Calling All Makers to Mare Island!
Maker Faire Bay Area returns October 18-20, 2024 and wants you to share your ingenious ideas, flashiest projects, and best builds! The post Calling All Makers to Mare Island! appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
New computational microscopy technique provides more direct route to crisp images
For hundreds of years, the clarity and magnification of microscopes were ultimately limited by the physical properties of their optical lenses. Microscope makers pushed those boundaries by making increasingly complicated and expensive stacks of lens.....»»
Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction, genomic analysis suggests
The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when sea levels rose and cut the mountainous island off from the mainland......»»
Three new extinct walnut species discovered in high Arctic mummified forest
In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The fossils were discovered further north than any known walnut species, living or extinct, and represent some of the oldest-known r.....»»
Divers turn conservationists as corals bleach worldwide
A diver glides over an expanse of bone-white coral branches, recording the fish that dart between the ghostly arms extending from the sea floor off the Thai island of Koh Tao......»»
Japan found enough minerals off a remote Pacific island to fuel its EV plans for over a decade
Japan found enough minerals off a remote Pacific island to fuel its EV plans for over a decade.....»»
Automakers tell DMS providers to expect security audits in wake of CDK cyberattack, executive says
Sharon Kitzman, president of Dominion DMS, said she has heard from several car makers already. “They're just letting us know that they will be auditing all of the DMS providers that they are certified with.” She would not name the specific manufa.....»»
New drone imagery reveals 97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef after last summer"s mass bleaching
Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst mass coral bleaching event. Our new data show the devastating damage the bleaching caused to a reef at Lizard Island—a finding that does not bode well for the rest of the natural wonder......»»
Saturn’s moon Titan has shorelines that appear to be shaped by waves
The liquid hydrocarbon waves would likely reach a height of a meter. Enlarge / Ligeia Mare, the second-largest body of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell) During its T85 Titan flyby on Ju.....»»
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population—not a doomed, overpopulated island
Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new research study my colleagues and I conducted has s.....»»
Long-awaited pro-level video app arrives on Android, with a catch
Blackmagic, one of the top makers of cinema-grade cameras and editing software, has launched an app for Android phones, but it comes with a catch......»»
Italy"s Capri lifts tourist ban as water shortage resolved
The Italian island of Capri lifted a ban on tourists Saturday after problems with the water supply to the holiday hotspot were resolved......»»
Tourists banned from Italy"s Capri over water shortage
The Italian island of Capri banned tourists from disembarking Saturday after problems with the water supply from the mainland threatened to leave the holiday hotspot parched......»»
We now have even more evidence against the “ecocide” theory of Easter Island
AI analysis of satellite imagery data is a new method for estimating population size. Enlarge / New research lends further credence to the "population crash" theory about Easter Island being just a myth. (credit: Arian Zwegers/CC.....»»
Study challenges popular idea that Easter islanders committed "ecocide"
Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places—a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected hundreds of "moai," or.....»»
Statewide 911 outage was caused by 911 vendor’s malfunctioning firewall
911 vendor Comtech still investigating why firewall blocked emergency calls. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | artas) A 911 vendor's malfunctioning firewall caused a statewide outage in the emergency calling system in Mass.....»»
The OnePlus “Glacier Battery” tech sounds quite exciting
It seems that OnePlus is working on a new battery tech they’re calling “Glacier Battery” that could bring about some improvements. The post The OnePlus “Glacier Battery” tech sounds quite exciting appeared first on Phandroid. The.....»»
Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices
Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women. Enlarge (credit: Chesnot / Contributor | Getty Images Entertainment) Meta got hit Tuesday with a lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly.....»»
Punch-through could persuade car makers to adopt next-gen CarPlay
Apple hasn’t had much luck persuading car makers to adopt its next-gen CarPlay, in which its own UI takes over all or most of the vehicle’s displays. But a feature known as punch-through might be the compromise which gets the company at least som.....»»
Apple Arcade’s most popular game is coming to PlayStation, Switch, and PC
Apple Arcade hit Hello Kitty: Adventure Island is coming to more players in 2025, with Switch, PC, and PlayStation ports planned......»»
Restored rat-free islands could support hundreds of thousands more breeding seabirds
Hundreds of thousands more breeding pairs of seabirds could return to remote island archipelagos if invasive rats were removed and native vegetation restored, a new paper finds......»»