OpenAI stormed onto the scene with ChatGPT and upended the tech world in less than two years. But over the next few months, the artificial intelligence darling will face some of its biggest tests yet. A highly anticipated partnership with Apple will supercharge its reach, putting it in front of millions of users who may … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This summer was the hottest on record worldwide, outpacing even last year’s blistering temperatures, according to a new report by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest … Read more
A bitcoin sign is seen in the main hall during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty Images It was a week of extremes for bitcoin enthusiasts. On the plus side, the cryptocurrency rose 12% in the past seven days and the network hash … Read more
Gardener Jana Kretschmer is working to protect trees from climate change. In the castle gardens of Muskauer Park, which straddles both banks of the German-Polish river border, caretakers have mounted a fightback against the impacts of climate change. On the stump of a 150-year-old oak tree, gnawed by parasites and felled in a storm, a … Read more
US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams took off aboard Boeing’s Starliner in early June for what was meant to be an eight-day mission. A US astronaut stuck on the International Space Station said Friday he believed Boeing’s Starliner could have carried him home, if more time had been available to work through the beleaguered … Read more
Tunable color emission and application showcase. Credit: Frontiers of Optoelectronics (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s12200-024-00134-2 In the realm of lighting and temperature measurement, advancements in material science are paving the way for significant improvements in technology and safety. Traditional methods, which combine yellow phosphors with blue chips in LEDs, have limitations such as inadequate red light components … Read more
Credit: Jin Chen et al. Volcanic activity alters the Earth’s surface and promotes the development of new ecosystems, providing valuable models for studying soil formation processes such as microbial composition and vegetation succession. Increasing evidence suggests that soil microbes are pivotal in numerous ecological and biogeochemical processes, encompassing carbon mineralization, humus formation, and nutrient cycling. … Read more
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Comeback continues: The S & P 500 is rallying for the fifth session in a row, up nearly 4% this week and almost completely erasing all … Read more
Venice Mallow, also called Flower-of-an-hour, (Hibiscus trionum) was selected by Edwige Moyroud as a new model plant for studying petal pattern development. Native to Australia, H. trionum also now occurs in gardens and has become naturalized in some parts of the world. Credit: Lucie Riglet and Edwige Moyroud Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint … Read more
Screenshot: YouTube If you’ve got kids, they’ve likely been exposed to YouTube via grandma’s iPad more than once. If they like cars, the algorithm is very likely serving them some weird, bootleg car content that gives me the absolute creeps to watch. Keeping an eye on kids and providing them with enriching, meaningful experiences is … Read more
