Daniel Kim — Technology Editor

More than 150 years after Charles Darwin suspected that certain saxifrage plants caught insects, scientists confirmed he was right. Researchers proved that Saxifraga candelabrum traps gnats with sticky glandular hairs, produces digestive enzymes, and absorbs nutrients, validating the naturalist’s nineteenth-century observations using modern technology. Charles Darwin spent decades fascinated by the natural world, noting in … Read more

Astronomers have identified a sudden “switch-off” point in the eleven-year solar cycle where the most severe space weather abruptly ends. Researchers at the University of Warwick say tracking sunspot counts at this specific threshold could predict the strength of future solar storms up to seven years in advance. The Sudden End of Extreme Space Weather … Read more

Big Tech’s aggressive pursuit of artificial intelligence computing power has quietly built an enormous financial commitment that sits largely off traditional balance sheets. According to company filings compiled by Reuters, five major technology companies have committed about $1.09 trillion in future payments under leases that have not yet begun, mostly targeting the data centers essential … Read more

Cosmologists challenge the expanding universe paradigm, arguing that dark energy may not exist. A recent analysis of Pantheon+ supernova data suggests apparent cosmic acceleration is an illusion caused by Earth’s position in a lopsided universe, where tilted observers mistake bulk cosmic flow for speeding expansion. For nearly a century, modern astrophysics has rested on a … Read more

Samsung is shifting control of phone calls away from mobile operators by introducing a built-in answering machine directly inside Galaxy devices running Android 16 with One UI 8.5 or later, allowing users to manage voicemails straight through the phone’s native call application. Samsung is fundamentally changing how users manage incoming phone calls with the launch … Read more

Cosmologists have long relied on Type Ia supernovae and dark energy to prove the universe is accelerating its expansion. However, a lopsided cosmic dipole anomaly suggests we may be tilted observers in a bulk flow, challenging the standard cosmological model and indicating that cosmic expansion is not actually speeding up. Modern cosmology has rested on … Read more