by blundun | Oct 8, 2024 | Science
Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats for...
by blundun | Oct 8, 2024 | Science
Scientists are deploying monitors at the volcanic Mount Adams in Washington State, after a spike in seismic activity.The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Mount Adams typically experiences an earthquake every two to three years, but in September, there were six...
by blundun | Sep 7, 2024 | Science
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft touched down on Earth early Saturday morning, with two test pilots left behind in space until next year over NASA’s concerns that their return was too risky.Starliner parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile...
by blundun | Sep 2, 2024 | Science
The mystery behind a “strange noise” that a NASA astronaut heard coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft while aboard the International Space Station has been solved, the space agency said Monday.Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the pulsating...
by blundun | Sep 1, 2024 | Science
A NASA astronaut at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday reported hearing a “strange noise” coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft just days before it is set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot.The astronaut, Butch...
by blundun | Jun 7, 2024 | Science
The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse.Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread...