6 easy tips for taking better holiday photos
Holidays are a great time for family photos, whether to share online or send in greeting cards.
A good photo can become a cherished keepsake,...
3D-printed guns, like the one Luigi Mangione allegedly used, are a growing threat
Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun.
Several...
AI can’t do your Christmas shopping just yet—but next year might be different.
I'm a computer scientist and a bad Christmas shopper. Over the weekend, I wondered whether AI systems might be able to help me out.
Could...
Five cybersecurity tips to protect yourself from scams and deepfakes
In an age when misinformation and deepfakes blur the lines between fact and fiction, identifying scams has never been more challenging.
Falling for a scam...
How to deal with narcissistic relatives over the holidays
The holiday season is here, and streets are filled with festive sparkles, twinkling lights and cheerful Christmas songs.
While many of us are looking forward...
How we could find advanced civilizations that ran out of fusion fuel
When it comes to our modern society and the many crises we face, there is little doubt that fusion power is the way of...
Are religious people more generous? Study finds surprising results
Do religious people give more than atheists?
A new study reveals the answer is not as straightforward as you might think.
Researchers from Linköping University in...
Scientists uncover ‘BadRAM’ flaw, prompting global fixes for AMD processors
A serious security flaw in computer memory has been discovered, prompting worldwide fixes to AMD processors.
The issue, caused by a vulnerability nicknamed “BadRAM,” involves...
Advanced civilizations could be indistinguishable from nature
Sometimes in science you have to step back and take another look at underlying assumptions. Sometimes its necessary when progress stalls.
One of the foundational...
12,000-year-old friendship: How humans and dogs bonded in ancient Alaska
The phrase "dog is man’s best friend" might be more ancient than we thought.
New research led by scientists from the University of Arizona reveals...