Science & Tech

Older fathers transmit more harmful mutations: here’s why

As fathers age, certain harmful mutations are favored during sperm production. Choosing or finding yourself having children at an advanced ...

Socrates’ dilemma posed to artificial intelligence: here’s how it handled it…

How did ChatGPT respond to the ancient mathematical “doubling the square” problem that Socrates used to test his students? For ...

Few people know it, but Elon Musk had to pay a $20 million fine to save Tesla from bankruptcy.

While Elon Musk is currently embroiled in a dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over X (formerly Twitter), ...

Few people know it: putting a coin in the freezer is one of the best tricks to avoid problems.

Putting a coin in your freezer… when you put it like that, it sounds like a silly tip. But it’s ...

A black hole has ripped through a galaxy, leaving behind a huge scar

The James Webb Telescope has detected a 200,000 light-year long trail of gas and stars, perhaps caused by a black ...

By working at his daughter’s startup while retired, Bill Gates showed other CEOs the importance of being on the front lines

Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, multi-billionaire and philanthropist, has agreed to help his daughter with her start-up. But the way ...

Hired and forgotten after his recruiter left, an employee has been collecting a paycheck for seven months, without ever working.

It sounds like a scene from a comedy series, but the story is very real. An American employee was hired ...

Should we all turn off location on Instagram?

Instagram introduces a feature to share your location and see where other users post content. Useful, but what about privacy? ...

The largest impact on the Moon left a radioactive legacy

A huge crater on the far side of the Moon has a different shape than we thought: it will be ...