Pawnee Star Chart: Map in front of elk skin used by indigenous priests to tell stories of origin
Simple facts Name: Pawnee Star Chart What it is: A depiction of the night sky in the elk skin Hometown: Central Plains (Nebraska and Kansas), USA When it was made: 1625 The Pawnee Star Chart is a series of crosses scattered around oval fragments of elkskin. It may have been created in the early 17th […]
Where is Queen Boudica buried?
Almost two thousand years ago, the Celtic Queen of England led a bloody uprising against the Romans. Queen Boudica, ruler of the Celtic British Aisin tribe of 1st century advertising, challenged the Roman occupyer and was later celebrated as the national heroine of England. But where was Boudica (also spelled Boudicca, Boadicea, or Boudecia) buried? […]
AI can use online images as a backdoor on your computer.
The website announces “Free Celebrity Wallpaper!” View the image. There are Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Timote Chalametto, but they settle for Taylor Swift. Her hair is a wind machine that suggests both fate and good conditioner. Set as desktop background and praise glow. I also recently downloaded a new AI-powered agent, so I’m asking you […]
James Webb Telescope’s “Starlight Mountain Top” could still be the best image for the observatory – Space Photo of the Week
Simple facts What it is: Pismith 24, Young Star Cluster Where is it: 5,500 light years away, in the constellation Scorpio When shared: September 4, 2025 In this new heavenly dreamscape in James Webbspace Telescope (JWST), the starry sky appears to point to a milky star herd, just as it appears to point to a […]
Why do AI chatbots use so much energy?
In recent years, ChatGpt has exploded in popularity, with nearly 200 million users pumping over 1 billion prompts each day. These prompts may appear to complete requests from thin air. But behind the scenes, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots use enormous amounts of energy. In 2023, the data centers used for AI training and processing were […]
The ancient Egyptian whis 3,300 years ago was likely used by police officers tasked with protecting the “sacre” of royal tombs.
Carved from the bones of a cow’s toe, the 3,300-year-old whi was discovered in Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the capital of ancient Egypt, founded by King Tutankham’s father. This was the first bone whi discovered from ancient Egypt, and new research suggests it could have been used by “police officers” who were monitoring workers in royal […]
JWST finds all carbon-ambient planets orbiting the “Black Widow” star
Science is progressing through data that does not fit the current understanding. At least that was his famous Thomas Koon theory of the structure of the scientific revolution. Therefore, scientists should welcome new data that challenges an understanding of how the universe works. Using James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data, a recent paper available in […]
Have you got this year’s Covid vaccine?
Every fall, updated versions of the Covid-19 vaccine come out at about the same time as the annual flu shot. And like influenza shots, these updated covid vaccines are being formulated to protect against virus strains that people are likely to encounter in the coming months, as opposed to strains that had been ramping the […]
Chilean camera traps detect strange lights that burn the wilderness. Researchers are rushing to explain them.
On January 21st, at 12:22am local time, in the silence and darkness of the Patagonia region of Chile, the camera trap used to monitor wildlife for a project run by Magalan University (UMAG) took three photos obtained in 2 seconds. Everyone was confused. “The camera at the edge of the meadow showed some unexplainable light […]
“This doesn’t look right”: Scientists mistakenly measure ultra hot rings around black holes using rare “double zoom” techniques
You may not see the black holes, but the surroundings aren’t. And for the first time, astronomers directly measured the overheated “corona” surrounding one of these universe giants. The Supermassive Black Hole, RX J1131, is approximately 6 billion light years from Earth and rotates in more than half the light. The monster itself remains hidden, […]