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Security researchers used a $169 Flipper Zero device and a Wi-Fi development board to obtain a driver's credentials, break into a Tesla Model 3 and drive away.

Researchers conducted a study exploring why investors are drawn to high-risk IPO shares despite their generally low returns, comparing this allure to the steady yet modest returns of investments like catastrophe bonds. T...

Researchers challenge the notion that rational thinking is the only path to good decision-making. Highlighting the limited role of rationality in our choices, the researchers emphasize the profound influence of emotions,...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story Steven Levy | Wired “They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the ‘Transformers’ paper--the most consequential tech...

In a new book, renowned biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the reasons why we die, and discusses unproven ways people hope to cheat death, such as cryogenics.

One population of Eleonora's falcon is reported to keep little birds alive inside rocky prisons -- a behavior not seen in any other raptor species.

In dim light a cat sees much better than you do, as do dogs and nocturnal animals. That's because the structure of a cat's eye has a tapetum lucidum, a mirror-like layer immediately behind the retina. Light entering the ...

Two projects using the James Webb Space Telescope will look at the auroras of Uranus and Saturn to discover what processes make them tick.

The element bismuth can "float" between magnets due to magnetic levitation. What's the science behind this phenomenon?