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Science
Is AI making us stupid? Probably one of the world’s largest AI companies
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio of Pexels Most of us are just thinking about what we can do in our heads. Don’t reach for pen and paper, try dividing 16,951 by 67. Or a calculator. Try shopping weekly without a list on the back of last week’s receipt. Or on your phone. Are we making ourselves smarter or more foolish by relying…
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Environment
The first major chunks break away from the world’s largest iceberg
The world’s largest iceberg was almost intact because it drifted through the sea, but scientists have now disconnected 19 km (12 miles). Scientists told AFP on Friday. More than twice the size of London, the giant iceberg, which weighs nearly 1 trillion tons, has been almost the same since it began to move north slowly in 2020. It drifts toward…
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Biology
The second largest freshwater crayfish, the second largest in the world, once inhabited a lot on the longest river Australia. We have regained it.
The crayfish on the Malay river is always completely protected, and if you catch it, you have to return it to water immediately. Credit: South Australia Malay crayfish used to prosper in the southern part of the Malay Darling Basin. This kind was seen everywhere, from the headwaters of the Australian Alps and the headwaters of the Malan Biji River…
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Environment
Earthquake raises concerns under volcano near Alaska’s largest city
This image provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Spur Mountain in Alaska on October 24, 2024. Credit: Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey (via AP) Geologists are noticing an increase in the number of earthquakes occurring beneath a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year. Spur Mountain, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage,…
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Space & Cosmos
Einstein predicted how gravity would work on the largest scales. And he was right, new research suggests
The bright band of the Milky Way galaxy is in the background of the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/RT Sparks When Albert Einstein introduced the theory of general relativity in 1915, it changed the way we view the universe. His model of gravity showed that Newtonian gravity, which has dominated astronomy and physics…
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Earth
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, shows clear warning signs ahead of eruption in 2022
People look at lava from Mauna Loa volcano near Hilo, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File Scientists can’t know exactly when a volcano will erupt, but they can spot telltale signs. It happened two years ago at the world’s largest active volcano. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed a river of glowing orange lava, geologists…
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Science
Global coral bleaching is largest in history: US officials
Coral bleaching, like the one seen around Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, occurs when water temperatures are too high. A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly become the largest in history, with the area of ​​affected coral reefs continuing to expand, according to a U.S. government agency. “About 77% of the world’s coral reef…
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Space & Cosmos
Asteroid sample return mission allows researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind
An animated Osiris-Rex departs from the asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space. Along with this, a treasure trove of data has also been created. An international research team led by Sandia National Laboratories and including researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory published…
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