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Meantime, here’s the lastest science news.
- Tanks of the Triassic: New crocodile ancestor identifiedon March 18, 2024 at 8:45 pm
Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 200 million years ago. Today, their fossils are found on every continent except Antarctica and Australia.
- Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen techon March 18, 2024 at 8:45 pm
Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding of how they absorb both visible and ultraviolet light.
- Two artificial intelligences talk to each otheron March 18, 2024 at 6:24 pm
Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists artificial intelligence (AI). A team has succeeded in modelling an artificial neural network capable of this cognitive prowess. After learning and performing a series of basic tasks, this AI was able to provide a linguistic description of them to a ‘sister’ AI, which in turn performed them.
- Holographic message encoded in simple plasticon March 18, 2024 at 6:23 pm
Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to produce a panel from normal plastic in which a QR code can be stored, for example. The message is read using terahertz rays — electromagnetic radiation that is invisible to the human eye.
- Breathe, don’t vent: Turning down the heat is key to managing angeron March 18, 2024 at 6:23 pm
Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it’s not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress — deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, yoga or even counting to 10 — have been shown to be more effective at decreasing anger and aggression.
- Feeling apathetic? There may be hopeon March 18, 2024 at 6:23 pm
A new method that aims to help people develop grit looks promising.
- Self-heating concrete is one step closer to putting snow shovels and salt out of businesson March 18, 2024 at 6:22 pm
Researchers recently reported on the science behind its special concrete, that can warm itself up when it snows, or as temperatures approach freezing.