Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and first snakes
Filling in the links of the evolutionary chain with a fossil record of a ''snake with four legs" connecting lizards and early snakes would be a dream come true for paleontologists. But a specimen formerly thought to fit the bill is not the missing pi.....»»
Scientists discover how TGF-Beta sends its message even while tethered to the cell membrane
For years, scientists have thought that TGF-Beta, a signaling protein that holds sway over an astonishing array of cellular processes from embryonic development to cancer, could only do its work once it escaped a lasso-like "straitjacket.".....»»
Scientists Crack a 50-Year Mystery to Discover a New Set of Blood Groups
We now know why some blood is missing a key antigen—leading to the creation of a new blood-grouping system. Experts believe even more discoveries are on the way......»»
Paleontologists find omnivorous ancestor of the giant panda, revealing it was not always just a bamboo eater
The Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany has yielded finds from about 11.5 million years ago that have rewritten evolutionary history. The sole species of bear discovered to date at the site was a relative of the giant panda. Its diet, howe.....»»
Exceptional new fish fossil sparks a rethink of how Earth"s geology drives evolution
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in length. For a long time, scientists believed they were extinct......»»
One dead in Poland as storm lashes eastern and central Europe
One person has drowned in Poland and four people are missing in the Czech Republic, authorities said Sunday, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains and flooding......»»
The Coast Guard’s OceanGate Hearings Start Next Week—but Key Witnesses Won’t Appear
Because, according to sources, they’d plead the Fifth, the witness list is missing key executives and staff with knowledge of the fatal Titanic expedition, raising questions about just how much can be learned from this investigation......»»
AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans
Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies." Enlarge / A woman wearing a sweatshirt for the QAnon conspiracy theory on October 11, 2020 in Ronkonkoma, New York. (credit: Stephanie.....»»
Too many disabled young people are missing out on PE. Here"s how that could change
The UK government has called on schools to do more to enhance opportunities in PE and sports for disabled young people......»»
OpenAI’s advanced ‘Project Strawberry’ model has finally arrived
ChatGPT's new advanced reasoning model, 01, replies using reinforcement learning and chain of thought reasoning to answer complex questions......»»
Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up
A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet and how badly the company is missing its own targets......»»
New fossil fish species scales up evidence of Earth"s evolutionary march
Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction—and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, "groundbreaking" new fossil research reveals......»»
Cloudera Private Link Network helps enterprises protect their data
Cloudera launched Cloudera Private Link Network to address critical data security and privacy concerns for highly regulated organizations with strict internal data security policies. Cloudera Private Link Network provides secure, private connectivity.....»»
The Apple Watch Series 10 is Missing a Key Feature, at Least for US Buyers
The feature was available as far back as the Watch 6 series. The post The Apple Watch Series 10 is Missing a Key Feature, at Least for US Buyers appeared first on Phandroid. Apple didn’t hold back with the launch of the new Apple Wat.....»»
Team develops new tool to map fossil fuel emissions from space
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a new tool to measure ethane from space, leading to a better understanding of fossil fuel emissions worldwide. Ethane is commonly found in natural gas and is primarily used in plastics manufacturing......»»
The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end
Sony relegates physical game discs to a peripheral afterthought. Enlarge / Notice anything missing from the one and only model of the PS5 Pro? (credit: Sony) Here at Ars, we've been publicly musing about whether the worl.....»»
AI-based technique speeds up the analysis of fossils
Queensland Museum and James Cook University scientists are using AI to unlock the mysteries of our fossil past. The scientists have developed an AI-based technique that has sped up the analysis of fossils, taking a months-long process to just days. T.....»»
Huawei’s $2,800 trifold phone is a real thing it wants people to hold and use
"It’s a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to create." Enlarge / In the U.S., a folding phone has you carrying around nearly $2,000 of fragile, folding OLED phone. In China and export-friendly countrie.....»»
The Apple Watch Series 10 is missing a critical feature
The Apple Watch Series 10 is missing a key health-sensing feature that was introduced with the Series 6. Here's what's going on......»»
Unprecedented heat wave on the Tibetan plateau: Study highlights land-atmosphere interactions
Heat waves are generally thought to occur in hot, lowland regions—but what happens when extreme heat strikes the frigid, high-altitude Tibetan Plateau? Is the definition of a heat wave the same at 5,000 meters above sea level as it is in the plains.....»»
TP-Link Omada Cloud Essentials: Centralized network management and monitoring
TP-Link launched Omada Cloud Essentials, a simplified, free cloud management option designed for surveillance networks, hostels, and large homes. Omada offers a flexible cloud management architecture, including an on-premises Hardware Controller, an.....»»