Contents of containers of fossils from 1909 expedition reconstructed nondestructively
Between 1909 and 1913, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin organized and financed the German Tendaguru Expedition (GTE) to southern Tanzania, at that time still the German colony of Deutsch-Ostafrika. With the participation of more than 500 local Afric.....»»
NASA astronaut talks spacewalks ahead of next one on Monday
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover are gearing up for their second spacewalk in less than a week as part of Expedition 64 aboard the space station......»»
Seeing objects through clouds and fog
Using a new algorithm, researchers have reconstructed the movements of individual particles of light to see through clouds, fog and other obstructions......»»
This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
Faces of the Riot used ISS to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Wired) When hackers exploited a bug in Parler to download all of the right-wing social media platform's contents last week, they were su.....»»
Solar activity reconstructed over a millennium
An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has reconstructed solar activity back to the year 969 using measurements of radioactive carbon in tree rings. Those results help scientists to better understand the dynamics of the sun and allow.....»»
All-purpose dinosaur opening reconstructed for first time
For the first time ever, a team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have described in detail a dinosaur's cloacal or vent—the all-purpose opening used for defecation, urination and breeding......»»
Using 100-million-year-old fossils and gravitational-wave science to predict Earth"s future climate
A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used findings from gravitational wave astronomy (used to find black holes in space) to study ancient marine fossils as a predictor of climate change......»»
How to take a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy S21
If you're looking to save the contents you have on-screen, you will probably want to take a screenshot. Here's how to capture a screenshot on the Galaxy S21......»»
Quick! Grab a Roomba i6 robot vacuum while it’s $200 off at Amazon
The iRobot Roomba i6+ cleans up well (and smartly), and cleans itself, disposing of its contents automatically......»»
Ammonite: The remarkable real science of Mary Anning and her fossils
Palaeontologist Mary Anning is known for discovering a multitude of Jurassic fossils from Lyme Regis on England's Dorset Coast from the age of ten in 1809......»»
Asteroids vs. microbes
Inside one of the containers of this 40-cm-across miniature laboratory in orbit, a battle is set to start between asteroid-like fragments and rock-hungry microbes, to probe their use for space mining in the future......»»
Slim.ai announces $6.6M seed to build container DevOps platform
We are more than seven years into the notion of modern containerization, and it still requires a complex set of tools and a high level of knowledge on how containers work. The DockerSlim open source project developed several years ago from a desire t.....»»
Fossils" soft tissues helping to solve puzzle that vexed Darwin
Remarkably well-preserved fossils are helping scientists unravel a mystery about the origins of early animals that puzzled Charles Darwin......»»
NIST publishes a beginner"s guide to DNA origami
In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3-D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers. Pioneered at the California Institute of Technol.....»»
Researchers turn coal powder into graphite in microwave oven
Using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven, University of Wyoming researchers have demonstrated that pulverized coal powder can be converted into higher-value nano-graphite......»»
Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina
The asteroid impact 66 million years ago that ushered in a mass extinction and ended the dinosaurs also killed off many of the plants that they relied on for food. Fossil leaf assemblages from Patagonia, Argentina, suggest that vegetation in South Am.....»»
Honda halts UK output again due to supply delays
The pandemic has upended normal trade flows, leaving stranded empty cargo containers in the wrong places, spawning bottlenecks around the world......»»
Mexico City ban on single-use plastics takes effect
A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico's capital, one of the world's largest cities, after more than a year of preparation......»»
IBM Makes Encryption Paradox Practical
“Fully homomorphic” cryptography allows partial access to digital vaults without ever opening their locks How do you access the contents of a safe without ever opening its lock or otherwise getting inside? This riddle may seem confounding,.....»»
Study sheds new light on polar explorer’s final hours, 100+ years later
Black smudge in Jørgen Brønlund's diary showed he desperately tried to light a fire. Enlarge / Danish explorer Jørgen Brønlund's petroleum burner was found in 1973. Brønlund and two compatriots died in 1907 during an expedition to Greenland.....»»
Space station crew offers a year-end message of hope for fellow earthlings
Members of the space station’s Expedition 64 crew this week offered their fellow earthlings a message of hope at the end of a year like no other......»»