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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...