Celibacy: Its surprising evolutionary advantages
Why would someone join an institution that removed the option of family life and required them to be celibate? Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us. Yet many religious institutions around the world require exa.....»»
6 Coolest Features on the Chevrolet Blazer EV
The Chevrolet Blazer EV was recently revealed as the newest member of the bowtie brand’s electrified lineup. Here’s a look at some of its most intriguing features. Take Your Chevy’s Tech to the Next Level: Check out the advantages of OnStar.....»»
Evolutionary network of whiptail lizards reveals predictable outcomes of hybridization
A quartet of researchers, two from the U.S. and two from Mexico, found evidence that suggests divergence time between ancestral parents can be used to predict the effects of hybridization—at least in lizards. In their paper published in the journal.....»»
Simplified voice box enriches human speech
An ongoing debate among scientists, on why chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates cannot speak or sing like humans, has focused mainly on evolutionary changes in human brain development. Attention has now expanded to anatomical changes of the voice.....»»
New long-necked dinosaur helps rewrite evolutionary history of sauropods in South America
A medium-sized sauropod dinosaur inhabited the tropical lowland forested area of the Serranía del Perijá in northern Colombia approximately 175 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of researchers published in the Jou.....»»
NNAISENSE announces release of EvoTorch, a rare open-source evolutionary algorithm library
AI vendor NNAISENSE today announced the formal release of its EvoTorch open-source evolutionary algorithm technology. AI vendor NNAISENSE today announced the formal release of its EvoTorch open-source evolutionary algorithm technology.Read More.....»»
Perovskite: New LED technology surpasses the lifetime milestone
Perovskite LEDs are an emerging technology for next-generation display, lighting and communications. While perovskite LEDs can be produced simply and at low cost, they show clear technological advantages. They are lightweight and offer flexibility co.....»»
NNAISENSE announces release of EvoTorch, a rare open-source evolutionary algorithm
AI vendor NNAISENSE today announced the formal release of its EvoTorch open-source evolutionary algorithm technology. AI vendor NNAISENSE today announced the formal release of its EvoTorch open-source evolutionary algorithm technology.Read More.....»»
What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Screen Printing
Arguably, screen printing has lately become the talk of the town because of its pleasingly tactile print quality and versatility. Also known as silk screen printing, it is used in fine art pieces, graphic tees, and other garments – for a good.....»»
Windows 10 is winning in another surprising way
According to the August 2022 Steam market share survey results, users are ditching Windows 11 for Windows 10......»»
Giant viruses build a cell nucleus surprisingly like our own
Humans aren't the only targets for viruses. Like us, bacteria become infected by many types of viruses. In fact, across billions of years, bacteria and viruses have engaged in a non-stop evolutionary arms race for survival that includes countless inn.....»»
New study: Nitrogen forms extremely unusual structures under high pressure
Researchers at the Universities of Bayreuth and Linköping have produced two surprising compounds of nitrogen and the rare earth metal yttrium under very high pressure. The new polynitrides contain ring- and spiral-shaped crystal structures of nitrog.....»»
Lionfish are able to catch faster prey through persistence
A pair of researchers at the University of California's, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has found that the slow swimming lionfish is able to catch and eat faster prey by using persistence. In their paper published in Proceedings of t.....»»
Charities that don"t embrace common financial norms tend to outperform their peers
Charities following widely accepted norms for nonprofit financial management generally perform worse than those embracing other approaches. That's the main—and perhaps surprising—finding of a new study that I conducted with Thad Calabrese, a fell.....»»
Here’s the Intel Arc liquid cooler that no one ever asked for
In a surprising twist, the only available Intel Arc graphics card has just received a custom liquid cooler. Does it really need one?.....»»
Sega Genesis Mini 2 will be in much shorter supply than original
Surprising estimate comes as response to questions about Japanese shipping origins. Enlarge / The Sega Genesis Mini 2 will not be sold at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, so this is instead an artistic approximation of the system's.....»»
Unexpected Brain Chemistry Is behind the Element of Surprise
Animals learn especially well from surprising events, and the hormone noradrenaline may be one reason why.....»»
New Update Arrives for the Pixel 6a
The update comes with the June 2022 software patch. The post New Update Arrives for the Pixel 6a first appeared on Phandroid. One of the main advantages of investing in a Google Pixel smartphone is that the device tends to get regular soft.....»»
Crustaceans help to fertilize seaweeds, study finds
The crucial role of insects in the pollination of flowering plants is well known, but algal fertilization assisted by marine animals was hitherto deemed non-existent. A team led by a CNRS researcher from the Franco-Chilean Evolutionary Biology and Ec.....»»
High-Tech Seafloor Mapping Is Finding Surprising Structures Everywhere
Giant coral towers, vast reefs and other formations are captivating explorers.....»»
We analysed NZ Twitter users" language during lockdown, with surprising results
Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests there is more to so.....»»