The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the Earth is blocked.

AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100×...

Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept Article URL: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/employers-are-using-your-personal-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept-c2b968fb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By using cutting-edge evolutionary methods, researchers found that languages tend to evolve in predictable ways rather...

'Lliving fossils' nautilus and allonautilus shaped by depths and diets over 500 million years Nautilus and Allonautilus cephalopods and their extinct ancestors have been drifting through the mesophotic zone of the ocean for more than 500 million years.

Why cutting down rainforests may be driving 28,000 heat deaths a year Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research in Nature Climate Change shows that clearing large areas of the rainforest exposes hundreds of...