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10.09.2024 | Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris, warns of AI dangers in election | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Pop superstar Taylor Swift has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president and cited concerns about AI-ge... |
03.09.2024 | Canva Says Massive Subscription Price Increase Is Due to New AI Features Canva hiked fees on some subscriptions by 300%. | Is AI worth paying four times as much for a Canva subscription?
Design software service Canva is increasing membership prices for users globally, with some U.S. users reporting on X that the cost of five-person team subscriptions has gone u... |
30.08.2024 | The Silent Struggle: Farmworkers and Opioid Settlement Decisions | In the heart of America, two crises unfold. One is the silent struggle of farmworkers facing health risks from bird flu. The other is the opioid epidemic, where settlement funds meant for healing are often decided behind closed doors. Both ... |
29.08.2024 | With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu | But so far, many farms aren’t taking them up on it: According to numbers provided by the state health department in late August, fewer than 13% of the state’s dairies had requested and received such PPE.
The virus is known to infect mammals... |
20.08.2024 | Planetary foresight: Navigating the future shifts | “Driving forces of change” are significant, presently observable large-scale trends and issues expected to shape the future. These forces can affect, and are rooted in, various aspects of society, technology, economy, environment, and polit... |
13.08.2024 | Deep-Live-Cam goes viral, allowing anyone to become a digital doppelganger | Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test of Deep-Live-Cam. reader comments 119
Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media ... |
09.08.2024 | Bridging the gap: innovations in AI safety and public understanding | The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought immense opportunities and significant challenges. While AI promises to revolutionize various sectors, from healthcare to finance, the erosion of public trust in AI safety is becoming a cr... |
08.08.2024 | «Да пребудет с вами ChatGPT»: ученые предлагают отправить ИИ на поиски инопланетян | В погоне за контактом с внеземным разумом ученые предлагают все более смелые идеи. Недавно в журнале Scientific American появилась статья, в которой астроном института SETI Франк Марчис и инженер NASA Игнасио Лопес-Франкос, выдвинули радика... |
07.08.2024 | The Cosmic Stage: Africa Hosts the Astronomy Olympics | In a world where science often takes a backseat to spectacle, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is flipping the script. The 32nd General Assembly, a grand gathering of the brightest minds in astronomy, is taking place in Cape Town,... |
07.08.2024 | Commentary | Guest opinion: Brian C. Keegan: Reject the old pathogen of population control | The landmark 1999 Supreme Court case Saenz v. Roe reaffirmed centuries of precedent that new residents of a state have a “right to be treated like other citizens of that State.” Even this rogue Roberts Court would struggle to invent a justi... |
07.08.2024 | Australian Firm NYBlue Secures Over One Million Carats of Blue Zircon, Launches RWA Token | Brisbane, Australia, August 7th, 2024, Chainwire
Australian gemstone company NYBlue Pty Ltd has emerged as a key player working to redefine the global gemstone market. The company’s strategic venture involves a plan to secure control over t... |
31.07.2024 | Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Gary Garrison: We can will a less car-dependent world into existence | Worst of all, driving is a major contributor to making our planet less habitable. Transportation is the biggest polluter in America, and 57% of those emissions come from personal vehicles, according to the EPA.
I’m sure none of this is anyt... |
28.07.2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of Storytelling in Film and Technology | In the world of cinema, every frame tells a story. But what happens when that story is muted? The recent film "Twisters" serves as a prime example. It’s a movie about weather, yet it sidesteps the elephant in the room: climate cha... |
26.07.2024 | Movies | Column: Do movies have a message? (They do, whether studios like it or not) | In the case of “Twisters,” the erasure of climate change — in a movie about the weather — becomes a message all its own.
