside of the United States. The company—which established a UK office in 2023—says it will expand its London-based research team, scooping up talent emerging from leading…
Every few years, the planets appear in a line Getty Images Nearly all of the planets in the solar system are about to march through the night sky in a single-file line. This planetary alignment, sometimes called a planet parade,…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s been 17 years since the bright yellow Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) hopped through its native habitat. But after nearly two decades of…
A recent study suggests that older adults who avoid meat may be somewhat less likely to reach age 100 than those who eat it. However, the findings are more complex than they first appear and should not be taken as…
US self-driving startup Nuro, which is backed by the likes of NVIDIA, Toyota and Uber, has started testing its autonomous vehicles on Tokyo’s challenging streets, Bloomberg reported. The company, which plans to launch a robotaxi service with Uber and Lucid…
Hungary is going to the polls soon and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has one public enemy in his sights – Ukraine’s president. Source link
Saudi Arabia was regarded for decades as the ‘global swing oil producer’, able to quickly decrease or increase its oil flows to respectively raise or lower world oil prices. Riyadh has long perpetuated this idea, with grandiose claims about the…
