Enlarge / Little ol' headphone jacks causing a big ol' fuss. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
As the rumors that the next iPhone will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack have intensified, I’ve been keeping tabs on the specific argument that Daring Fireball’s John Gruber made yesterday: that removing the headphone jack from the iPhone is the modern-day...
Guest Commentary: The future of human consciousness will be a hybrid affair. We will live and work in a ubiquitous computing environment, where physical reality and a...
The detection of a gravitational wave was a historic event that heralded a new phase of astronomy. A numerical model of the Universe now allows researchers to tell the story of the black-hole system that caused the wave. See Letter p.512
Nature 534 478 doi: 10.1038/534478a
Former space station manager Mike Suffredini says he’s working on a plan to send up a commercial space module that could be...
Our current understanding of the curved space-time around supermassive black holes is based on actively accreting black holes, which make up only ten per cent or less of the overall population. X-ray observations of that small fraction reveal strong gravitational redshifts that indicate that many of these black holes are rapidly rotating; however, selection biases suggest that these results are not necessarily reflective of...
If you can’t wait until Sundays this fall to see Russell Wilson, now you can catch the Seattle Seahawks quarterback on Facebook Live.
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Sperm–egg binding is mediated by two cell-surface proteins. Structural analysis of these proteins separately and in complex provides insight into the recognition process and the subsequent sperm–egg fusion.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature18448
Millennials are often called the digital generation,...
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When it comes to men making decisions on condom use for casual sex, there may not be more to it than meets the eye.
In a survey of 51 heterosexual men between the ages of 19 and 61 published in BMJ Open, researchers found that men’s intentions to use a condom during casual sex varied...
A Seattle-based startup is developing a new air filter that it says will cost less than the alternatives, use less energy, filter out more harmful particulates and require less maintenance. The...
