The night sky has fascinated humans for centuries, with people incorporating the countless twinkling stars into various navigation methods, cultural traditions, religious movements and more. Among these, a select few stand out to viewers here on Earth as being the biggest and brightest. But which is the brightest star in the sky…
Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Jake Paul is attempting to do his part for fighter rights. Love him or hate him, Paul has created a platform that’s led to good financial gain for not only his opponents but those competing alongside him. In other instances, he’s contributed to fight camps for those who struggled to…
The mechanisms underlying intellectual disabilities or autism remain largely unknown. Researchers in the labs of Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Prof. Vincent Bonin at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and NERF have discovered that mutations in a gene called SYNGAP1 disrupt the prolonged development of human neurons…
The humanoid robot market is sizzling, and various competitors are pushing to get their products perfected and on the market. Figure, a California company, has raised over $700 million to develop a rival to Tesla’s much-touted Optimus…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning [……
Today, Figure is introducing the newest, slimmest, shiniest, and least creatively named next generation of its humanoid robot: Figure 02. According to the press release, Figure 02 is the result of “a ground-up hardware and software redesign” and is “the highest performing humanoid robot,” which may even be true for some arbitrary value of “performing.”…