Map of Cyprus showing the approximate position of fossil sites where dwarf elephants and hippos have been retrieved. Credit: Map created by CJA Bradshaw, Flinders University. Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before paleolithic humans arrived. … Read more
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) feeding on the surface of the ocean on fishery bycatch. Credit: Carla du Toit Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to help them find food. This is the first time this ability has been identified in seabirds. … Read more
The race to create a real self-driving car is heating up, with startups like Waymo deploying its autonomous taxis across U.S. cities, billions of dollars being plowed into new technology and Tesla shouting that its cars will one day really be able to drive themselves. Now, a new report has looked into what it really … Read more
As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people end up living on steep slopes that can have higher risk of sneaky, slow-moving landslides, a new Earth’s Future study documents. Increased flooding in valley floors can also drive people to steeper, unsafe slopes. Credit: Jyoti Singh/unsplash As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company’s Build developer conference in Seattle on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together up to $100 billion to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Feedback plays a crucial role in learning, helping individuals to understand and improve their performance, yet globally large and diverse student populations often mean that providing timely and personalized observations can be a challenge. Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence offer a solution to these challenges, but most existing studies primarily … Read more
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff on September 9, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Elon Musk said SpaceX will sue the Federal Aviation Administration for “regulatory overreach” after the agency planned … Read more
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin reclaimed $60,000 on Tuesday as investors awaited details of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting plans. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 4.3% at $60,394.41, according to Coin Metrics. At one point, it rose as high as $61,335.83. It got an initial lift on … Read more
Raju Lampande, postdoctoral researcher in Giebink’s lab, positions an OLED that leverages positive feedback to amplify the conversion of near infrared light into visible light in front of a microscope imaging system. Credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering A new type of OLED (organic light emitting diode) could replace bulky night vision goggles with lightweight glasses, … Read more
Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc., speaks onstage during the Snap Partner Summit 2023 at Barker Hangar on April 19, 2023 in Santa Monica, California. Joe Scarnici | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Snap on Tuesday announced the fifth generation of its Spectacles augmented reality glasses that can overlay digital graphics onto the physical … Read more
