A swallow looks like a hallucination of a fish. Her body is flat like a pancake, with her head permanently bent to one side, and instead of having one eye on each side of her head, both eyes are crowded on one side. This anatomy, strange as it is, is one of the remarkable success … Read more
Mortgage rates may be on the decline, but buyers aren’t convinced it’s the right time to buy. (iStock ) There is good and bad news on mortgage rates this week. The good news is that rates have continued their slow downward trend, averaging 6.87% on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, Freddie Mac reported. While this is promising, … Read more
There is a common belief that women generally feel colder than men, but is this really backed up by science? In fact, the evidence is mixed, in part because few studies addressing this question have been conducted in a carefully controlled manner. That said, the data collected to date suggest that people’s perception and ability … Read more
Amazon Prime Day 2024 will be here soon, which means Prime members will have a ton of sales and deals to peruse over a short period next month. Prime Day deals usually don’t discriminate: everything from clothing to shoes to household essentials can be discounted, and that includes consumer electronics, too. Prime members will have … Read more
When irradiated with infrared light, some molecules such as metal phthalocyanine vibrate and generate small localized magnetic fields. Researchers have calculated these effects and aim to test and experimentally manipulate these fields for possible applications in quantum computing. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Physicists at TU Graz have determined that certain molecules can be stimulated by pulses of … Read more
America’s status as the world’s greatest power will end for the same reason as its predecessors – weighed down by a mountain of debt that politicians see fit to ignore, historians have warned. And the United States’ century at the helm may be coming to an end sooner than expected with countries in Asia increasingly … Read more
Boeing’s days in space may be numbered. And SpaceX may have become NASA’s new favorite space contractor. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth at an altitude of 250 miles. That doesn’t sound like much. You can drive 250 miles in an inexpensive sedan in about four hours or take a one-hour flight (if … Read more
Fisker is just days away from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the battle for its assets has already heated up, with a lawyer claiming the startup has been liquidating assets “outside of the court’s oversight.” At issue is the relationship between Fisker and its largest secured lender, Heights Capital Management, a subsidiary of financial services company … Read more
Millions of years ago, Antarctica looked very different from the icy landscape we know today. A research expedition led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has uncovered a hidden secret. Geologists discovered evidence of an ancient river system by studying sediment samples from the Amundsen Sea. This suggests that Antarctica supported a temperate climate around 34 … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call snap elections later this month has awakened investors to his country’s chronic financial woes, raising alarm that a new, free-spending French government will only make things worse. Markets were rattled by Macron’s election gamble, which followed an unexpectedly strong showing by the far-right National Rally in the June … Read more