An international team of paleontologists has found the remains of an extinct sea cucumber in 430 million-year-old (Silurian period) fossil-rich deposits in Herefordshire, the United Kingdom. Reconstruction of Sollasina cthulhu. Image credit: Elissa Martin, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The researchers named the new species …

  Apple has added another step to prevent users from accidentally signing up for an iOS app’s subscription — or, from being tricked into it by a scammy app not playing by the rules. The company recently rolled out a subscription confirmation dialog box that pops up as one final …

  One of the keys to scanning the red planet for present or past life is understanding the molecules that make up its thin atmosphere. Various missions have detected methane on Mars, considered to be one of the hallmarks of living organisms. The arrival of the ExoMars mission with its …

  After a few delays, SpaceX launched its second Falcon Heavy rocket yesterday evening. This was SpaceX’s first commercial Falcon Heavy launch, as last year’s test payload was Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster. Another important distinction: All three of the Falcon Heavy boosters returned safely to Earth. In 2018, the center …

  Intel’s Core i9-9990XE wasn’t intended to ever get a retail release. The CPU, which formally launched as an auction-only part intended for OEMs, has tipped up for sale at CaseKing.de, a manufacturer which also offers the CPU for-sale inside some of its systems. The CPU’s price? Just €2,999, a …

  The PC market shrank substantially in Q1 according to both Gartner and IDC. Both firms blame Intel for the downturn, over and above other factors like seasonality or economic concerns. “We saw the start of a rebound in PC shipments in mid-2018, but anticipation of a disruption by CPU …

NASA’s Twins Study brought ten teams of researchers from around the country together to observe what physiological, molecular and cognitive changes could happen to a human from exposure to spaceflight hazards. Retired NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and his identical twin brother Mark, participated in the investigation, conducted by NASA’s Human …

  The trailer for Episode XI: The Rise of Skywalker has dropped. When we last saw our heroes, the Rebellion — excuse me, the Resistance — had seemingly been reduced to something that could fit inside a YT-1300 freighter. One of the questions for Episode IX has been how the …

  Facebook has a problem with trustworthiness. From its earliest days when Mark Zuckerberg famously gloated about dumb users giving him their data to the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been difficult to trust. Even knowing that, the company seems unable to avoid doing creepy things. In its latest …

Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis somehow has yet to pick up his first hit of the 2019 season, and he continues to cement his place in the MLB Hall of Shame the longer the brutal streak continues. With a line out to center in the second inning of Thursdays game …