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Neanderthals have fascinated scientists since they were first discovered in the 19th century. Their long heads and low brow ridges initially convinced experts that Neanderthals were some kind of evolutionary wrong turn that ended up in European caves.It took more than a century for researchers to prove that Neanderthals were actually quite intelligent and that they interbred with modern humans (Homo sapiens). The number of discoveries related to Neanderthals’ biology and culture has skyrocketed in recent years — and 2025 was a noteworthy year. While we learned that Neanderthals had biological features that were strikingly different from modern humans’, this…

The case regarding cancelled grants moved relatively quickly. By June, a District Court judge declared that the federal policy “represents racial discrimination” and issued a preliminary order that would have seen all the cancelled grants restored. In his written opinion, Judge William Young noted that the government had issued its directives blocking DEI support without even bothering to define what DEI is, making the entire policy arbitrary and capricious, and thus in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. He voided the policy, and ordered the funding restored. His decision eventually ended up before the Supreme Court, which issued a ruling…

The demand building out AI infrastructure has placed on PC component makers has already led to the death of one consumer-facing RAM brand, but a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests it could have an even worse impact on the PC industry at large. In its worst-case-scenario model, the IDC predicts PC shipments could shrink by up to 8.9 percent in 2026 because of the high cost of memory.”Instead of expanding conventional DRAM and NAND used in smartphones, PCs and other consumer electronics, major memory makers have shifted production toward memory used in AI data centers, such…

Xiaomi has just announced a new smart home product in its home market of China. The Xiaomi Smart Home Display 11 arrives with a tall display, the brand’s proprietary Android skin, and support for multiple languages. So here’s what it offers and how much it costs. Xiaomi Smart Home Display 11 Specifications As the name suggests, the Chinese tech giant’s new Xiaomi Smart Home Display 11 sports a tall 11-inch screen with an FHD+ resolution (1920 x 1200 pixels), 400 nits of peak brightness, and TUV Rheinland Eye Protection Certification. For audio, the device packs a rear mounted speaker unit,…

It doesn’t feel like Nintendo just released a new console. Last year around this time we were inundated with weekly leaks about the Switch 2. They all pointed to the same thing: it would be a bigger, more powerful version of the console we already knew and loved. Nintendo kicked 2025 off by showing us a Switch 2 that was exactly that. It launched in June to significant fanfare and hype, and there has been surprisingly little to say about the Switch 2 ever since.  It looks lean, feels sleek, and runs older blockbusters and even some newer ones surprisingly…

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States.January saw the abrupt suspension of key operations across the National Institutes of Health, not only disrupting clinical trials and other in-progress studies but stalling grant reviews and other activities necessary to conduct research. Around the same time, the Trump administration issued executive orders declaring there are only two sexes and ending DEI programs. The Trump administration also removed public data and analysis tools related to health disparities, climate change and environmental justice, among other databases.February and March saw a steep undercutting of federal support…

The US has adopted more of a middle ground approach, essentially letting private companies decide what they wanted to do. Daymude and his co-authors wanted to investigate these markedly different approaches. So they developed a computational agent-based simulation that modeled how individuals navigate between wanting to express dissent versus fear of punishment. The model also incorporates how an authority adjusts its surveillance and its policies to minimize dissent at the lowest possible cost of enforcement. “It’s not some kind of learning theory thing,” said Daymude. “And it’s not rooted in empirical statistics. We didn’t go out and ask 1000 people,…

OneXPlayer is quickly establishing itself as a company that isn’t afraid to get weird as hell. (Take, for example, its transforming dual-screen gaming portable.) Its latest venture is another retro gaming handheld that, at first glance, looks like a standard dual-screen model. But the Android-powered OneXSugar Wallet uses a single foldable screen instead.The device was teased via a 54-second video on the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili. Retro Handhelds reports that the Wallet uses an 8.01-inch OLED with a 2,480 x 1,860 resolution. (That’s a 4:3 aspect ratio when unfolded.) The video also shows an asymmetrical analog stick layout with a…

Acemagic has officially launched the M1A Pro+, a compact high-performance mini PC powered by AMD’s latest Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor. The system targets AI developers, content creators, and power users seeking a compact desktop with advanced performance for AI workloads, multitasking, and gaming. Acemagic M1A Pro+ Specifications The M1A Pro+ features AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Strix Halo chip with 16 cores and 32 threads. Acemagic claims the NPU delivers up to 126 TOPS of AI computing power, which is over twice the AI throughput of the Nvidia RTX 4090. The GPU section is handled by the integrated AMD…

Amazon has the Samsung 27” Odyssey G5 G53F QHD resolution gaming monitor for a limited time. The big gift-giving holidays have come and gone. If you didn’t find the gaming monitor you were hoping for under the tree, then its time to take matters into your own hands. If you’re looking for a reliable display for gaming or general everyday use, the Samsung Odyssey G5 27-inch QHD monitor is an excellent option. Not only does it check all the key boxes for performance and visual quality, but right now, it’s also available at a significant discount. Amazon is offering a…