WEIRD HISTORY
Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist, is set to become México’s first female president according to exit polls. Photograph: Héctor Vivas/Getty Images – México Thomas Graham in México City First published on 2024 Jun 02, updated on 2024 Jun 03 – Former México …
If your data was used to train an AI, it might – or might not – be safe from prying eyes. ValeryBrozhinsky/iStock via Getty Images – By Jordan Awan, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Purdue University Published: 2024 May 23 – Machine learning has pushed …
Four human brain organoids, each with around 10,000 living human brain cells, wired into a biocomputing array. FinalSpark – View 5 Images – By Loz Blain 2024 May 28 – Current AI training methods burn colossal amounts of energy to learn, but the human …
A robot that normally makes appliance motors has broken the world speed record for solving Rubik’s Cube. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 May 26 – A Mitsubishi Electric robot that normally positions wires in motors for appliances like air conditioners has solved the …
An illustration of early galaxies forming. NASA – By Michael Irving 2024 May 24 – The James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of galaxies being born at the cosmic dawn. This is the first time this has ever been witnessed by astronomers, …
Scientists in South Korea have developed a new way to grow diamonds in the lab in minutes, under normal pressure levels. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 May 24 – Diamonds are famously formed under high pressure and temperature, which is partly why they’re …
Typical amounts of solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic. Svein-Magne Tunli – tunliweb.no/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA – By David Wallace, Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University Updated: 2024 May 13 – The …
Robots could be surgically swapping heads within the decade. BrainBridge – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 May 22 – In what sounds more like the opening scene from a B-grade sci-fi/horror flick, head transplant operations performed entirely by robotic surgeons could be coming to a …
An aerial view of the rust-colored Kutuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. Thawing permafrost is exposing minerals to weathering, increasing the acidity of the water, which releases metals like iron, zinc and copper. Ken Hill/National Park Service View …
The Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo have always made people wonder: how were such incredible structures built with nothing but human and animal muscle for power? Depositphotos View 4 Images – By Michael Irving 2024 May 20 – Scientists have discovered that …
