Health & Beauty

One of the most recognizable paintings of all time, The Starry Night, has been found to exhibit how mathematics governs turbulent flow. Researchers in China and France say the whirls and swirls in Vincent van Gogh’s iconic work signal an intuitive understanding of how air, water, and other fluids experience …

Photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) depict a rare marvel: the eye of a tropical cyclone illuminated by two successive lightning strikes. Though most of us are familiar with the spiral of a cyclone or a hurricane as it spins across Earth’s daylit side, nighttime photographs …

Scientists in China have developed an injectable hydrogel aimed at treating early-stage osteoarthritis. The biomaterial is said to relieve arthritis-related discomfort and slow the condition’s progression using “hydrogel microspheres” and targeted antibodies. The therapy has so far succeeded in trials involving rats.Affecting more than 90 million Americans at any given …

There’s no need to sweat if your kids are heading back to class soon and you still haven’t found a portable device that won’t break the bank. This grade-A refurbished Apple iPad Air 4th Gen is available for just $349.99 (reg. $599) and offers modern technology at a fraction of …

Google has announced the rollout of a new version of its Imagen 3 AI image creator in Gemini. In addition to the usual spate of refinements and promises of prettier pictures, Google is once again allowing its model to generate images of people. This comes after it paused human generation …

Smartphones used to have a lot of buttons—there were call and end buttons, trackballs, menu buttons, and even full keyboards. Even Apple used to have a big physical button on the front of its phones. No one has managed to get rid of the power and volume buttons, but Xiaomi …

For the last few thousand years, a star known as Polaris has hovered above Earth’s North Pole, which is why it’s commonly called the North Star. Explorers have long used this astronomical marker to find their way home, but today astronomers are using the North Star a little differently. A …

In the weeks since SpaceX resumed Falcon 9 launches, the workhorse rocket has lifted off 11 times, all of which have been complete successes. In the most recent Friday (Aug. 16) launch, SpaceX delivered 116 small payloads to orbit, including the Tanager-1 satellite. This is the first orbital asset of …

Geekbench from Primate Labs is one of the most widely used processor benchmark apps across both mobile and desktop platforms, but general computing workloads aren’t as critical as they once were. Artificial intelligence is all the rage now, and Primate Labs has a new way to gauge AI speed. Geekbench …

Before we were entranced by the screens that we’ve plastered on every surface and carry around in our pockets, humanity looked to the stars for inspiration and guidance. The infinite majesty of the cosmos is way better than any show you can stream on Netflix, and it doesn’t take much …