Veterinarians from the Animal Medical Center in New York City debunked 13 of the most common myths about cats. They explained everything from whether pregnant women can live with cats to what’s actually safe for cats to eat. MORE DEBUNKED: Veterinarians Debunk 15 Dog Myths Pathologists Debunk 13 Coronavirus Myths Pediatricians Debunk 16 Baby Myths
The center of our very own galaxy might be one of the Universe’s most mysterious places. Astronomers have to probe through thick dust to see what’s going on there. All that dust makes life difficult for astronomers who are trying to understand all the radiation in the center of the Milky Way, and what exactly
Wifi 6 is here – making its way to more and more devices, with a noteworthy inclusion on last year’s flagship iPhone 11 lineup. This next-generation Wifi technology provides faster speeds for transferring data between devices, but more importantly, it also means your system will be better equipped to handle multiple Wifi devices connected at
In the era of generations-long, one-way interstellar space travel will humans be able to communicate … [+] with each other? Getty Do you know what “uptalk” is? It’s when someone makes a statement that sounds like a question purely because of the intonation they use at the end. It’s also called high rising terminal (HRT) or rising
Loft Orbital is working under a contract from SSCI, which received a DARPA contract to fly a demonstration of the Blackjack Pit Boss mission system. WASHINGTON — Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite — scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission — will carry a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency experiment for the Blackjack
A migrant worker outside a dormitory in Singapore — such high-rise sites have seen some of the city’s worst clusters of COVID-19.Credit: Edgar Su/Reuters Two months ago in Singapore, walkers, joggers and cyclists in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park got a surprise — a robotic dog nipping at their heels. It ‘barked’ at them to stay
Would you rather save 90 percent with a product discount, or 91.27 percent? New research suggests that our minds are wired to prefer nice, round numbers over irregular ones, even when the irregular option means a better deal overall. This taste for numerical aesthetics was revealed in a study involving 1,552 participants across six different
NASA’s most powerful space telescope, Hubble, captured a uniquely picturesque galaxy in a photo the agency released on Thursday. The galaxy, called NGC 2775, is located 67 million light-years away and doesn’t seem to be forming stars that much anymore. Astronomers can tell that’s the case because of the relatively empty, clear bulge at the
Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. You could almost hear the internet cracking apart this week as international businesses pulled away from Hong Kong and the US considered a ban on TikTok. Software can no longer eat the entire
Artist’s conception of accretion flares resulting from the encounter of an Oort-cloud comet and a … [+] hypothesized black hole in the outer solar system M. Weiss Conventional theory has it that Planet 9 —- our outer solar system’s hypothetical 9th planet —- is merely a heretofore undetected planet, likely captured by our solar system
WASHINGTON — NASA announced July 9 two new directives regarding planetary protection for missions to the moon and Mars that implement recommendations of an independent review board last year. The two directives, announced by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a “Moon Dialogs” webinar, are part of an effort by NASA to modernize guidelines that are
To save time and money, some countries are combining samples from several people in one test.Credit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Scientists say that widespread testing is needed to get outbreaks of the new coronavirus under control. But in many regions, there’s a shortage of the chemicals needed to run tests. In several countries, health officials have started
It’s fair to say we humans haven’t done a great job of looking after our home planet, and now NASA has published updated guidelines to try and ensure that we don’t end up having a negative impact on the celestial bodies we visit next. These guidelines are known as planetary protection policies – instructions for
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now spending
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MAY 15: Privado Grooming Barbershop displays a sign that states “Please Wear … [+] Face Mask” as the coronavirus pandemic continues on May 15, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced that certain businesses including: hair salons, bowling alleys, barbershops and nail salons could reopen on April 24, 2020. There
The Defense Intelligence Agency warned in January 2019 that China likely will field in 2020 a ground-based laser weapon that can counter low-orbit space-based sensors. By the mid-to-late 2020s it may field higher power systems that could damage the structures of non-optical satellites. How real is the threat? Analysts have already identified five Chinese laser
RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., unveils the R1T electric pickup truck, left, and R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a reveal event at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As shares of electric truck maker Nikola
This is the last episode of Coronapod in its current form. Please fill out our short survey to let us know your thoughts on the show. Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the latest COVID-19 news. Download MP3 In this episode: 01:47 Disaster in San Quentin San Quentin prison is facing a massive
About 370,000 years after the Big Bang, the Universe experienced a period that cosmologists refer to as the “Cosmic Dark Ages.” During this period, the Universe was obscured by a hot dense plasma that obscured all visible light, making it invisible to astronomers. As the first stars and galaxies formed over the next few hundred
We look at Rackspace’s finances, a Facebook code change causes numerous app issues and electric vehicle company Rivian raises $2.5 billion. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 10, 2020. The big story: Rackspace is going public again The cloud computing company first went public in 2008, before accepting a $4.3 billion offer to go private
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