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  • Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

    Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

    The researchers programmed a computer to control the nine servomotors in Pigeonbot II to steer the craft using propellers on each wing, but also to automatically twist and fan the tail in response, to create the stability that would normally come from a vertical fin.


    We’re starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost

    We’re starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost

    That is partly because it is hard to maintain low-calorie diets for a long period of time, though that probably plays a relatively small role, says Laura Catharina Hinte at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in Switzerland.


    The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus

    The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus

    A man diagnosed with Oropouche fever this summer still had functional virus in his semen 16 days after his symptoms started, a different group of researchers report in the December Emerging Infectious Diseases.


    A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico

    A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico

    Inhabitants living in the many houses surrounded by curved, amphitheater-like residential patios may have enjoyed their time in the nearby lagoon, the researchers speculate, or at the city’s ball court, if they were not at the pyramidal temples taking part in rituals.


    Gharial: The prehistoric crocodilian that buzzes and blows bubbles to find a mate

    Gharial: The prehistoric crocodilian that buzzes and blows bubbles to find a mate

    Gharials were once numerous in between Pakistan and Myanmar, with an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 people in the wild in the 1940s. They are now critically threatened as an outcome of searching, environment and fishing loss, with around 650 mature people left. Restricted breeding, nest tracking and other preservation activities helped improve this number from...


    If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?

    If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?

    “In the real world, we haven’t really gotten to this stage where we actually have to design and build missions, so that’s why we need these exercises,” says NASA’s Paul Chodas, who runs many of the role-plays.


    A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot plumage

    A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot plumage

    Previous research showed that a different enzyme called PKS makes red aldehyde-based psittacofulvins, says Joseph Corbo, a biologist and neuropathologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.


    No one is really ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained.’ Here’s why

    No one is really ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained.’ Here’s why

    It uses a strong magnetic field to monitor blood flow in the brain as an individual is performing some task (from reading or viewing pictures to thinking about various spoken words).


    AI helps driverless cars predict how unseen pedestrians may move

    AI helps driverless cars predict how unseen pedestrians may move

    Adding this algorithm to the advanced AI models typically used in autonomous vehicles could help driverless cars make faster and more accurate decisions on the road, even during those unexpected situations they weren’t trained to handle.


    Why are scientists suddenly interested in UFOs?

    Why are scientists suddenly interested in UFOs?

    Examples of reflective objects include a mirror, a smooth metal can, a car window, a glass bottle, ice, snow or the watery surface of a lake.


    Thunderstorms churn up a ‘boiling pot’ of high-energy gamma rays

    Thunderstorms churn up a ‘boiling pot’ of high-energy gamma rays

    terrestrial gamma-ray flash: A brief burst of gamma rays, a high-energy type of radiation, that can be produced in Earth’s atmosphere (usually due to thunderstorms).


    Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot can now ‘play fetch’ — thanks to MIT breakthrough

    Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot can now ‘play fetch’ — thanks to MIT breakthrough

    The researchers achieved this level of granularity with Clio by combining large language models (LLMs) — multiple virtual neural networks that underpin artificial intelligence tools, systems and services — that have been trained to identify all manner of objects, with computer vision.


    AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

    AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

    This transformation of ground photos into a bird’s-eye view allows researchers to track how penguin colonies change in location and population size over time – which could prove especially helpful in remote regions of the world where aerial drone or aircraft surveys are done infrequently.


    Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

    Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

    “When you deal with the scientific revolution, the triumph of the Copernican worldview, we know the big names,” says computational scientist JĂŒrgen Renn of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany, who was not involved in the new work.


    Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures, hidden in Mexico

    Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures, hidden in Mexico

    ” Consistently, everywhere that this type of job is done, there’s more settlement [found],” Thomas Fort, an archaeologist at the College of Texas at Austin that was not associated with the research study, told Live Scientific research. “It all gives even more pieces for this massive problem, and every problem piece matters.” The following action...


    Scientists Say: Dialect

    Scientists Say: Dialect

    It also can refer just to England and Wales, the territories conquered by the ancient Romans who named the land Britannia.


    How insects can help catch rhino poachers

    How insects can help catch rhino poachers

    Their analysis of the cases, which occurred between 2014 and 2021, involved tallying the various insect species present at each stage of decomposition, comparing the minimum postmortem interval estimates and factoring in the average ambient temperature during each time period.