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Harvard Professor Believes He’s Found Fragments of Alien Technology

“We found ten spherules. These are almost perfect spheres, or metallic marbles.”

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Scientists are going nuts about rare hairless ground squirrels found near Saskatoon

‘I’ve just never come across this before,’ local biologist says of hairless Richardson’s ground squirrel.

Jony Ive’s First Post-Apple Hardware Project is a Turntable

Ive has moved from digital music devices to an analog one.

AI Tool Shows Promise For Treating Brain Cancer, Study Finds

Technology might cut days or weeks from testing time.

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Here’s Why Warm Weather Causes More Violent Crimes—From Mass Shootings To Aggravated Assault

Almost 90 mass shootings have occurred since June 1—about a quarter of all mass shootings this year—and experts believe the correlation between warm weather and aggression are to blame.

Inflection AI Develops Supercomputer Equipped With 22,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs

A cutting-edge supercomputer equipped with 22,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, which is a phenomenal number and brings enormous computing performance onboard.

Canadian Judge Says Thumbs-Up Emoji Amounts To Contract Acceptance

…ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message with a thumbs-up image.

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NY Fed Says Months-Long Test on Digital Dollar Shows Speed Advantage

Test was ‘conducive’ to further exploring tokenized deposits.

UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo National Park shows urgent need to fix problems, First Nation says

Document reaffirms threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change.

Chinese owner of Manitoba mine wants to drain lake to extract more cesium from one of world’s few deposits

Federal government may scrutinize Chinese mine near Nopiming park amid rising tensions.

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The mathematically correct way to tie your shoes

Math can explain why your laces spontaneously come untied — and how to stop it.

VR Headsets To Be Used On Worcestershire Hospital Wards

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are now being used on hospital wards to help keep patients calm during procedures.

Scientists discover rare, thriving octopus nursery — and maybe a new species

Expedition returned to deepsea site previously thought inhospitable to eggs — and watched baby octopuses hatch.

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Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent

Researchers in Kent have unearthed some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever found in Britain.

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Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says

The “incredibly special” birth of an okapi will help to reveal “one of the least known and understood species on the planet”, a keeper has said.

Security researchers latest to blast UK’s Online Safety Bill as encryption risk

…researchers have warned the draft legislation poses a stark risk to essential security technologies that are routinely used to keep digital communications safe.

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NYC’s Anti-Bias Law For Hiring Algorithms Goes Into Effect

At a minimum, the reports companies must make public have to list the algorithms they’re using as well an “average score” candidates of different races, ethnicities and genders are likely to receive from the said algorithms…

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Around the world in 8 ‘amazing’ years — B.C. man’s journey without a plane, train or automobile

Pukonen wants people to know there’s no change, not even climate change, that is impossible.

How Newfoundland puffins helped save the bird’s population in Maine

Project Puffin, an effort to restore the Atlantic seabird’s population in Maine, kicked off 50 years ago

US Looks To Restrict China’s Access To Cloud Computing To Protect Advanced Technology

Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip-export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing.

Mars Helicopter Finally Makes Contact After Two Months of Silence

A hilly terrain on Mars stood between Ingenuity and Perseverance, interrupting their communication for over 60 days.

Why Human Societies Still Use Arms, Feet, and Other Body Parts To Measure Things

Body-based measurements may have persisted because they are convenient and offer ergonomic advantages over standardized units.

Climate change: World’s hottest day since records began

The world’s average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time.

Quasar ‘Clocks’ Show the Universe Was Five Times Slower Soon After the Big Bang

Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of Einstein’s expanding universe.

China Restricts Export of Chipmaking Metals In Clash With US

China puts export controls on gallium, germanium products.

Flying Car Prototype Gets Airworthiness Certified By FAA

Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the “Model A,” is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car.

Orcas are ramming into boats, but experts warn against calling it revenge on humans

Orca behaviour must be separated from human behaviour, researcher says.

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Animated GIF generator from Picsart makes AI fun again

You can even make two cats arm wrestle.

== I know we’ve had an article on the first method in this article, but don’t recall one on the second
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power

Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes.

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The First Fully AI-Generated Drug Enters Clinical Trials in Human Patients

Insilico Medicine created the drug as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease.

A fight over the future of electric vehicles is unfolding in Washington. Canadians are involved

Administration weighing goals of selling more EVs, building up manufacturing here.

Why shipping faces a showdown over greenhouse gas

Ships crisscrossing our oceans give off as much planet-warming carbon through their smokestacks in a year as the whole of Germany.

The AI trained to recognise waste for recycling

There is a lot of rubbish in the world. Approximately 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste was produced in 2020, according to the World Bank.

When COVID rules kept humans home, wildlife roamed more freely, international study shows

‘Wildlife could relax’ while people were under pandemic restrictions, study finds.

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Microsoft’s Light-Based, Transistor-less Computer Solves Complex Optimization Problems at the Speed of Light

Sidestepping the limits of Moore’s law with lightning fast, non-binary calculations

Could a Solar Superstorm Someday Trigger an ‘Internet Apocalypse’?

It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi. Magnetic fields unleashed by a solar superstorm rip through Earth’s magnetosphere, sending currents surging through human infrastructure.

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Hachiko: The world’s most loyal dog turns 100

The Chinese tagline on the movie poster says it all: “I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes.”

Insects Could Help Turn Beer Waste Into Beef

Of course, the insects need to eat, too.

Ecological Doom Loops: Why Ecosystem Collapses May Occur Sooner Than Expected

…models may have underestimated the impact of warming on ecosystems.

Geese have taken over a B.C. beach. Enter: the Dog Squad

Dogs involved will wear a ‘Goose Patrol’ labelled vest or bandana.