2,959 source-backed science facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 13 of 30.
“In the first phase of the study, the researchers showed a series of faces (some belonging to real humans and others AI-generated) to 45 participants and asked them to determine whether it was AI-generated.”
“Eight days of continuous sewage discharge recorded”
“90% of prescriptions are [from] outpatient clinics, not hospitals”
“It’s unclear how solar projects will be affected in the coming years given the Trump administration’s recent decision to lift protections for 80% of U.S. wetlands.”
“In about five billion years, the Sun will reach the end of its life and grow to hundreds of times its current size.”
“more than 22,000 miles over the equator.”
“The researchers found that using only 0.12% sodium alginate, the material could withstand about 25% more pressure and be printed about 33% faster.”
“On average, visitors would pay about $18 more per trip for marginally darker skies, and roughly $45 more per night for a one-step improvement on the Bortle Dark Sky Scale, a widely used measure of night-sky quality.”
“The five-metre-high, eight-metre-wide mound has been made from thousands of discarded white garments saved from landfill, reflecting the famous all-white tennis dress code.”
“On Ross Island in the Ross Sea, a deep bay in Antarctica, Mount Erebus fumes about 1,350 kilometers (840 miles) from the Geographic South Pole. The world's southernmost active volcano, it bubbles with a permanent lake of blazing lava.”
“Then, instead of telling participants to look out for these six qualities, the researchers trained them via six training blocks, each consisting of 96 tasks.”
“Sewage dumped illegally in Windermere over 3 years”
“Japan ranked dead last in the appropriateness of antibiotic choices for kids under 5”
“The star’s looming death will dramatically reshape the inner solar system, engulfing Mercury and Venus in a fiery sphere.”
“There are two possibilities.”
“Over a four-month period, the researchers estimated that light pollution reduced the recreational value of flagship dark-sky destinations in the U.S. by between $25 million and nearly $66 million.”
“Brits admit to throwing away an average of eight white clothing items per person each year, equating to an estimated 440,178,024 white garments annually across the UK.”
“According to a 1991 research paper, published in Geophysical Research Letters, Erebus belches out about 80 grams (2.8 ounces) of microscopic gold dust per day, scattering it as far as 1,000 kilometers away – maybe even farther.”
“In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from Australian National University claim...”
“Graham Madge, a Met Office climate spokesperson, said if the result was verified, it would also have beaten the previous record temperature for June — when 35.6C (96F) was reached 50 years ago during the 1976 heatwave.”
“Japanese doctors prescribed antibiotics with the lowest risk of resistance only 35% of the time”
“The Sun is currently about halfway through its life.”
“Over 82 nights in April, May, September and October, researchers interviewed visitors after dusk at campgrounds, scenic overlooks and parking areas. In total, they surveyed 634 travelers across nine destinations, including Arches, Bryce Ca…”
“The number of people around the world who consider climate change a 'very' or 'somewhat' serious threat to individuals in their nation has climbed to three quarters (75%) for the first time, according to a worldwide study.”
“To date, it's the only volcano in the world known to spew forth crystalline elemental gold particles.”
“Specifically, the researchers claim it is best to focus on these six key characteristics: symmetry, proportionality, attractiveness, expressiveness, distinctiveness, and memorability.”
“Each tip would be small, amounting to about $5 per claim at today's exchange rate”
“The fate of Earth depends on a delicate balance between these two effects,” Mats Esseldeurs, researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of KU Leuven and lead author of the new study, said in a statement. “If tidal interactions dominate, Eart…”
“On June 14, 2026, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completed the equivalent of a marathon, having driven 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers).”
“The 75% figure represents the highest level of global public anxiety documented by the Poll since its launch in 2019, when the proportion stood at just under seven in 10 (69%).”
“The Busy Bar, first announced in April 2025, will go on sale July 14, according to The Verge, with the first 3,000 units available at a discounted price.”
“Okubo estimates earn roughly $90,000 to $100,000 a year”
“As the innermost planets, the fate of Mercury and Venus is more certain than that of Earth’s. The new study shows that the two planets will get engulfed by the expanding Sun, even if Earth survives.”
“Perseverance managed to make it to this marathon milestone in just 5 years and 4 months, and the rover is still going strong.”
“the share of adults viewing climate change as a 'very serious' threat has fallen from over half (54%) to just under (49% – though still exceeding the 40% global average).”
“A third device, a “network multitool” called Flipper One, was revealed to be in the works last month and will reportedly be made available to pre-order via Kickstarter later this year—though the price of RAM may prove to be a limiting fact…”
“In 2021, resistant bacterial infections directly caused 1.14 million deaths worldwide and contributed to another 3.57 million deaths”
“Mars, on the other hand, has a good chance of surviving the Sun’s giant phases and could also end up in a wider orbit.”
“NASA's Opportunity rover also managed to reach a marathon distance on Mars, though it took over 11 years to make it that far.”
“Eight high-income countries – Kuwait, Croatia, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and the UK – have witnessed drops of at least 10 percentage points.”
“The good news is that the Meta Fury cost $80 less than ones with a Ray-Ban logo. At $299, these are the cheapest AI glasses you can buy from Meta”
“People over 65 make up about 30% of Japan's population”
“The dust-filled region likely operated over a span of two million years, birthing plenty of space rocks.”
“In this image captured on June 13 by MRO, we can see Perseverance in the home stretch of its marathon...”
