I wish Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom had Breath of the Wild’s item degradation
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has a UI problem, but perhaps the answer to solving it is in Breath of the Wild's most divisive feature......»»
Researchers uncover natural variation in wild emmer wheat for broad-spectrum disease resistance
Bread wheat is one of the most important staple crops for millions of people and is apparently the largest cultivated and traded cereal worldwide. Bread wheat is a hexaploid species with three subgenomes (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD) that has undergone two.....»»
Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attack.....»»
Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian backdoor
Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attack.....»»
In Ecuadoran Amazon, butterflies provide a gauge of climate change
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change......»»
Wild and domestic ungulates are key to Mediterranean ecosystem sustainability, finds study
Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) have conducted a vegetation analysis over the last 30 years using satellite images from two environments in the Sierra de Cazorla Natural Park (southeast Spain)—one with wild ungulates su.....»»
Wild turkey numbers are falling in some parts of the US—the main reason may be habitat loss
Birdsong is a welcome sign of spring, but robins and cardinals aren't the only birds showing off for breeding season. In many parts of North America, you're likely to encounter male wild turkeys, puffed up like beach balls and with their tails fanned.....»»
Making crops colorful for easier weeding by robots
To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy counterparts. This could involve altering the crops' genomes s.....»»
Reproductive success improves after a single generation in the wild for descendants of some hatchery Chinook salmon
Researchers who created "family trees" for nearly 10,000 fish have found that first-generation, wild-born descendants of hatchery-origin Chinook salmon in an Oregon river show improved fitness......»»
Tropical forests can"t recover naturally without fruit eating birds, carbon recovery study shows
New research from the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich illustrates a critical barrier to natural regeneration of tropical forests. Their models—from ground-based data gathered in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil—show that when wild tropical birds move fre.....»»
Don’t Expect an AirTag 2 This Year
If you’re holding your breath, hoping Apple releases a new AirTag 2 in 2024, stop. Everything we’ve heard suggests the launch is a lot further down the road. Apple first introduced its AirTag tracker back in 2021. Since then, the accessor.....»»
"Fallout" review: Video game adaptation is a wild nuclear Western
Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, and Aaron Moten star in Prime Video's adaptation of the "Fallout" games. Early on in one of Fallout's many flashbacks to the late 21st century, actor Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins) worries about the ending of a Wes.....»»
Apple Vision Pro: The internet is amazed by this viral X-ray scan
Someone did detailed X-Ray scans of Apple Vision Pro (and other headsets), and it's wild to see the inside of one of those things. Ever wondered what the inside of an Apple Vision Pro looks like?Truthfully, I hadn't, but that doesn't matter bec.....»»
Ghost roads speed destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests, finds study
Researchers mapping tropical forests have found many more roads than declared by official sources, which is raising fears of a huge increase in environmental degradation as the pace of road building increases......»»
This $15 Steam game is a must-buy for Zelda fans
Whether you're looking for either a great twin-stick shooter or a new top-down Zelda game, Minishoot' Adventures has you covered......»»
Mapping the world"s salted soils: A leap forward in combating land degradation
A team of researchers has developed an approach that maps the soil salt content around the world with an exceptional detail of 10 meters. This advance tackles the pressing need for accurate assessments of soil salinity, a formidable challenge that je.....»»
Apple"s new AI model could help Siri see how iOS apps work
Apple's Ferret LLM could help allow Siri to understand the layout of apps in an iPhone display, potentially increasing the capabilities of Apple's digital assistant.A ferret in the wild [Pixabay/Michael Sehlmeyer]Apple has been working on numerous ma.....»»
Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store—but with big caveats
It's probably not the Wild West of game emulation you're hoping for. Here's why. Enlarge / The classic Sega Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog running on an iPhone—in this case, as a standalone app. (credit: Samuel Axon).....»»
Rocket Report: Blue Origin to resume human flights; progress for Polaris Dawn
"The pacing item in our supply chain is the BE-4." Enlarge / Ed Dwight stands in front of an F-104 jet fighter in 1963. (credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) Welcome to Edition 6.38 of the Rocket Report! Ed Dwight was.....»»
Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida
NASA collected the item to confirm whether it came from the International Space Station. Enlarge / This cylindrical object, a few inches in size, fell through the roof of Alejandro Otero's home in Florida last month. (credit: Ale.....»»
Do AirTags need to be charged?
Apple's AirTags are among the best and most popular item trackers around. But here's an important question: Do AirTags need to be charged?.....»»