Editor’s Note: Bob Kolasky is senior vice president of critical infrastructure at Exiger, a provider of supply chain and third-party risk analysis for the U.S. government and critical infrastructure industries. He is also a senior fellow at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Infrastructure Security. He previously led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s… Read More »
The deadly heatwave in Gaza in April, which worsened an already serious humanitarian crisis, has become hotter and more likely due to the human-caused climate crisis, according to an analysis published on Tuesday. Gaza was not alone. Analysis by the World Weather Attribution initiative (WWA) has revealed that several heat waves last month, which spread… Read More »
Last summer’s sweltering heat broke more than city, regional and even national records. Scientists say that the summer of 2023 in the Northern Hemisphere will be the hottest summer in 2000 years, with what they call an “alarming finding”. Global data already showed this last summer. It was the hottest on record. Copernicus, the European… Read More »
The launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying Boeing’s ill-fated Starliner capsule has been delayed an additional four days, from Friday to next Tuesday, to give engineers time to make sure a small helium leak in the crew ship’s propulsion system has been fixed. officials said Tuesday. Liftoff from pad 41 at… Read More »
The scorching summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, according to a new study. When temperatures soared last year, multiple weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But these records date back to 1850 at best because they are based on… Read More »
Many people understand the concept of bias on an intuitive level. Racial and gender biases in society and AI systems are well documented. If society could somehow eliminate prejudice, would all the problems disappear? The late Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, an important name in the field of behavioral economics, argued in his last book that… Read More »
2024 has been a year full of spectacular space shows, some of which can be seen from our backyards. First was this: total solar eclipse At the beginning of April. Then, late last week, Sun once again became the “star” attraction: A massive sunspot set off a series of solar storms. strengthened the auroramaking this… Read More »
This article was first published at: Speech. The publication was contributed to the article by Space.com. Expert Voices: Commentaries and Insights. Michael Garrett Sir Bernard Lovell is Head of Astrophysics and Director of the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced at an astonishing pace in the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Scientists have achieved great success. By analyzing thousands of recorded sperm whale click sequences with artificial intelligence, they identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication. Differences in tempo, rhythm, and length of whales’ clicking sequences,… Read More »
More than $700 billion in loans and underwriting flowed to companies doing business with fossil fuels last year, channeled by the world’s 60 largest private banks, according to a report released Monday by several environmental groups. The annual report, put together by the Sierra Club and Rainforest Action Network, among others, shows a slight decline… Read More »