Hippos" constant defecating turns African pools into communal guts
Hippopotamuses can eat nearly 100 pounds of food daily—and, as a result, they fill the pools where they spend much of their lives with huge amounts of poop......»»
Lucy Turns 50, and Dark Energy Gets More Mysterious
What works to improve health equity? And it might be time to end the leap second.....»»
The Vision Pro is being used to assist surgeons during live procedures
Often when Apple’s Vision Pro is discussed, the device’s tech is praised as impressive. However, there’s common rhetoric about whether the device has enough practical use cases. Can it add value not offered by other computing devices? It turns.....»»
Rangers lead effort to monitor Uganda"s lion population in critical stronghold
In a new study, wildlife rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority have demonstrated their ability to generate precise and reliable data on lion populations in Uganda's Nile Delta, a critical stronghold for African lions......»»
Social media as a teaching tool: South African teachers talk about the new reality
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a shift towards the use of social media platforms in teaching. The South African Department of Basic Education, for one, instructed all schools to adopt online teaching and learning to save the 2020 school year, disr.....»»
Destiny: Rising turns Bungie’s MMO into a free-to-play mobile game
Bungie has partnered with NetEase Games to bring Destiny to mobile. Destiny: Rising has just been revealed and will soon begin its first alpha test......»»
Study of young African American men in US cities finds negative perspectives of community, few opportunities
Research has documented the many ways individuals' environments (e.g., community, neighborhood) affect their health. In a new study on gun ownership, researchers surveyed young African American men who lived in high-crime, high-violence cities to bet.....»»
Dark energy: Could the mysterious force we think of as constant actually vary over cosmic time?
,As I finished my Ph.D. in 1992, the universe was full of mystery—we didn't even know exactly what it is made of. One could argue that cosmologists had made little progress in our understanding of these basic facts since the discovery of the cosmic.....»»
Team discovers three new magnetic and helium-enriched hot subdwarf stars
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of three new helium-enriched hot subdwarf stars with strong magnetic fields. The finding, made with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), is detailed in a research paper published Oct......»»
Home Depot quietly begins rolling out Apple Pay support
Just a few hours ago, I wrote about H-E-B finally caving to the pressure and rolling out Apple Pay to all of its locations. As it turns out, H-E-B isn’t alone in this change. According to multiple 9to5Mac readers and reports across social media, Ho.....»»
Facebook"s Mark Zuckerberg turns Porsche SUV into minivan, but prefers Cadillac Blackwing
The Facebook CEO and father of three had West Coast Customs put sliding doors on an extended Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT and threw in a matching slate-gray 911 GT3 for himself......»»
Data analysis navigates lookalikes to try to pin down the true number of mouse lemur species
In some parts of the world, animals are going extinct before scientists can even name them. Such may be the case for mouse lemurs, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar. There, deforestation has prompted th.....»»
Can’t get into Throne and Liberty? New server cap limits may help
As it turns out, the servers were overencumbered. Amazon Games has given them a strength boost......»»
NASA turns off another of Voyager 2’s instruments to save power
The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, has turned off its plasma science instrument to save power for exploring interstellar space......»»
Age of Empires Mobile is the worst kind of mobile spinoff
Age of Empires Mobile turns the PC strategy series into a historical gacha game with initially disappointing results......»»
At 10, this modern classic remains a brilliant prank of a thriller
David Fincher's adaptation of the bestselling thriller Gone Girl, which turns 10 today, might be his most Hitchcockian achievement......»»
Chemist challenges traditional views on crystal growth
Remember that old high school chemistry experiment where salt crystals precipitate out of a saltwater solution—or maybe the one where rock candy crystals form from sugar water? It turns out that your understanding of how crystals formed in those so.....»»
Q&A: UN security council needs major changes—permanent seats for African countries is just one
Recently, the US ambassador to the United Nations announced America's support for the creation of two new permanent UN security council seats for African states. Gary Wilson, a scholar of international law and relations—specifically issues related.....»»
Western media outlets are trying to fix their coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?
Quick question: what do these titles have in common? A Dark Continent Seeking Light; Sure, Ebola is Bad. Africa has Worse, or; Magic and Cannibalism in the African Jungle. You guessed it—they're all about Africa. But the most correct answer is they.....»»
Webb researchers discover lensed supernova, confirm Hubble tension
Measuring the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, is an active area of research among astronomers around the world who analyze data from both ground- and space- based observatories. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has alre.....»»
Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner’s AirPods
Time and again, Apple’s Find My technology turns out responsible for tracking stolen goods. In the case of a recent Connecticut theft, a very expensive Ferrari was tracked down thanks to the millionaire owner accidentally leaving AirPods in the veh.....»»