Drones to Attempt Rescue of Starving Dogs Stranded by Volcano
For the past month, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has been erupting, necessitating the evacuation of 7,000 people as lava flows towards the sea and destroys everything in its path. Sadly, many pets have been left behind,.....»»
FDA approves first drug to treat yeast ear infections in dogs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat yeast ear infections in dogs......»»
Appdome launches Social Engineering Prevention service to safeguard mobile users
Appdome has unveiled its new Social Engineering Prevention service on the Appdome platform. The new service enables mobile brands to continuously detect, block and intervene the moment social engineering attacks attempt to exploit user trust or manip.....»»
A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months, sending plumes of lava skywards
A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky......»»
Saturday Citations: The volcanoes of Mars; Starship launched; "Try our new menu item," say Australian researchers
You never can tell when planetary scientists are going to discover a new giant volcano on Mars, but when it happens, I step out to the porch and raise my Lunar and Planetary Society Core-Mantle Boundary Rift Discovery flag so all the neighbors will k.....»»
Scent training could make pet dogs better behaved, shows study
Scent training could make pet dogs better behaved, suggests a study by Aberystwyth University academics published in Animals......»»
SpaceX scrubs Wednesday launch attempt at Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX scrubbed a launch attempt Wednesday night with just over 2 minutes on the countdown clock. The mission was set to send up another batch of Starlink satellites from the Space Coast using a first-stage booster for a record-tying 19th time......»»
SpaceX poised for third launch test of Starship megarocket
SpaceX plans on Thursday to attempt another launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the moon later this decade—and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars......»»
AirTag & police save builder from massive stolen car replacement expense
A worksman left his car keys on the dash, and the vehicle was promptly stolen. Apple's AirTag came to the rescue.Builder Paul Conway from Leeds in England has told local news site Leeds Live that at Christmas, his wife had bought a four-pack of AirTa.....»»
Experts urge dog owners to teach life skills to help their canines cope with distractions
Many working dogs have to cope with sirens, sudden loud noises and flashing lights while carrying out vital work that keeps humans safe. Visual and acoustic distractions distinctly affect people's ability to concentrate and perform tasks; a new study.....»»
Giant volcano discovered on Mars
In a groundbreaking announcement at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held in The Woodlands, Texas, scientists revealed the discovery of a giant volcano and possible sheet of buried glacier ice in the eastern part of Mars' Tharsis volca.....»»
DJI details efforts to avert the potential ‘$116 billion economic impact’ of US blacklisting its drones
Global drone leader DJI has come under increasingly intense pressure in the US, as successive federal and state measures banning its craft for official use have proliferated amid worsening relations with China – and accompanying security conc.....»»
Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit
Redditor paid a reported $670 to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity. This image from a 2007 teaser was one of the only remaining bits of Timesplitters 4 available to the public until this month. (credit: Free Radical).....»»
Beds, kitchens and drones: How China EV makers are wooing buyers
Carmakers are turning to increasingly novel add-ons from beds to cooktops to boost sluggish EV sales in China......»»
Freeform rumored to get new navigation feature called "Scenes" in iOS 18
Rumor suggests that Apple's infinite canvas app, Freeform, will get a new "Scenes" feature in iOS 18 that improves navigation across large boards.Freeform is an infinite canvas app for planning and note takingFreeform is Apple's basic attempt at an i.....»»
Massive whale slowly dies off Florida coast as helpless beachgoers watch, photos show
A tragedy played out along Florida's Gulf Coast during spring break as a stranded 44-foot whale slowly died while stuck in the surf......»»
Three dead, four missing after floods snare cars in southern France
French rescue workers recovered three bodies on Sunday and were searching for four other people, including two children, after violent storms lashed the southeast of the country, with most believed to have been swept away in cars on flooded bridges......»»
Drones could help map the lunar surface with extreme precision
Exploring the moon has become increasingly more of a focal point lately, especially with a series of landers recently launched with various degrees of success. One of the difficulties those landers and any future human missions face is understanding.....»»
Bald eagles eat prairie dogs? Researchers underscore relationship between raptors and rodents in the Great Plains
We all know that bald eagles like fish. Few of us, however, picture them soaring over grasslands seeking out prairie dog snacks. In a paper published in the Journal of Raptor Research, lead author Courtney Duchardt and co-authors make the case that p.....»»
Vitamin A may play a central role in stem cell biology and wound repair
When a child falls off her bike and scrapes her knee, skin stem cells rush to the rescue, growing new epidermis to cover the wound. But only some of the stem cells that will ultimately patch her up are normally dedicated to replenishing the epidermis.....»»
Social dynamics of family dogs: A peek behind hierarchies
Researchers at the Family Dog Project of Eötvös Loránd University have designed a tool to investigate the social dynamics of cohabiting family dogs. Their results are published in Animal Cognition......»»