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People do care about extinct species, but not for long—new study

Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath of his entire species, the Pinta Island tortoise, as it faded into extinction......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 11th, 2024

Going home for the holidays can be challenging if you"re a young trans person—here"s how to prepare

The holiday season often conjures images of warmth, connection and celebration, especially for young people returning to the family home. This can be complicated if you are LGBTQ+, transgender or gender non-conforming......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News11 hr. 7 min. ago

Valve’s Fremont could be the successor to the Steam Machine

After stumbling across a reference in the latest Steam Deck kernel, a Reddit user suggested a new (and long-awaited) Steam Machine could be in development......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News12 hr. 7 min. ago

Valve’s ‘Fremont’ could be the successor to the Steam Machine

After stumbling across a reference in the latest Steam Deck kernel, a Reddit user suggested a new (and long awaited) Steam Machine could be in development......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News21 hr. 7 min. ago

New study reveals link between owner demographics and canine nutrition

Dog owners have quite a bit of control over their pets' diets, and many have strong opinions on what kinds of diets are best for their canine friends......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2024

I’m running out of reasons not to ditch Windows for good

I’m a long-term Windows user, but I’m finding it harder to convince myself not to ditch Windows in favor of buying the M4 Mac mini and going all-in on macOS......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 8th, 2024

Geneticists have finally solved the mystery of Garfield"s orange coat

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, orange. He is orange in the same way that some people are redheaded, some horses are brown, or some dogs are Irish setters, but t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 7th, 2024

Fortnite is finally getting a first-person mode next week

Ballistic is the long-awaited first-person shooter mode for Fortnite, and it's out next week......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 7th, 2024

Google’s Genie 2 “world model” reveal leaves more questions than answers

Long-term persistence, real-time interactions remain huge hurdles for AI worlds. In March, Google showed off its first Genie AI model. After training on thousands of hours of 2D r.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 7th, 2024

‘Karo’ app for assigning tasks to other people now available on the Mac

I recently wrote about Karo, a new iPhone app from developer Mustafa Yusuf that helps people create to-do lists and assign tasks to others. Starting today, Mac users can also try out Karo with a native version for macOS. more….....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

The 2025 BMW i5 M60 review: An EV that makes you want to drive and drive

Not quite an electric M5, it's a good driver's car. Car people, like most flavors of enthusiasts, are often given over to ideological purity tests. Car X is better than car Y beca.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Lizards and snakes are 35 million years older than we thought

Reanalysis of a fossil finds that reptiles' traits go back earlier than we thought. Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after d.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense

The FBI now recommends choosing a secret password to thwart AI voice clones from tricking people. On Tuesday, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation advised Americans to share a s.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Plankton study investigates how marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity

The ocean naturally absorbs a quarter to a third of man-made CO2 emissions, but this process also leads to the acidification of seawater. By increasing the alkalinity of seawater through the addition of certain minerals (e.g., carbonates and silicate.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

A nature conservation paradox: Invasive species are often threatened in their native habitat

Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline—they were partly responsible for 60% of the species that have become extinct worldwide in recent decades. Non-native mammals in Central Europe include speci.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Robots give scientists unprecedented access to study coral reef biodiversity

Mesophotic coral ecosystems have some of the highest diversity of stony corals (Scleractinia) in the world, making them particularly important for researchers. These ecosystems are also unique because they host more native species compared to shallow.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Autonomous imaging robot can assess embryos" response to environmental change

Scientists have used 3D-printed components to create a robotic instrument that can autonomously monitor the earliest stages of development in any aquatic species. The LabEmbryoCam has been created over the past decade by biologists and technologists.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

In vivo electrochemistry could provide early detection of high-altitude hypoxic brain injury

People who climb too fast or too high risk acute altitude sickness, which can lead to life-threatening hypoxic brain injury. By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers have demonstrated that characteristic changes occur in the oxygen content of v.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

A microRNA solves an evolutionary mystery of butterfly and moth wing coloration

Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) exhibit a splendid diversity of wing color patterns, and many species display black and white, or dark and bright, wing color pattern variants associated with the presence and absence of melanin. Many of these wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in winds

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even increased slightly from the late 1970s through 2015,.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Unlike other insects, desert ants may use polarity of geomagnetic field for navigation

Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but these tiny insects rely on a different component of the field than other insects, a research team led by Dr. Pauline Fleischmann from the Univers.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024