“Decisions around where data centers get built have shifted dramatically over the last six months, with access to power now […]
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A shark scientist reflects on Jaws at 50
We’re still afraid to go in the water Ars chats with marine biologist David Shiffman about the film’s legacy—both good […]
Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing
Its platform needs error correction that works with different hardware. Some of the optical hardware needed to make Atom Computing’s […]
MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours
MIT graduate student Alex Kachkine once spent nine months meticulously restoring a damaged baroque Italian painting, which left him plenty […]
SpaceX’s next Starship just blew up on its test stand in South Texas
SpaceX had high hopes for Starship in 2025, but it’s been one setback after another. A fireball erupts around SpaceX’s […]
New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory
Skip to content Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago. […]
Via the False Claims Act, NIH puts universities on edge
Funding pause at U. Michigan illustrates uncertainty around new language in NIH grants. University of Michigan students walk on the […]
Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t
The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number […]
We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew
It’s a Denisovan? Always has been. After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. […]
Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry
The company has not disclosed its spending on rocket development. Honda’s hopper is smaller than similar prototype boosters SpaceX has […]