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Children across Europe have returned to school after a summer of extreme heat. As the climate warms, one question is becoming harder to ignore: How can students learn when classrooms become dangerously hot?
AI data centers are creating a much needed boom for the American trucking industryBut the boom might not last for long as the requirements for truckers fall significantly once construction finishesMoratoriums and poor opinions of AI data centers could also quell the demandAmerican truckers are being hired by AI data center developers to ship goods and construction materials to rural data center projects, with the trucking industry across the US seeing a boom in demand.As a result of this, truckers have a significantly higher opinion of AI data centers than their compatriots. But this freight hauling boom is having some knock on effects on truckers themselves, the businesses they work for, an...
Your commitment to Sparkle Motion is on the line when Richard Kelly's cult classic hits theaters October 2-4.
In 2022, researchers detected a very odd photon from an enormous gamma ray burst that should have been destroyed on its way to Earth
It’s been a hot minute since ChatGPT last updated its Images feature. Its last update, to Images 2.0 in April 2026, was pretty solid and I’d say put it ahead of Google’s Nano Banana 2, even if its images still took longer to create, which was a bit frustrating. Today's new Images 2.5 update adds a whole bunch of extra features and tools to the existing image generation engine that make it a lot easier to use, and it's quicker too.In fact, there are so many features now in Images that to say it’s overcrowded would be an understatement. Because of that, it can be a little hard to locate the best new features amongst everything else, so I’ve pulled out the ones you should definitely look out fo...
SSDs are preferable for many reasons, but with storage prices skyrocketing, there are some scenarios where opting for an HDD makes more sense.
Yaogan-50 generated a large filed of debris in a highly retrograde orbit.
Geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from Baffin Island, Canada, and Iceland suggest that some of the water dating back to Earth's formation may still be preserved deep within the planet. However, it has remained unclear which minerals could store such quantities of water under the extreme conditions of Earth's interior.
The catastrophic flood along the Nepal–China border that killed more than 1,400 people and left nearly 6,000 people missing devastated communities and infrastructure and renewed questions about how Himalayan countries prepare for environmental hazards that can unfold rapidly and cross-national borders.
The Legend of Zelda fans rejoice! The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Celebration stream gave us a deluge of announcements all about the iconic action-adventure series, including the reveal of a shiny special edition Nintendo Switch 2 console.Pre-order hereUS: Check console stock at NintendoUS: Check controller stock at NintendoUK: Check console stock at NintendoUK: Check controller stock at the NintendoAus: Preorder console at Nintendo for $799.95Aus: Preorder controller at Nintendo for $149.95We anticipate the console to be in extremely high demand, not only as the first proper special edition Nintendo Switch 2 to hit the market but also thanks to its status as a tie-in with one of Ninten...
Now the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram.
Google is one of the major players in AI (meaning machine learning) weather forecast model space. The models it and others generate have their strengths and weaknesses, but the main advantage is that they can have forecast performance similar to traditional models while requiring far less computing horsepower to run. That means they can be run more frequently. Google recently released version 3 of its WeatherNext model, with the biggest change being that it now ingests some satellite weather data, shortening the lag time between current weather conditions and generating a new forecast. The update is detailed in a white paper. Reanalysis Many weather models make use of what’s called a “reanal...
Climate change is driving rapid declines in seaweed forests globally, outpacing restoration efforts and undermining seaweed restoration as a viable carbon dioxide removal strategy, according to an essay by Karen Filbee-Dexter at the University of Western Australia and colleagues, published Sept. 8 in the journal PLOS Biology.
All over the world, from Oregon's old-growth forests to Queensland's eucalyptus groves, creatures depend on trees for shelter. A new analysis from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suggests that as the climate destabilizes, the world's trees may become an even more important respite. That's because the study finds trees everywhere buffer their animal tenants from temperature extremes. The work is published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.
There are several methods for restarting your Samsung Galaxy tablet, and most of them keep your data and apps.
The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before
Surveillance is all fun and games until you're the one being surveilled.
Apple's annual iPhone event will stream live on September 9 at 10 AM PDT, and we're expecting big news.
Both the new film and 50th anniversary re-release are getting converted to the exclusive format.
New research finds national peaks for suicides, gun rampages take place within days of each other in summer
This summer, you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car's windshield compared with a road trip several years ago.
Bear baiting in England became more popular after the Norman Conquest in 1066, new research shows. The study by Cardiff University and the University of Nottingham brings together archaeological analysis of bear bones and archival records to show the prevalence of the animals in England and northern France during medieval times. The study is published in the journal Society & Animals.
A new study shows that measures to stop AI's claims of consciousness have unintended consequences for non-human entities