So let’s make some guesses as to what’s going on. It’s possible that jumpy studio executives, rather than Chung and scr... |
23.07.2024 | Will Augmented Reality Present A Moderation Problem? | Augmented reality is on its way. The ability to layer media over top of the real world is, for the moment, a hardware problem. Our phones can do it – think Pokémon Go, or Snapchat’s dancing hotdog – but a real-time heads-up display remains ... |
18.07.2024 | Как SpaceX затопит МКС | @SpaceX
НАСА отмерило срок жизни Международной космической станции. Самый дорогой рукотворный объект в истории человечества просуществует не более 32 лет и будет сведён с орбиты в 2031 году. Выбран подрядчик этой операции, а недавно проясни... |
15.07.2024 | Хитрые бактерии и антибиотики | Аптека в Африке, сейчас пациент получит одну таблетку доксициклина
Бактерии — мастера генетических рекомбинаций. У них очень короткий цикл жизни, большое потомство, миллиарды попыток на мутации и очень короткая петля обратной связи. Одного ... |
15.07.2024 | Как повлияет на спутники космический ядерный взрыв? | Недавно была годовщина ядерных космических испытаний. 9 июля 1962 США провели операцию «Морская звезда» — высотный взрыв ядерного заряда. Мощность взрыва составляла 1,4 Мт, высота взрыва — около 400 км, место взрыва — вблизи острова Джонсто... |
10.07.2024 | NASA Says Time is Moving Faster on the Moon Than on Earth | By Aldohn Domingo
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01.07.2024 | Can you die from eating extremely spicy food? Why do we have a love-hate relationship with chilli? | Listen to this article
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29.06.2024 | From chatbots to superintelligence: Mapping AI’s ambitious journey | Don’t miss OpenAI, Chevron, Nvidia, Kaiser Permanente, and Capital One leaders only at VentureBeat Transform 2024. Gain essential insights about GenAI and expand your network at this exclusive three day event. Learn More
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22.06.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Lindsay Koshgarian: Last year, you spent more than a month’s rent on Pentagon contractors | 1. Pentagon contractors ($1,759) vs. the Child Tax Credit ($110).
In 2024, the Pentagon budget is set to increase by $27 billion, bringing the department’s budget to about $825 billion. About half of that will go to for-profit contractors.
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20.06.2024 | The Red Sea Shipping Crisis: A Looming Threat to Global Supply Chains | The ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis is causing shipping costs to skyrocket, creating setbacks for cross-border sellers. Major shipping companies are increasing prices across multiple routes to navigate the crisis. The Shanghai Containerized... |
18.06.2024 | Study: Carbon Capture Tech Will Extend Oil Production by 84 Years | 6 Mins Read The study focuses on a Canadian oil field that should have shut down in 2016 but could now keep producing oil until 2100.
By Geoff Dembicki
A major Canadian oil field in the province of Saskatchewan would likely have reached the... |
15.06.2024 | Что на неделе: презентация Apple, масштабный сбой в Telegram и внезапные успехи российских сервисов видеосвязи | Всем привет! В эфире Андрей Олег Малахов из AGIMA, и это мой дайджест новостей из мира технологий за последнюю неделю. Я долго (нет) размышлял, на каких событиях сделать акцент в этой подборке. И в итоге решил кратко пересказывать те новост... |
14.06.2024 | Tornado Alley Shifts in the US as Twisters Spin Up Around the World | Tornadoes are among the most terrifying natural disasters a community can face. Composed of a column of air rotating up to 300 mph and traveling across the landscape at speeds up to 70 mph along unpredictable paths, tornadoes strike seeming... |
14.06.2024 | Why does watching TV make you fall asleep? Here's how different sounds can affect focus, learning and sleep | Listen to this article
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05.06.2024 | Boeing's Starliner reaches orbit in first crewed mission to ISS | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Boeing's Starliner successfully entered Earth's orbit during its first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after launching from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday.
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03.06.2024 | Grandma’s Retweets: How Suburban Seniors Spread Disinformation | In recent years, there have been concerns about social media and disinformation. The narrative has three dominant threads: (1) foreign troll farms pushing disinfo, (2) grifter “influencers” pushing disinfo, and (3) the poor kids these days ... |
01.06.2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 27 May, 2024 | Back to Publications NASA Langley Researchers to Study Arctic Climate System This Summer
Phys.org announced on May 27 that NASA Langley researchers are undertaking an expedition to the Arctic Ocean to study the region’s climate system. By g... |
28.05.2024 | La ley “No digas cambio climático” del gobernador DeSantis no va a funcionar con los votantes | Inscribirse para recibir el boletín semanal El Clima en la Boleta.
Cada lunes, en El Clima en la Boleta presentamos un tema para ayudarte a integrar el clima en la cobertura de la campaña de tu redacción. Considera compartir este boletín co... |
28.05.2024 | Governor DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Climate Change” Law Won’t Fly With Voters | Sign up for the weekly Climate on the Ballot newsletter.
