Survival Stuff
Many modern cars watch occupants – a plus for safety but not so much for privacy. Courtesy LG – By M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University Published: 2023 Dec 06 – Depending on which late-model vehicle …
Voters in a county election, 1854. Etching by John Sartain after painting by George Caleb Bingham; National Gallery of Art – By Thomas Coens, Research Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee Published: 2023 Dec 05 – From the time of the founding …
Google’s Gemini AI represents the next step-change in a wildly accelerating field. Google – By Loz Blain 2023 Dec 06 – Google has unveiled its awesome next-gen Gemini AI, claiming it outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4 – as well as human experts – on nearly all …
The plant-based diet came out well ahead of a healthy omnivore eating plan. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Dec 03 – The fact that eating less meat improves cardiovascular health is not a new revelation, but previous studies supporting this have often been …
Managing methane from belching cattle is a top innovation priority. Lance Cheung/USDA –– By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame – Published: 2023 Dec 02 – For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual …
If the new E-AB biosensor reaches production, painful finger-prick tests like these may no longer be necessary. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2023 Nov 30 – Daily finger-prick blood tests are an uncomfortable fact of life for diabetics, but they may not always have …
Possessing certain personality traits increases the risk of a dementia diagnosis, while others lessen it, research has found. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Nov 30 – New research has found that some personality traits increase the risk of a dementia diagnosis, whereas others …
Could nature be the solution to the world’s impending food shortages? Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Nov 29 – In what is a hugely promising sign for securing and boosting food production, a large-scale field study has demonstrated how treating farmland soil with …
Exposing male rats to simulated deep space travel led to long-lasting erectile dysfunction. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Nov 26 – Adding to the growing research into the effects of long-haul spaceflights on the human body, researchers have found that the weightlessness and …
The Earth’s magnetic field deflects particles emitted by the Sun. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images – By Ofer Cohen, Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, UMass Lowell Published: 2023 Nov 27 – The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role …
