Category: Technology

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown that an exoplanet around a star in the constellation Leo has some of the chemical markers that, on Earth, are associated with living organisms. But these are vague indications. So how likely is it that this exoplanet harbours alien life? Exoplanets are worlds that orbit […]

Generative AI has been embraced by an astounding 49% of respondents in a span of less than a year, a survey revealed, signaling one of the most rapid technology adoptions ever witnessed. Israeli CRM platform developer Salesforce recently unveiled the results of its latest research endeavor titled “Generative AI Snapshot Research: The AI Divide.” […]

The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, who has been carrying out research on the formation of the Atlas mountains and the geology of the area, about the factors which led to this […]

As the High Holy Day season approaches, apples and honey have once again begun to dominate our thoughts, plans, and most-used emoji lists. Indeed, honey has become so synonymous with Rosh Hashana in Jewish culture that the success of a good New Year celebration seems contingent upon a steady flow of the sweet bee […]

If you looked up 66 million years ago you might have seen, for a split second, a bright light as a mountain-sized asteroid burned through the atmosphere and smashed into Earth. It was springtime and the literal end of an era, the Mesozoic. If you somehow survived the initial impact, you would have witnessed the […]

Israeli tech firm NeuReality has successfully moved its new AI-centric NR1 chip into the final, validated design phase, marking a pivotal moment in the semiconductor industry. The newly developed chip has the capacity to significantly transform how AI is used in various fields, including tasks like understanding human language, processing visual information, recognizing speech, […]

A giant Porsche 911 sculpture was unveiled to celebrate ‘60 Years of the 911’ at IAA Mobility. At the Open Space in the center of Munich, the world’s biggest mobility trade fair runs until 10 September, Porsche is celebrating ‘60 Years of the 911’ with an unusual giant sculpture. The huge silhouette of the 911 […]

If you are allergic to pollen, you are likely to curse the existence of these microscopic particles. You’re not alone: up to 30% of the world’s population suffers from hay fever, which is often driven by pollen allergies. Shifting global climates are likely to push that figure even higher. However, pollen represents one of the […]

NASA says K2-18b Exoplanet may be covered by oceans and could have signs of life. A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 […]

The UK government’s announcement that it had rejoined the European Union’s Horizon Europe science funding programme was cause for celebration among researchers in Britain and across Europe. But what will the terms of the deal – and the long time the UK was out of the programme – mean for those researchers and the country […]