Every Monday, in Climate on the Ballot, we pass along a topic to help you integrate climate into your newsroom’s campaign reporting. Consider sharing this newsletter with your colleag... |
20.05.2024 | SynBioBeta 2024: From novel hosts to ‘tricking’ cells to be more productive… addressing the ‘scale-cost paradox’ in biomanufacturing | Since insulin produced by genetically engineered bacteria—rather than the pancreases of slaughtered animals—was first approved in 1982, the market for ‘biomanufactured’ products produced by microbial, animal, or plant cells has grown rapidl... |
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San Francisco officials are expected to pass a resolution Tuesday declaring the week starting May 13 "Stuttering Awareness Week," as local advocates ramp up demands for visibility in an elec... |
08.05.2024 | Alarming Trend: Global Temperatures Smash Records for 12 Months | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 08 May 2024, 10:05 am
The European Union's climate change monitoring service stated that April 2024 was the hottest April ever, continuing an unparalleled sequence of record-breaking temperatures for 12 months.
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Boeing's Starliner capsule is slated to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time on Monday night.
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04.05.2024 | О датаомах и несостоявшихся ноосферах | Привет всем, в особенности тем, кто по мне соскучился.
Время от времени я собирался публиковать на Хабре обзоры заинтересовавших меня книг, однако это сложно делать без прямой рекламы и без того, чтобы явственно транслировать точку зрения а... |
17.04.2024 | Health | To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at ‘implicit bias’ | Nada Hassanein | Stateline.org (TNS)
Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant clients being dismissed or ignored by clinicians.
One woman was told by doctors that swelling, pain and warmth in her ... |
15.04.2024 | Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them | Science Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them
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09.04.2024 | Miami shows how a new kind of gentrification is coming to US cities | Economy Miami shows how a new kind of gentrification is coming to US cities
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09.04.2024 | Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments | A Danish startup wants to help R&D teams automate lab experiments that require visual inspections, raising $20 million in a Series A round of funding to scale its technology in the U.S.
Reshape, which was founded out of Copenhagen in 20... |
09.04.2024 | Gaming finds new role as AI's open ethics lab | Gaming is a key testbed for AI technologies and the values society is embedding in digital worlds, a top gaming industry executive and AI researcher argues in a new book.
Why it matters: Gaming, AI and other tech industries continue to be d... |
07.04.2024 | What happens during a solar eclipse? Experts explain the awe-inspiring phenomena to expect on April 8 | Monday's total eclipse of the sun won't be just any old eclipse; it's being referred to as the Great American Eclipse, because it's going through some very populated areas of the United States. Solar eclipses actually occur every 18 months ... |
04.04.2024 | Why a TikTok ban will do little to protect user privacy | In March, a proposed bill, which would force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face the short video platform’s nationwide ban, was approved by the US House of Representatives. With the prospect of offloading TikTok’s assets being hampered by the ... |
03.04.2024 | These AI startups stood out the most in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch | Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward the tail end of December.
So it’s not exac... |
28.03.2024 | Landmarks for AI Development in 15 Months by Artur Kurasiński | The post was originally published in Polish on Artur’s LinkedIn profile. Artur kindly agreed that we repost what we think is of great value to our readers.
Top developments in the AI space during the last 15 months:
January 2023 ChatGPT b... |
24.03.2024 | Вам не нужен time management, вам нужен attention management | Привет, меня зовут Ася Исакова, и я организационный психолог. Я уже 10 лет работаю с разными командами, и за это время видела сотни горящих, выгорающих и сгоревших на работе людей. В этой статье я расскажу, как управлять своим вниманием так... |
22.03.2024 | More agrifood corporates committing to water stewardship targets | Corporate commitments around water stewardship get far less airtime than those for emissions reductions and regenerative agriculture, though in recent years this has started to change. In 2022, water was a prominent item on the COP27 agenda... |
20.03.2024 | Why care about Kate? Because photography is about truth | Kate’s doctored photo has plunged us into a trap where we question nothing because we’ve already dismissed it as fake. That’s where the truth goes to die, argues Andy Blackmore
Again, against my better judgement, I feel it is my professiona... |
19.03.2024 | ‘Consent’ Searches Aren’t Doing Anything To Reduce Crime | A lot of police work in the United States is just playing the odds. Roll the dice enough times, and you’re sure to come up a winner now and then. The odds really don’t matter because law enforcement agencies are playing with house money, so... |
13.03.2024 | Роботы–доставщики и беспилотные фуры: как трансформируется логистика | Тягачи для перевозки грузов, выполняющие работу без участия человека становятся повседневной реальностью. Машины автоконцерна КамАз и СберАвтоТеха успели перевезти более 12 тыс тонн товаров, пройдя 600+ тыс км.
