[ad_1] If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one of the most popular imaging tools. But its uses now extend far beyond just prenatal care. One of the best examples is…
[ad_1] Pollution like the smoke seen at this garbage dump in Pakistan is part of an ongoing polycrisis ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images A Climate of TruthMike Berners-Lee (Cambridge University Press UK: On sale now US: On sale from 10 April) Mike Berners-Lee admits he is worried about getting bad reviews for his new book, which…
[ad_1] Zena Cardman didn’t have to wait too long to get a seat on another spacecraft after being removed from SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission last year. The NASA astronaut is one of the four members of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), agency officials announced on Thursday (March 27). Cardman will command Crew-11,…
[ad_1] WMO’s State of the Global Climate report confirmed that 2024 was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13°C above the 1850-1900 average. This is the warmest year in the 175-year observational record. WMO’s flagship report showed that:…
[ad_1] 76 Ways Pregnancy and Giving Birth Change a Person’s Body Data from 300,000 births reveal how essential biological measurements are altered by carrying and delivering a baby By Celeste Biever & Nature magazine Women’s bodies undergo vast physiological changes during pregnancy that can last for more than a year after birth. Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images…
[ad_1] The evolution of the anus may have driven the body plan of all advanced animals, including humans MattLphotography / Alamy The anus is a wildly successful innovation, but how did it evolve? A genetic analysis suggests it probably began as an opening used to release sperm that later fused with the gut – an…
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[ad_1] Singapore researchers have transformed the humble silicon transistor into a powerful building block for artificial intelligence that could dramatically reduce the size and energy requirements of next-generation AI systems. The innovation, announced yesterday in the journal Nature, allows a single conventional transistor to mimic both electronic neurons and synapses – the fundamental components needed…
[ad_1] In the next few months, from its perch atop a mountain in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin surveying the cosmos with the largest camera ever built. Every three nights, it will produce a map of the entire southern sky filled with stars, galaxies, asteroids and supernovae — and swarms of bright…
[ad_1] There is a small chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon ESA/NASA For a brief period earlier this year, the world’s space agencies were warning that the asteroid 2024 YR4 had an uncomfortably high 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Thankfully, more detailed observations have now dropped those odd to…