- Nepal is debating a captive-breeding program for the Bengal florican, a critically endangered bird, but experts say it should be an alternative to stronger habitat protection.
- Fewer than 1,000 birds remain…
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Nepal looks to Cambodia’s breeding model as Bengal florican numbers plunge
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Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of the Sun’s Fastest Particles
ESA’s Solar Orbiter revealed how the Sun launches two distinct streams of high-energy electrons, solving a key mystery and advancing space weather protection. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/STIX & EPD The Sun acts as the Solar…
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WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we look back at the week’s biggest stories—from the researchers leaving Meta’s new superintelligence lab, to the dark money group funding Democratic influencers.
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Empowering Africa’s Next Generation Engineers With IEEE
I get a lot of email from people asking to contribute to IEEE Spectrum. Usually, they want to write an article for us. But one bold query I received in January 2024 went much further: An undergraduate engineering student named Oluwatosin Kolade,…
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Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the dead
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Name: Haniwa Dancers
What it is: Clay tubes topped with clay sculptures
Where it is from: Japan
When it was made: Sixth century
During the Kofun period (300 to 710) of Japanese history, people buried the dead in large mounds with many…
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Space Force wants to weave AI into everyday operations
WASHINGTON — With artificial intelligence rising on the list of priorities at the Defense Department, the U.S. Space Force is laying out its own strategy to bring AI tools into the daily work of service members.
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The Impact of Occupational Cancers on the Global Cancer Burden
Today, we celebrate Labor Day, the holiday that pays tribute to the invaluable contributions of the American workforce. The observation of Labor Day as a federal holiday began in 1894, although it was…
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Scraps of ancient viruses make up 40% of our genome. They could trigger brain degeneration.
Back in 2008, neurovirologist Renée Douville observed something weird in the brains of people who’d died of the movement disorder ALS: virus proteins.
But these people hadn’t caught any known virus.
Instead, ancient genes originally from viruses,…
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Humanoid robot uses human data to master cartwheels and sprints
Robots have been trained to walk, lift, and perform repetitive tasks efficiently. However, capturing the fluid motion of human actions remains an uphill task to conquer for engineers.
Researchers from Cornell University have released a…
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The hidden ways sleep deprivation transforms your brain
In 1964, a San Diego high-school student named Randy Gardner took part in a science fair project and went without sleep for just over 11 days.
On day 2 of the experiment, Gardner experienced memory lapse. By day seven he was experiencing vivid…
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