An artist’s impression of the star WOH G64 ESO/L. Calçada One of the largest stars in the known universe is undergoing a strangely rapid transformation and may soon explode as a supernova. First catalogued in 1981, WOH G64 sits some 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of…
AI took center stage at the 2025 LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony at Paris’ Viva Tech LVMH AI is continuing to power the luxury industry, optimising the consumer journey via hyper personalisation and creating efficiencies in the all consuming drive for content. LVMH announced the winners of its ninth Innovation Award at a ceremony taking place…
SEATTLE (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Saturday night. With one out and the bases loaded, Polanco smacked a single up the middle off Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase (4-1), who blew a save opportunity earlier in the frame…
Thunderstorms over Indonesia, seen from the International Space Station NASA Earth Observatory / International Space Station (ISS) An AI weather program running for a single second on a desktop can match the accuracy of traditional forecasts that take hours or days on powerful supercomputers, claim its creators. Weather forecasting has, since the 1950s, relied on…
Traditional advice tells us to only move growing plants to a pot one size larger. The science shows that you don’t need to bother with this slow transition, says James Wong Source link
Tom Hiddleston in “The Life of Chuck.” NEON The Life of Chuck, based on a story by Stephen King and starring Tom Hiddleston, is new in theaters. When will it be available to watch at home? Rated R, The Life of Chuck opened in limited release on June 6 and expanded to 1,072 theaters nationwide…
Smartphones can help children socialise AYO Production/Shutterstock A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of South Florida surveyed children between the ages of 11 and 13 in the state to open…
Astronomers have raced to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan The world’s space agencies have reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth to below 1 per cent, which strongly suggests that a potentially devastating collision will be avoided. However, the asteroid will still probably pass extraordinarily near…
BBC Paternity leave policies vary across Europe – but the UK’s offer is one of the least generous The paternity leave offer for new dads in the UK is “one of the worst in the developed world”, according to a new report published this week. The government says the system needs to be “improved” and…
