This scientist is the lizard king, and he just found another one from the age of dinosaurs
Aaron Bauer has traveled the world in search of lizards, logging more than 2 million miles in his quest to identify new species and determine how they fit into the tree of life. He has made more than 100 trips to southern Africa alone......»»
Google’s hidden AI diversity prompts lead to outcry over historically inaccurate images
Inserting depictions of diversity into AI images creates revisionist history, critics say. Enlarge / Generations from Gemini AI from the prompt, "Paint me a historically accurate depiction of a medieval British king." (credit: @s.....»»
A 500-year-old law laid the foundation for how Norwegians understand—and trust—the law today
In 1274, King Magnus VI, the Law Mender, united the entire Norwegian kingdom under one common law. The Norwegian Code of the Realm remained in force for over 400 years, and in it lie the seeds that would grow into Norway's rule of law and the idea of.....»»
More frequent extreme droughts result in significant crop losses, say researchers
Climate change has resulted in increasingly extreme weather events worldwide. NIBIO research scientist Pål Thorvaldsen is among the many scientists who participated in a large international drought experiment initiated by the University of Michigan,.....»»
Spot the king of planets: Observe Jupiter
Jupiter is our solar system's undisputed king of the planets. Jupiter is bright and easy to spot from our vantage point on Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops. Jupiter even possesses moons the size of planets: Ganymede.....»»
After 4+ years of being the battery king, iPhone forced to share its crown with Samsung [Video]
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 smartphones are here and early buyers have been very happy with them. So much so that the new Samsung devices are rated higher than iPhone for the first time. And another new record, Samsung Galaxy battery life has caught up wi.....»»
Meta’s AI Chief Yann LeCun on AGI, Open-Source, and AI Risk
Yann LeCun discusses the barriers to achieving AGI, Meta’s open-source approach, and AI risk. Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, received another accolade to add to his long list of awards on Sunday, when he was recogniz.....»»
"Bob Marley: One Love" review: A bog-standard biopic that avoids complications
"Bob Marley: One Love" is a bog-standard biopic that treats the king of Reggae as an ideological pauper. Review. Bob Marley: One Love is a fascinating example of the many ways Hollywood biopics (especially music biopics) tend to go wrong. Despi.....»»
The best movies on Hulu right now (February 2024)
The best movies on Hulu include Suncoast, Heat, 12 Years a Slave, The Lost City, Uncharted, The King of Comedy, Straight Outta Compton, and more......»»
Researchers learn how nectar-laden honey bees avoid overheating
Honey bees carrying nectar have the remarkable ability to adjust their flight behavior to avoid overheating when air temperatures increase, according to research led by a University of Wyoming scientist......»»
New study suggests birds began diversifying long before dinosaurs went extinct
A multi-institutional, international team of evolutionary biologists, genetics specialists and phylogenomicists has found evidence that bird species began diversifying long before the dinosaurs went extinct......»»
Researchers studying ocean transform faults, describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon cycle
Studying a rock is like reading a book. The rock has a story to tell, says Frieder Klein, an associate scientist in the Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)......»»
The hidden rule for flight feathers and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly
Birds can fly—at least, most of them can. Flightless birds like penguins and ostriches have evolved lifestyles that don't require flight. However, there's a lot that scientists don't know about how the wings and feathers of flightless birds differ.....»»
El Niño is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year. An atmospheric scientist explains what"s ahead
Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate phenomenon fed atmospheric rivers drenching the West Coast and contributed to summer's extrem.....»»
Small adjustments can reduce nitrogen loss in peat meadows, says researcher
Relatively simple adjustments can reduce nitrogen losses on dairy farms in peatland areas. That's the conclusion of the Ph.D. research by Leiden environmental scientist Jeroen Pijlman at the Louis Bolk Institute. Protein-poor grass species and narrow.....»»
Over a decade later, climate scientist prevails in libel case
But the case is not entirely over, as he plans to go after the publishers again. Enlarge / Climate scientist Michael Mann. (credit: Slaven Vlasic) This is a story I had sporadically wondered whether I'd ever have the cha.....»»
Did the Galileo mission find life on Earth?
In the fall of 1989, the Galileo spacecraft was launched into space, bound for Jupiter and its family of moons. Given the great distance to the king of planets, Galileo had to take a roundabout tour through the inner solar system, making a flyby of V.....»»
King tides to swamp the Pacific coast, give glimpse at future sea level rise
Mega high tides known as king tides are hitting beaches Feb. 9, giving a glimpse at what future sea level rise could mean for coastal towns and shorelines across California......»»
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel
“It has been a long, strange trip," says the top scientist on NASA's PACE mission. Enlarge / NASA's PACE spacecraft last year at Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland. (credit: NASA) NASA's latest mission dedicated to.....»»
New research discovers adult Komodo teeth are surprisingly similar to those of theropod dinosaurs
Kilat, the largest living lizard at the Toronto Metro Zoo, like other members of his species (Varanus komodoensis), truly deserves to be called the Komodo dragon. His impressive size and the way he looks at you and tracks your every move makes you re.....»»
Dinosaurs" success helped by specialized stance and gait, study finds
Dinosaurs' range of locomotion made them incredibly adaptable, University of Bristol researchers have found. In a new study, published today in Royal Society Open Science, findings show that the first dinosaurs were simply faster and more dynamic tha.....»»