Purported Nvidia RTX 5090 powered on in an Indonesian factory — GeForce card booting Windows causes cheers among factory staff
– A video from an Indonesian factory appears to show an early production test of Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 5090 graphics card. The video shows one of the cards successfully booting into Windows, prompting cheers from the factory workers. – The factory is reportedly located in Batam, Indonesia. This is likely done to avoid US sanctions […]
9 monkeys who died in Hong Kong’s zoo in 2 days had been infected with melioidosis, officials say
9 monkeys died over 2 days at Hong Kong’s oldest zoo located in the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Officials say the monkeys were infected with melioidosis, a disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei found in soils and muddy water. The secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism said the monkeys likely came into contact […]
World’s largest arthropod lived 300 million years ago. Now, fossils show what it really looked like
Scientists have discovered fossils of a giant arthropod called Arthropleura that lived around 300 million years ago in what is now Europe and North America. It was the largest known arthropod ever, reaching up to 8.5 feet long. While fossils of Arthropleura had been found before, none included its head, leaving questions about what it […]
The LaFerrari successor is here: meet the 1,183bhp, V6 hybrid Ferrari F80
– Ferrari is working on the successor to the LaFerrari hybrid hypercar dubbed the Ferrari F80. – It will feature an upgraded 6.5-liter V6 engine producing over 800 horsepower on its own, paired with two electric motors for a total output of over 1,180 horsepower. – The V6 engine will rev much higher than current […]
Scientists invent artificial plant that cleans indoor air and generates electricity
Scientists at Binghamton University have invented an artificial plant that can simultaneously clean indoor air while generating electricity. The artificial plant uses biological solar cells and photosynthetic bacteria to remove carbon dioxide from the air and produce oxygen, similar to natural plants. However, it is much more efficient at CO2 removal than natural plants. It […]
Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope reveals 1st breathtaking images from massive ‘cosmic atlas’ map
A wider view of the Milky Way with a section studied by Euclid highlighted representing just 1% of the “cosmic atlas” it will create. | Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CEA Paris-Saclay, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The Euclid Space Telescope has revealed the “first page” of the cosmic […]
Photos: Once-in-a-lifetime comet dazzles Pacific Northwest skies
A recently discovered comet lit up the skies over the Pacific Northwest over the weekend. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), discovered in 2023, made its closest approach to Earth last week and is expected to be visible in the skies until Oct. 24, although cloud cover might make viewing it hard. Over the weekend, Oregonians were treated […]
Scientists Discover ‘Skinny Genes’ That Make It Easier to Lose Weight
Scientists from the University of Essex and Anglia Ruskin University conducted a study to investigate if genetic factors influence individual weight loss in response to exercise. They recruited 38 volunteers between ages 23-40, dividing them into a control group and exercise group. The exercise group did three 20-30 minute runs per week for two months. […]
NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper had a rocky road to space. How it switched rockets and more to launch to Jupiter
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, which aims to investigate Jupiter’s moon Europa and its subsurface ocean, launched successfully today after many challenges in its development. The $5 billion mission originally planned to launch on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket but faced issues with compatibility and budget overruns. In 2020 it switched to use a SpaceX […]
NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas
NASA scientists believe they have indirect evidence of an exomoon orbiting the exoplanet WASP-49b, located about 635 light years from Earth. They detected a large sodium cloud around the exoplanet that produces about 220,000 pounds of sodium per second. The motion and location of the cloud suggests it is not coming from the planet’s atmosphere. […]