El Niño is likely to give way soon, ushering in a quick switch to its opposite atmospheric and ocean pattern, La Niña. For the U.S., this climatological flip-flop will likely mean a greater risk of major hurricanes in the Atlantic as well as areas of drier-than-usual weather in the southern portions of the country. Globally, … Read more
Tesla’s Cybertrucks have a problem that keeps them accelerating. The problem appears to be caused by soap. Tesla produced about 3878 Cybertrucks to date. The car manufacturer is now recalling all cars: a problem with the accelerator pedal causes the cars to continue to accelerate. The Cybertruck’s accelerator pedal is not made in one piece, … Read more
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Meta has presented the third generation of its Llama AI model. The current versions have 8 billion and 70 billion parameters, and a larger model with 400 billion parameters will follow later. He is still training. Meta AI in WhatsApp Llama 3’s training dataset is seven times larger than last year’s Llama 2, claims Meta. … Read more
Jupiter’s moon Io has possibly been erupting for a very, very, very long time. Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, with some of its volcanoes shooting magma higher than planes on Earth fly (SN: 5/3/22). And while extreme, it seems that this hellish behavior is no short-lived phase. Io may … Read more
When you think of a Neanderthal settlement, you probably picture a central campfire with objects randomly strewn around it. Scientists have now discovered that that image probably has nothing to do with reality. For years, scientists agreed: the ability to structure a space is reserved exclusively for the Homo sapien. A new study now questions … Read more
Google wants to make its AI chatbot Gemini more accessible by integrating it into Google Chrome. You will soon be able to ask Gemini all your questions via the address bar. Google is not the first browser developer to integrate an AI assistant. Microsoft preceded the search giant with the handy one integration of Copilot. … Read more
The cyborg cockroaches being tested on desert-like terrain Yang Bai, et al. (2024) A swarm of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can navigate to a target location while avoiding obstacles and each other. Researchers say such swarms could be contained inside large robots and released on cue to do jobs that would take too long for a … Read more
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• An EV has been proven to be cleaner (including coal power and battery material mining). And even if you don’t care much about the environment, your own lungs do When you drive your car you are not bothered by those exhaust fumes. And if you don’t drive, you’re only bothered by other people’s exhaust … Read more
The waterproof e-glove makes it easier for divers to communicate underwater. Not only with each other, but also with people on the mainland. Communicating underwater is quite difficult for hearing people. There are tricks to get the other person’s attention by tapping the oxygen tank with a pebble or metal rod and there are even … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is swiftly emerging as one of the most transformative technologies in human history. Its potential impacts, whether positive or negative, have sparked heated debate. However, a recent paper authored by Michael Garrett, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester, suggests that AI might be the explanation for why we have … Read more
