Metal pollution from a rocket reentry detected for the first time

For the first time, scientists have directly observed metal pollutants leaching from a piece of orbital junk: a SpaceX rocket as it burned in the atmosphere. Such pollutants can damage...

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast

An editor who worked for YouTube creator MrBeast, whose legal name...

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast

An editor who worked for YouTube...

Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station

For instance, and this would be very, very bad: a puncture wound.In the vacuum of space, the...

Keeping a beat wins caterpillars friends in low places

Some caterpillars speak ant by rocking to a beat. By jiggling like a cellphone receiving a call while...

Valley News

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of Sep. 11

A house in Oakland that sold for $2.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the...

Three-bedroom home sells for $3.7 million in Saratoga

20030 Winter Lane – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 20000 block of Winter Lane in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,572-square-foot property, built in 1955, was sold on Sept. 5, 2023. The $3,710,000 purchase price works...

San Jose: Driver hits, kills pedestrian in Willow Glen

SAN JOSE – A driver hit and killed a pedestrian Monday morning in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood, police said. The collision happened around 6:20 a.m. at the intersection of Meridian Avenue and Willow Street, San Jose Police Department...

Technology

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast

An editor who worked for YouTube creator MrBeast, whose legal name is...

Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over ‘woke AI’ concerns

A 2011 file photo of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Department...

How long until AI takes your job?

Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. Two experts talk through...

Startups

Decoding Bezos: Brilliant Or Lucky? 4 Key Insights For Ventures & Angels

Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 in Google in a very-early round because he liked the entrepreneurs — Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Based on...

6 Giveaway Signs Of ChatGPT-Generated Content

ChatGPT currently has around 180.5 million users. The website generated 1.5 billion visits in September 2023. Entrepreneurs are using it to help them...

Europe’s Deeptech Funding Hampered by Lack Of Understanding

In the U.K. and across Europe as a whole, those with an interest in the creation and growth of deeptech startups are both...

Business

What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge

The surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota over the past few months left many people not only traumatized but financially hard...

You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds

The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald...

Are China’s ‘AI tigers’ cheating? US rival Anthropic alleges some are

United States artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is accusing three prominent Chinese AI labs of illegally extracting capabilities from its Claude model to...

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Metal pollution from a rocket reentry detected for the first time

For the first time, scientists have directly observed metal pollutants leaching from a piece of orbital junk:...

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast

An editor who worked for YouTube...

Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award and...

This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station

For instance, and this would be very, very bad: a puncture wound.In the vacuum of space, the...

Keeping a beat wins caterpillars friends in low places

Some caterpillars speak ant by rocking to a beat. By jiggling like a cellphone receiving a call while...

An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.  In early 2023, mpox...