Ocean-related tourism and recreation supports more than 320,000 jobs and $13.5 billion in goods and services in Florida. But in the summer of 2023, swimming in the ocean became much less appealing as water temperatures rose to 101 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) off the coast of Miami. The future of some jobs and businesses in… Read More »
Allegation: A NASA photo originally shows “otherworldly debris” on Mars. Evaluation: Rating: Wrongly written Context: While the photo is real, it shows the NASA lander’s aeroshell (thermal shielding protective shell) initially ejected from Earth, not “in other words debris” as posts on social media misleadingly claim. A phenomenon described by some as “otherworldly debris on… Read More »
The wooden mechanism designed by the mathematician who beat an Australian international cricketer four times in 1909 and who gave his name to Venn diagrams, has been recreated by Cambridge University engineers. Bowling machine, Dr. It was the brainchild of John Venn and this machine can launch balls towards the batter at approximately 33 miles… Read More »
Industry experts say the North East is at the dawn of a new “space age” and hope thousands more people will be working in the fast-growing sector by the end of this decade. As growth in the North East space sector continues apace, opportunities will open up for people from all backgrounds. This week space… Read More »
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company’s move into generative artificial intelligence, marking its belated arrival at a technological frontier expected to be as revolutionary as the invention of the iPhone. The AI display, which is expected to be built into the iPhone and other Apple products, will be… Read More »
About 11,000 years ago, humans made a major transition from hunting and gathering to farming. This change, known as the Neolithic Revolution, dramatically changed the way we eat. For decades, scientists thought that pre-agricultural human groups consumed too much animal protein. However, the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from Pleistocene sites has always hampered analysis.… Read More »
From time to time, an epidemic emerges that dramatically changes human society. The Black Death (1347 – 1351) was one of them; The Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there is COVID-19. Archaeologists have long been studying diseases in past populations. To do this, they consider a wide range of evidence: layout, graves, grave… Read More »
A fascinating new paper from scientists at the nonprofit AI research organization LAION finds that even the most complex large language models (LLMs) are often stumped by the same simple logic question. is as advanced as its creators often claim. The paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, refers to the prompt that baffled the… Read More »
You never Really Have you listened to the Beatles? So, have you sat down and paid attention to every note and nuance of the melody? That’s not always easy with low-end speakers, but if you’re ready for a new world of sound, you’re in luck: this portable Bluetooth speaker is on sale for just $21,… Read More »
The most famous photograph in the US space program may not be the one showing Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, but the image of the Earth seen rising above the moon’s horizon, transmitted from space by the crew on December 24, 1968. Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. It was… Read More »