“Three quarters of people worldwide now see climate change as a serious threat – the highest we've ever recorded”
“They have the same 12-megapixel camera with up to 3K video capture”
“Looking at Japan's overall antibiotic use, "90% of prescriptions are [from] outpatient clinics, not hospitals," Okubo told me.”
“In the past 5 years, and over 26.2 miles, Perseverance has accomplished quite a lot.”
“four in five people (79%) in high income countries still consider climate change to be at least a 'somewhat serious' threat to their fellow citizens.”
“they have the same fairly long 8-hour battery life”
“When compared against 35 other high-income countries in 2015, Japan ranked dead last in the appropriateness of antibiotic choices for kids under 5.”
“Chelsea Gohd served as a Senior Writer for Space.com from 2018 to 2022 before returning in 2026...”
“while half (49%) regard climate change as a 'very serious' threat, just one in five (20%) believe most others in their country share that view.”
“you can adjust the tips into three different sizes—small, medium, and large”
“The 2015 cross-country comparison found that Japanese doctors prescribed antibiotics with the lowest risk of resistance only 35% of the time, meaning most antibiotic prescriptions were for broader-spectrum drugs.”
“This disparity is most pronounced in Portugal (42 percentage points) and the United States (41).”
“that pair is pricier at $399”
“Each tip would be small, amounting to about $5 per claim at today's exchange rate, but could translate to thousands of extra dollars of annual income for individual clinics.”
“the decision to shed Ray-Ban branding was about lowering prices and creating more options for consumers”
“That's no small matter for Japanese pediatricians, who Okubo estimates earn roughly $90,000 to $100,000 a year.”
“The Meta Fury are part of several styles of AI glasses released by Meta in June”
“This incentive program, rolled out in 2018, has proved a success...”
“With more than three billion users, the race is now on to claim your preferred WhatsApp username.”
“In 2021, resistant bacterial infections directly caused 1.14 million deaths worldwide and contributed to another 3.57 million deaths.”
“Meta’s end-to-end encrypted messaging platform announced today that it is letting people reserve usernames ahead of the feature’s launch later this year.”
“People over 65 make up about 30% of Japan's population.”
“it was only late last year that Google started allowing people to change their Gmail addresses without having to open a new account from scratch.”
“LineShine, installed at China’s National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, clinched the top spot in the 67th TOP500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The new system has already been used in a range of fields, giving dev…”
“Before then, some users were stuck with embarrassing or dated addresses they had come up with more than 20 years ago.”
“LineShine "represents a historic leap forward for China's supercomputing field, breaking through foreign technological blockades and building an independent and controllable software and hardware system," the statement read. [Note: The 22%…”
“Social media companies can face double the fines if they fail to comply.”
“The machine, which came online in the first half of 2026, can reach speeds of 2.198 exaFLOPS...”
“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that geofence warrants count as a “search” under the Fourth Amendment”
“It's also the first time China has hosted the world's fastest supercomputer since 2017.”
“in 2019”
“...El Capitan, a supercomputer housed at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California that had previously held the top spot since November 2024.”
“150-meter radius of the credit union from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after the time of the robbery”
“Since 2018, the U.S. government has restricted exports of semiconductor chips to China, including GPUs.”
“two hours on each side of the robbery”
“In comparison, home computers can perform roughly 5 trillion FLOPS.”
“one of three people who were fully identified by the geofencing warrant”
“Exascale supercomputers can perform more than 1 quintillion of these operations every second.”
“ten minutes before the robbery”
“Unlike many other supercomputers, LineShine uses only central processing units (CPUs) to perform calculations. Other systems rely on both CPUs and graphics processing units(GPUs)...”
“about $100,000 of cash”
“"The list demonstrates that there is no single dominant technology path to leadership-class computing; instead, vendors are pursuing a variety of CPU, GPU, APU, and custom-accelerator approaches coupled with different interconnect and syst…”
“12 years in prison”
“Following LineShine and El Capitan, two supercomputers at U.S. national laboratories and one in Germany claimed spots three through five on the TOP500 list.”
“in a 2018 decision”
“Machines in Italy, Switzerland, Japan and the U.S. round out the top 10.”
“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that geofence warrants count as a “search” under the Fourth Amendment, a decision that will likely impact how police departments around the country seek cellphone location data in the future.”
“Local police used a three-step process to find Okello Chatrie, first requiring Google to produce anonymized location data for all phones within a 150-meter radius of the credit union from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after the time of t…”
“In step two, police narrowed down the list from that anonymized data and retrieved more data from phones both inside and outside the geofence for two hours on each side of the robbery.”
“Chatrie was one of three people who were fully identified by the geofencing warrant, which reportedly showed him entering the geofenced area ten minutes before the robbery and leaving for a residential area after the robbery.”
“Police later found a gun, about $100,000 of cash, and a demand note.”
“He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Monday’s ruling kicks the decision back to a lower court for consideration now that SCOTUS has determined a geofence warrant is a form of search.”
“In 2023, Google made a change to the way that location data is stored, meaning that most of that information in Google Maps stays on a given device.”
“Although it had previously found in a 2018 decision, Carpenter v. United States, that police must obtain a search warrant to access cellphone location data.”
“Although Google already changed its system so it no longer has access to the same data the government had been seeking through geofence warrants, similar kinds of reverse searches of sensitive data held by other companies will continue to …”
“‘Most cell-phone users have no awareness of CSLI records, and would never try to retrieve them; by contrast, Google users regularly employ Location History as a personal journal,’ Kagan wrote.”
