The Hubble telescope, which has served as an incredibly advanced window into the universe for over thirty years, has recently struggled with several less-than-stellar service disruptions. But, NASA officials insist, the telescope’s legacy is far from finished — and it’s projected to remain active well into the next decade. Over the past six months, Hubble […]
Some of L.A.’s poorest families received cash assistance of $1,000 a month as part of a 12-month pilot project launched nearly three years ago. There were no strings attached and they could use the money however they saw fit. Now, a new study finds that the city-funded program was overwhelmingly beneficial. Participants in the program […]
Our given name is a social tag associated with us early in life. Prior research has shown that individuals’ facial appearance can be indicative of their given names. New research probes the origins of this face-name matching effect: whether names are given based on innate facial characteristics or whether individuals’ facial appearance changes to match […]
Most of us spend a lot of time inside a web browser. If you’re a Chrome, Firefox, or Edge user, then you’ll know these browsers come with a huge number of third-party extensions to augment the features already built into the software. But what if you need some kind of specific extra functionality, some tool […]
After months of speculation about whether the Seine River would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, officials deemed the water safe for swimming after a last-minute test. The favorable test of the river’s water quality on Wednesday morning Paris time means the men and women will swim in back-to-back races as […]