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05.03.2024 | This planetary moon generates enough oxygen a day to keep a million humans breathing | Europa, one of Jupiter's 95 moons, generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday.
It's enough oxygen to keep a million humans breathing each day, but it's substantially less than scientists prev... |
05.03.2024 | ScaleFlux Leads the Charge in Sustainable IT Solutions Amidst AI Data Boom | Sustainable IT Solutions
ScaleFlux is confronting the environmental and financial sustainability needs of the IT sector head on with their revolutionary SSD, the CSD 3000. The integration of computational capabilities into the storage devic... |
01.03.2024 | Взлом сновидений может помочь в лечении людей | Стимулирование спящего мозга может облегчить страдания от потери памяти, инсульта или психических расстройств
Было уже поздно, а Соня осталась одна в незнакомом городе, пытаясь найти дорогу домой. На карте был указан путь через тёмный лес, ... |
19.02.2024 | Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution | Science Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution
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2024-02-19T13:25:01Z
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17.02.2024 | Plant-based meat startups are adding real animal fat to the mix: ‘It didn’t sizzle right, it didn’t smell right, it didn’t have that incredibly fatty taste and mouth feel’ | Biologist Max Jamilly was in a pub with a friend when he hit upon the idea for his next business. Jamilly and his friend Ed Steele, both meat-eaters who were trying to cut down on their carbon footprint, had ordered a plant-based meat patty... |
16.02.2024 | Scoop: Unleashed Brands to acquire Sylvan Learning | Unleashed Brands, a platform for experiential retail concepts that foster youth development, has agreed to acquire Sylvan Learning, a source familiar with the situation tells Axios.
Why it matters: It is private equity-backed Unleashed Bran... |
16.02.2024 | Why weight loss drugs could be bad news for the beverage industry | Do coffee and Wegovy mix?
That is on the minds of coffee brand executives as increasingly popular GLP-1 diabetes and weight-loss drugs curb some users' cravings for coffee and other beverages.
While there have been shifts in consumption pat... |
15.02.2024 | Guardrails AI wants to crowdsource fixes for GenAI model problems | It doesn’t take much to get GenAI spouting mistruths and untruths.
This past week provided an example, with Microsoft’s and Google’s chatbots declaring a Super Bowl winner before the game even started. The real problems start, though, when ... |
15.02.2024 | My brain on Ozempic | Redeem now
The sidewalk was empty, so no one could see me crying outside Levain Bakery's soaring glass doors. But there was nothing to shield me from the staff inside watching me, stunned, sobbing, giddy with excitement about what a drug ha... |
11.02.2024 | Google’s and Microsoft’s chatbots are making up Super Bowl stats | If you needed more evidence that GenAI is prone to making stuff up, Google’s Gemini chatbot, formerly Bard, thinks that the 2024 Super Bowl already happened. It even has the (fictional) statistics to back it up.
Per a Reddit thread, Gemini,... |
09.02.2024 | Contact sports cause CTE. So why are Americans watching more football than ever? | In January 2023, minutes after Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field following a tackle, my cellphone was humming with a steady stream of messages from friends, family, and acquaintances who had been watching the game. How could this happen, ... |
08.02.2024 | Moving from crisis response to crisis prevention in U.S. mental health systems | Despite widespread promises of reform after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, in 2023, police killed at least 1,246 people — the most in more than a decade. This police violence is intertwined with a parallel public policy disaster: Ameri... |
07.02.2024 | In Fighting the “Disinformation” Problem, We Risk Losing the Battle for Our Minds to Big Tech | As the 2024 election in the US approaches, trust in government and media is eroding. Regulating Big Tech to make sure they and their algorithms are held accountable is paramount.
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07.02.2024 | Наноматериалы и нанотехнологии. Часть III | В предлагаемой статье речь пойдет об электронной микроскопии. Рассматриваются различные типы электронных микроскопов (ЭМ), включая просвечивающие и зондирующие микроскопы с высоким разрешением, рентгеновская микроскопия и анализ, новейшие м... |
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31.01.2024 | 10 наиболее дорогих научных проектов в истории | Чуть ли не каждый год в мире появляется какое-то интересное открытие: только успевай читать новости на том же Хабре. А уж сколько денег, как государственных, так и частных, вливается в это — не счесть.
