DARPA envisions growing structures hundreds of metres long Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo The US military is brainstorming ways to build large structures in space, from telescope antennas to elevator tethers. By growing these objects in microgravity using biological organisms, they hope to avoid the costly and painstaking process of launching components from…
A University of Queensland-led project has developed a tool to standardize genetic testing of koala populations, providing a significant boost to conservation and recovery efforts. Dr Lyndal Hulse from UQ’s School of the Environment said the standardized koala genetic marker panel provides a consistent method for researchers nationwide to capture and share koala genetic variation,…
Anna Barclay | Getty Images The long-running rivalry between the country’s top premium credit cards is about to heat up again. JPMorgan Chase announced last week that a refresh of its Sapphire Reserve — the travel and dining rewards card that went viral when it arrived in 2016 — was imminent. In response, American Express…
The resignation of Zia Yusuf as Reform UK’s chairman matters because he was a central character in the stand out trend in British politics since the general election – the rise and rise of Nigel Farage’s party. After 11 months in the role, Yusuf said on Thursday that working to get the party elected was…
Buster OlneyJun 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” The Boston Red Sox might be the best embodiment of the emotional swings that teams go through in this era of Major League Baseball. Ten days ago, they had dropped nine…
Concepts from cryptography can be applied to speeding up algorithms Imago/Alamy Adding a dash of encryption to key algorithms used in artificial intelligence models could – surprisingly – make them more efficient, thanks to a trick of mathematics. Cryptography normally involves scrambling messages to make them appear random to malicious onlookers while preserving their information…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump issued a full-throated endorsement of Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., backing the lawmaker for re-election less than half a year into the freshman House member’s first term in office. “Abe Hamadeh has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU…
Eric KarabellJun 16, 2025, 06:55 AM ET Close Eric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments”. The 2024 NFL season was quite eventful, full of surprises, both positive and negative. Fantasy…
Security researchers find threat actor advertising a major database The archive allegedly belongs to VirtualMacOSX.com It contains passwords, bank data, and other sensitive information Thousands of records belonging to VirtualMacOSX users, including banking information, have been leaked on a popular hacking forum recently, experts have claimed. Cybersecurity researchers Safety Detectives say they found a new…
A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State. The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high…
