Tweaking non-neural brain cells can cause memories to fade
The tagging system lit up all astrocytes that expressed the c-Fos gene in response to fear conditioning. Williamson’s team ...
Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on government bodies to ...
Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams
Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...
Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization
On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people.
Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare
Two days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in the country's policy for employing nuclear weapons in ...
The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays
Samsung and LG smart monitors use the same OSes as their respective smart TVs. LG and Samsung TVs are better at keeping ads ...
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
While stalking its target, GruesomeLarch performed credential-stuffing attacks that compromised the passwords of several ...
Ted Cruz wants to overhaul $42B broadband program, nix low-cost requirement
Emboldened by Donald Trump's election win, Republicans are seeking big changes to a $42.45 billion broadband deployment ...
Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light
On a completely unrelated note, Rocket Lab has had some amazing mission names over the years. But this weekend's "Ice AIS ...
A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
It would be easy to be cynical about a German-French startup named The Exploration Company, which aims to build an ...
Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
On Friday, Anthropic announced that Amazon has increased its investment in the AI startup by $4 billion, bringing its total ...
Microsoft’s controversial Recall scraper is finally entering public preview
Over five months after publicly scrapping the first version of the Windows Recall feature for its first wave of Copilot+ PCs, ...