Sunday, December 22, 2024

Data Science

The race to translate animal sounds into human language

In 2025, we will see the apply of artificial intelligence and machine learning to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has been plaguing humans...

How to manage food anxiety during the holidays

THIS ARTICLE IS HERE republished from Conversation under a Creative Commons License.Christmas can be a time of togetherness, fun and relaxation. However, it can...

This tropical virus is spreading from the Amazon to the United States and Europe

Oropouche fires the virus has been emerging in the Amazon for decades, but historically the pathogen has not bothered the rest of the world....

CDC confirms first case of severe bird flu in US

United States has recorded dozens of cases of human bird flu this year, all subtle - so far.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed...

The Starliner astronauts will remain stranded until March

NASA has done it again postponed the return to Earth of Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, astronauts who were stranded on the International Space...

A study that listed black plastic utensils had a stern math error

The editors of the environmental chemistry journal ChemOSfera have published an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxicity flame retardants from electronics end up...

A third person received a genetically modified pig kidney transplant

Looney was running out of options. Her health was failing, and after years of searching, the chances of finding a matching human kidney were...

How Christmas trees can become a source of low-carbon protein

Based on calculations by two scientists published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last March, growing ectomycorrhizal fungi while raising forests...

The plain math behind public key cryptography

Original version With this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one...

Creating a global package to solve the plastic problem

According to the United Nations, plastic production has skyrocketed from 2 million tons in 1950 to approximately 400 million in 2024. This number is...

Good at reading? Your brain may have a different structure

THIS ARTICLE IS HERE republished from Conversation under a Creative Commons License.The number of people who read for pleasure seems to be steadily failing....