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30.01.2024 | Хитросплетения орбит или как сосуществовать с Круитни | Как известно, Луна по меркам Земли — огромный естественный спутник. Из всех других планет земной группы только у Марса есть два крошечных спутника Фобос и Деймос, и это обычные астероиды, подхваченные Марсом. Однако в окрестностях Земли с у... |
28.01.2024 | Для размышлений и решения задач мозг не нужен – с этим справляются и простые клетки | Крошечные сгустки клеток демонстрируют базовые когнитивные способности, а некоторые животные могут вспомнить что-то даже после потери головы
Планарию никто не считает гением. Извивающегося плоского червя, по форме напоминающего запятую, мож... |
21.01.2024 | Needle in a haystack: How enterprises can safely find practical generative AI use cases | AI, particularly generative AI and large language models (LLMs), has made tremendous technical strides and is reaching the inflection point of widespread industry adoption. With McKinsey reporting that AI high-performers are already going “... |
18.01.2024 | WATCH: Rare footage of two orcas killing a shark off the coast of SA | WATCH: Rare footage of two orcas killing a shark off the coast of SA Photos: Facebook/Drone Fanatics SA
A local photographer off the coast of South Africa captured the amazing RARE footage of two orcas killing a shark.
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11.01.2024 | Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is. | Hydrogen has always been presented by automakers and politicians as an alternate clean-energy option for electric vehicles, but it’s never really caught on. Don’t tell anyone at CES 2024, though, as this year’s show floor was littered with ... |
08.01.2024 | There's a new COVID-19 variant and cases are ticking up. What do you need to know? | It's winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing weary of dealing with it, but the virus is not done with... |
30.12.2023 | The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias | Health Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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26.12.2023 | VCs say 2024 AI trends to watch include a harder look at business models, a rise in generated content, and a need for investor technical fluency | Premium Tech VCs say 2024 AI trends to watch include a harder look at business models, a rise in generated content, and a need for investor technical fluency
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26.12.2023 | Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid | Science Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid
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25.12.2023 | Five bold cybersecurity predictions for 2024 | Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.
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24.12.2023 | Кремниевый мозг. Сознание в сервере | Не так давно публиковал новость про то, что ученые начали обучать нейросети на выращенных органоидах из стволовых клеток мозга. Полноценные гибриды вычислительной электроники и живой плоти. Параллельно с этим, развивается направление, в кот... |
21.12.2023 | Propelled by ‘science for humanity,’ this Chinese AI startup sets sight on US | Amid rising geopolitical tensions, many Chinese tech companies find themselves recalibrating their overseas pursuits, often sidestepping any reference to their origin. One bold startup called DP Technology stands out from the crowd. Working... |
21.12.2023 | China Hoarding Rare Earth Metal Supply Following Export Ban | John Lopez, Tech Times 21 December 2023, 11:12 am |
15.12.2023 | Генезис-файлы. Пролог: день, когда криптография изменилась навсегда | Этот пост – пролог к серии материалов, посвященных становлению движения шифропанков, призванных познакомить сообщество с технологиями, предшествующими киберкоммерции, рассвет которой мы сегодня наблюдаем. Понимание истории, осознание мотиво... |
15.12.2023 | ASIC и FPGA: сорок лет эволюции | Внутри каждого современного телефона несколько микросхем ASIС. Ими наполнены автомобили, стойки в центрах обработки данных, датчики «умного дома», и вообще все электронные устройства. Без чипов ASIC был бы невозможен быстрый интернет, трехм... |
12.12.2023 | Scientists Disagree on This Climate Change Argument, Which Will Decide Our Future | 6 Mins Read
By Robert Chris, Honorary Associate, Geography, The Open University; and Hugh Hunt, Professor of Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, University of Cambridge
Getting to net zero emissions by mid-century is conventionally understo... |
12.12.2023 | Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice | Redeem now
As a child, I was excited when Sunday rolled around. After playing in the scorching heat all day, my friends and I would cool off with a chilled glass bottle of Coca-Cola. It was the one day of the week I was allowed to have it.
