John Timmer
Ars Technica
New York, NY, United States
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Little rewards get people to see truth in politically unfavorable info
Even if you pay conservatives, they're not as good at IDing fake news as liberals. → Read More
Room-temperature superconductor works at lower pressures
Results come from a lab that had an earlier superconductivity paper retracted. → Read More
Even Hubble’s seeing a growing number of satellite tracks
An analysis of past Hubble images shows an increasing number of satellite tracks. → Read More
West Virginia, Florida make moves to undermine science education
WV Senate OKs intelligent design bill; Florida's assault on education continues. → Read More
Google’s improved quantum processor good enough for error correction
The good news? It works. The bad news? It needs a lot of qubits. → Read More
Universe’s first galaxies unexpectedly large
Galaxies bigger than ours appear less than a billion years after the Big Bang. → Read More
The big reuse: 25 MWh of ex-car batteries go on the grid in California
Batteries with performance too low for driving can still store a lot of charge. → Read More
New mechanism proposed for why some psychedelics act as antidepressants
We know what receptors they bind, but where they bind them might matter, too. → Read More
Grid of atoms is both a quantum computer and an optimization solver
The optimization mode requires quantum effects, can solve a growing list of problems. → Read More
How to see without eyes or a protein that senses light
Centipedes avoid light by registering the temperature changes it induces. → Read More
US will see more new battery capacity than natural gas generation in 2023
2023 will also likely see the last nuclear additions for a while. → Read More
Controlled experiments show MDs dismissing evidence due to ideology
When it comes to evaluating COVID treatments, MDs are only human. → Read More
Dwarf planet hosts a ring that’s unexpectedly far from the planet
At that distance, the ring should condense into a moon. Why hasn't it? → Read More
New battery seems to offer it all: lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes
In the lab at least, its materials are stable for over 1,000 cycles. → Read More
US military shoots down Chinese balloon over coastal waters
Once the object was over the ocean, US jets moved in. → Read More
Carbon capture is here—it just isn’t evenly distributed
Small installations like CarbonQuest's may provide a key demonstration of the tech. → Read More
The next de-extinction target: The dodo
Bird reproduction will make bringing the dodo back a big challenge. → Read More
Bird study links spatial thinking with not getting eaten
Shows that birds tend to get killed at the edge of territory they know well. → Read More
Rocket Lab’s first US launch: Big for the company and the site
The company's first launch from US soil was pretty—and pretty important. → Read More
Rocket Lab set to try its first US-based launch again
The company's Electron launch vehicle is ready to take 3 small satellites to orbit. → Read More