Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Data Science

The UK is considering introducing novel smartphone bans for children

We know surprisingly little about the effects of smartphone bans in schools, says Sonia Livingstone, a professor at the London School of Economics who...

The secret electrostatic world of insects

"The Walk" is England's best analogy for his method of tricking insects into staying airborne for 30 seconds. “I had to tie a little...

A year after Titan’s underwater implosion, a federal investigation into OceanGate was launched

The apparent success of the sale-leaseback agreement may explain how Rush was able to attract OceanGate's largest-ever investment in 2020, at a time when...

Rival Neuralink claims that an eye implant restores sight to blind people

One of them, called Argus II, was approved for commercial employ in Europe in 2011 and in the US in 2013. This implant contained...

This is what the regenerative cities of tomorrow could look like

Tall is a 21-story skyscraper with a hybrid structure, completed in Amsterdam in 2022. It was designed by British engineering collective Arup and Dutch...

This app aims to fight pesticides. After the emergence of VC funds, now he helps sell them

“Growth, growth, rapid growth” – Strey says what investors expected. “You burn money to grow.” Before being introduced to venture capital, the Plantix team...

The drugmaker Ozempic is trying to block compounded versions of its blockbuster drug

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk is moving to clamp down on the wildly popular combination semaglutide industry, which is supplying patients with copies of its blockbuster...

How to close the gender health gap

If you are a man, you are more likely to develop a disease that will kill you. But if you are a woman, you...