A wildlife crossing is proposed for Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains
People view highways as a way to move from Point A to Point B, but to the animals that inhabit either side of a busy roadway, the lanes are a potentially deadly barrier......»»
Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower
Psychologists from UC Santa Cruz wanted to study "earworms," the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop. So they asked people to sing out any earworms they were experiencing and record them on their phones when pr.....»»
Opinion: Australian gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it
With parliament sitting this week, the federal government is trying to finalize its proposed laws to limit gambling advertising......»»
Kia-Hyundai anti-theft fix is working after years of viral video exposure, study finds
A study by the Highway Loss Data Institute find that a software device developed by the companies to prevent vehicle theft dropped claim rates by 53 percent......»»
Tracking the restorative effects of good fire
A few miles south of Yosemite's famed Glacier Point, ringed by striking granite domes, lies the Illilouette Basin. This small stretch of the Sierra Nevada Mountains has become a sort of fire laboratory, a place where natural wildfires have been allow.....»»
Weather "whiplash" in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change
The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica live up to their name. The region is one of the driest places on Earth—mountains form a wall around the valleys and prevent melting glacier water from intruding, humidity is extremely low, and no rain was docum.....»»
Arrowhead water bottler ordered to stop operations in San Bernardino Mountains
Arrowhead water bottler ordered to stop operations in San Bernardino Mountains.....»»
Advanced chelators offer efficient and eco-friendly rare earth element recovery
The world is going to need a lot of weird metals in the coming years, according to chemistry professor Justin Wilson at UC Santa Barbara. But he isn't talking about lithium, cobalt or even beryllium. Wilson's interested in dysprosium, which is so hid.....»»
Patents can help researchers understand wildlife trade trends, new study shows
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Program on Wildlife Trade at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that patent data could provide a novel source of evidence that can help identify future commercial trends associated with the overharvesting of.....»»
An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
In a new article appearing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers have laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of Californ.....»»
U.S. expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles
The Biden administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese software in vehicles in the United States with Level 3 automation and above......»»
Take AN"s exclusive tour of Lexus" new high-tech HQ in mountains of Toyota City
Lexus finally moves into its new, unified global headquarters, a sprawling high-tech R&D and design center nestled into a forest-covered mountain. Automotive News went on an exclusive first tour of the facility......»»
NASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problem
"These defects could lead the flight computers to unexpectedly restart." Enlarge / A rendering of NASA's proposed lunar gateway. (credit: NASA) Do you remember the Lunar Gateway? You could be forgiven if not, as the prog.....»»
US government tackling AI dangers, with deepfake ban and vetting of next ChatGPT model
The US government is taking potential AI dangers more seriously, following its decision to create an Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) earlier this year, with Apple as a member. A proposed new law would outlaw the use of.....»»
Apple Vision Pro gestures may spread to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Apple Vision Pro introduced new ways of controlling apps through gestures, but it appears that Apple wants to extend that to controlling any device it makes.Proposed hand movements controlling an iPadBefore the Apple Vision Pro, if you gestured at a.....»»
As fatal virus looms over bald eagles, NJ conservationists fight to keep the bird on the endangered species list
The New Jersey Conservation Foundation, a major environmental group working within the state, is pleading with wildlife officials not to remove bald eagles from the endangered species list as planned, saying a virus that's killing peregrine falcons w.....»»
Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania"s Danube Delta
Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in a part of Romania's Danube Delta reclaimed by the great river......»»
Hyundai recalls about 50,000 vehicles over electrical wiring faults linked to airbag failures
Hyundai is recalling its 2024 Santa Fe gasoline and hybrid models in Canada and the U.S. because of electrical wiring faults that could cause airbags to deploy incorrectly or not at all, increasing the risk of injury in a crash......»»
Apple may have shut down a supplier"s proposed partnership with Vivo
Tata Group's acquisition of a stake in rival Vivo's India business was allegedly stopped by Apple, due to Tata owning a factory with Apple's supply chain.Mumbai, IndiaTata Group, an Indian conglomerate, has reportedly put the brakes on talks to acqui.....»»
Study reveals the Southwest Tianshan Mountains contribute the majority of the Kyzylkum desert sand and river system
Arid Central Asia is an important dust source in the northern hemisphere, which has a significant impact on the ecological environment of Central Asia, Northwest China and even the East Asian monsoon region. The Kyzylkum Desert is one of the biggest.....»»
New study uses self-interacting dark matter to solve the final parsec problem
In a new study, scientists from Canada have proposed a solution to the final parsec problem of supermassive black hole (SMBH) mergers using self-interacting dark matter......»»