Loch Ness life seen through holographic lens
Holographic images of microbial life in Loch Ness have been captured for the first time using the University of Aberdeen's state-of-the-art digital holographic camera......»»
How Earth"s Early Life Thrived amid Catastrophic Asteroid Impacts
A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal.....»»
The Daring Russian Geneticist Whose Experiments on Silver Foxes Explained Domestication Has Died
Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes.....»»
Google’s Project Jarvis AI could make life a lot easier and automated
Google is reportedly working on a new AI codenamed Project Jarvis that could help users automate a ton of everyday tasks. The post Google’s Project Jarvis AI could make life a lot easier and automated appeared first on Phandroid. There i.....»»
Rare Sahara floods bring Morocco"s dried-up south back to life
Rare Sahara floods bring Morocco"s dried-up south back to life.....»»
Life back to normal in Tehran following Israel"s unprecedented attack
Life back to normal in Tehran following Israel"s unprecedented attack.....»»
HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 review: There’s so much to like
The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 is a well-made convertible 2-in-1 with a gorgeous display and very good battery life. It won't break any speed records, though......»»
Smartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life
Apple may be pitching Apple Intelligence as a key reason to upgrade to the iPhone 16, but it seems that most smartphone buyers are far more interested in the basics – like battery life. A survey found that only a relatively small minority of con.....»»
Grab the TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra for Half the Price!
The TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra comes with Wear OS, in addition to pretty good battery life. The post Grab the TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra for Half the Price! appeared first on Phandroid. If you’re after a Wear OS smartwatch with a rugged design,.....»»
Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years, suggests paper
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These "interstellar precursor missions" include a trip to the solar gravitational lens point at 550 AU from the.....»»
Study shows weak external electric fields may protect crops from infection
Research from Dr. Giovanni Sena's group in the Department of Life Sciences highlights an intriguing method to help protect plants from pathogen attacks using weak electric fields......»»
Is "U-shaped happiness" universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers
A theory that's been around for more than a decade describes a person's subjective well-being—"happiness"—as having a U-shape throughout the course of one's life. If plotted on a graph, the shape would be concave, revealing high happiness levels.....»»
Life can maintain a habitable environment in hostile conditions, research suggests
Everybody knows that for life to thrive on any world, you need water, warmth, and something to eat. It's like a habitability mantra. But, what other factors affect habitability? What if you relaxed the conditions conducive to life? Would it still exi.....»»
Houston helicopter crash victim identified, family loses life during tour
Houston helicopter crash victim identified, family loses life during tour.....»»
This might be the secret that unlocks real-life human hibernation
One way that animals like bears deal with food scarcity, especially during winter, is to hibernate. This allows them to conserve their energy by slowing … The post This might be the secret that unlocks real-life human hibernation appeared first.....»»
A meteorite strike 3 billion years ago may have helped kickstart life on Earth
Three billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless husk. At least, that’s what some scientists believe. However, that lifeless husk may have found a healthy … The post A meteorite strike 3 billion years ago may have helped kickstart life on Earth.....»»
"Paleo-robots" provide an experimental approach for understanding how fish started to walk on land
The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, paleontologists and biologists is using robots to study how the ancestors of modern land animals transitioned from sw.....»»
How advertising jingles influence our buying choices (and why we can still sing them decades later)
Even if we haven't heard them for many years, familiar songs often stick with us for life. We can often recall every lyric to songs we learned as kids or albums we idolized as teenagers. But beyond music we've purposely chosen to listen to or learn,.....»»
Newly developed methodology breaks molecular symmetry to back one theory about life"s origin
The vast majority of organic molecules (based on a carbon structure) are not flat, but have a three-dimensional geometry. Various results can be obtained depending on the way the atoms are arranged inside each molecule. In some cases, a molecule and.....»»
Through the looking glass: A cross-chiral reaction challenges our definition of life
Just like your left and right hand exist as mirror images of each other, many biological molecules have their own form of left- and right-handedness, called chirality. Our DNA, for example, is made of right-handed chiral molecules which combine to fo.....»»
Most women in IT work overtime to advance in their careers
As a historically male-dominated industry, many IT companies have been described as having limited career development opportunities for female employees, according to Acronis. Issues like lack of mentorship, inadequate policies for work-life balance,.....»»