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11.12.2023 | Crossing the line: Circular solutions needed to halt Earth’s trajectory toward climate catastrophe | The exploitation of oil, gas, and coal is now destabilizing all nine planetary boundaries and driving a triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The solution, experts say, is to move from a hydrocarbon-based linear... |
05.12.2023 | COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 6 | 5 Mins Read Welcome to Day 6 of #COP28. In Green Queen’s COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’.
Catch up: DAY 1 – DAY ... |
02.12.2023 | 7 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt | Joaquin Phoenix played "Napoleon" in Ridley Scott's latest biopic. Apple TV+
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When Napoleon invaded Egypt, he brought dozens of scientists with him.
Astronomers, mathematicians, and naturalists spent three years studying... |
30.11.2023 | Tropical diseases are returning to the United States and the bugs are bringing them. | Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
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Tropical diseases like Dengue fever, Malaria and Leishmaniasis are making a return to the United States. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, November 30, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dengue fev... |
30.11.2023 | A New Twist on Climate Inequality | Inequality has always been at the heart of the climate crisis. Traditionally, inequality between countries has loomed largest: Rich countries have been responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions, but poor countries have suffered the ... |
29.11.2023 | Neuroscience has to grapple with a long legacy of racism if it wants to move into the future | Many parts of neuroscience research have a race problem. Black people are often excluded from studies due to the texture of their hair, receive erroneous and inaccurate readings due to the melanin content of their skin, and are severely und... |
28.11.2023 | СМИ: НАСА собирается потратить $1 млрд на вывод МКС из эксплуатации | В ближайшие месяцы НАСА начнёт рассматривать коммерческие предложения по безопасному выводу МКС из эксплуатации без участия российский космических аппаратов, сообщает Scientific American. На эти цели, по информации издания, планируется потр... |
28.11.2023 | Polestar’s climate-tweeting bot isn’t actually a bot, for good reason | “When is a bot a person?,” my colleague Kirsten asked after I learned that Polestar’s climate bot is more human than machine.
Polestar launched its “Truth Bot” on X (formerly Twitter) ahead of COP28, the UN climate conference overseen by an... |
27.11.2023 | Some ski waxes contain toxic “forever chemicals.” Should Colorado ban them to protect water systems? | Temperatures are dropping, snow is falling and skiers are waxing their skis for another season gliding down Colorado’s iconic mountains.
Those waxes, however, may be toxic.
Some ski waxes contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS... |
17.11.2023 | Even as Wegovy rides high, interest surges in weight loss drugs that preserve muscle | Have you ever seen a mouse with a set of muscles more appropriate for a bodybuilder or comic book superhero?
Well, 25 years ago, researchers at Johns Hopkins University made it happen. By silencing a gene responsible for producing a protein... |
15.11.2023 | Хайп на AI или путевые заметки с выставки Gitex в Дубае | В конце октября в Дубае прошла выставка GITEX-2023. Её посетило вдвое больше людей, чем крупнейшую европейскую — Hannover Messe. На GITEX было не только разнообразное технологичное, но и странное: специфический маркетинг, множество «пустыше... |
10.11.2023 | Why AI chatbots can’t replace employees just yet | Source: shutterstock. article-article-body
Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots are everywhere. They have captured the public imagination and that of countless Silicon Valley inventors and investors since the arrival of ChatGPT about a yea... |
10.11.2023 | I spent 2 nights on a remote Scottish island that's been compared to the Caribbean. It was beautiful but I can't imagine living there. | Travel I spent 2 nights on a remote Scottish island that's been compared to the Caribbean. It was beautiful but I can't imagine living there.
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05.11.2023 | Elon Musk unveils xAI’s first product Grok, an LLM offering realtime data, efficiency and ‘humor’ | VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed - An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Hear from top industry leaders on Nov 15. Reserve your free pass
Following up on his proclamation last week that xAI would begin allowing selecte... |
04.11.2023 | Crisis in the skies | Redeem now
Moments before an off-duty pilot tried to pull two red fire handles and cut off fuel to the engines during an Alaska Airlines flight in October, he made an admission.
"I'm not OK," he told the two stunned pilots in the ... |
02.11.2023 | Here’s what new tech has to offer the wine drinker | Virtual tastings, online classes, chatbot sommelier, and 'intelligent' wine lists
Earlier this month, my colleague Steven Loeb wrote about the role of AI in the wine industry with a focus on producers and retailers. Now, let’s look at some ... |