Aging takes a serious toll on the hippocampus, the part of the brain that plays a central role in learning and memory. Scientists at UC San Francisco have now pinpointed a protein that appears to drive much of this decline….
Pinball video games have been around for years — I cut my teeth on Space Cadet 3D Pinball, which was pre-loaded on Windows 95. They range from realistic recreations of pinball tables you’ll find at arcades to games that could…
You may be familiar with Gemini as the thing that’s in every Google service you use — whether you want it or not. While it’s been a constant, sometimes unwelcome presence in Gmail for at least the past year, it’s…
The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator. Delve is no longer listed among YC’s directory of portfolio companies, and the Delve page seems to have been removed from the YC…
Mowers I Am Currently Testing We are just into a new cutting season here, so I haven’t tested these new robot mowers enough to make a full recommendation, but here are my impressions so far. Photograph: Simon Hill Mammotion Luba…
A buff-tailed bumblebee on an artificial flower Bee lab at Southern Medical University Bumblebees have learned to recognise Morse code-like sequences of flashing lights and vibrations, demonstrating a sense of rhythm that has never been seen in such a small-brained…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Around this time of the year, your social media doom scrolling might be peppered with images of adorable children holding disgruntled yellow chicks. While…
A new type of artificial saliva, delivered as a mouthwash and made using a lab-modified sugarcane protein called CANECPI-5, could help protect the teeth of patients with head and neck cancer. These patients often undergo radiotherapy near the mouth, which…
There’s finally a release date for the Spaceballs sequel — but before you get too excited, it’s a whole year away. As first reported by Deadline, Amazon MGM Studios announced on Friday night that the upcoming Spaceballs movie will hit…
In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had recorded, but she’d never uploaded them to Spotify, and something was off about the vocals. She…
On Monday, Microsoft and OpenAI announced that they have, once again, renegotiated the deal binding the two companies. Despite some opinions on X that frame it as a victory for the ChatGPT maker over the Windows giant, both sides are…
Relief has arrived for the Montreal Canadiens after a worrying moment involving Juraj Slafkovsky in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. With the NHL playoff series tied 2-2, his availability for Game 5 now looks likely. NHL reporter Eric…
S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) slipped 0.09% to 7,158.70, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) fell 0.26% to 24,772.02, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) eased 0.23% to 49,118.56 as geopolitical tensions weighed on stocks. Market movers In megatech, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft,…
