The chirp of the cicada, the sound of many summers, has received an electronic upgrade that turns the insects into cyborg loudspeakers playing anything from Pachelbel’s Canon to the theme from Top Gun. The researchers behind the work say it could be used to spread warning messages during an emergency. Naoto Nishida and his colleagues…
This post was co-written with Renato Nascimento, Felipe Viana, Andre Von Zuben from Articul8. Generative AI is reshaping industries, offering new efficiencies, automation, and innovation. However, generative AI requires powerful, scalable, and resilient infrastructures that optimize large-scale model training, providing rapid iteration and efficient compute utilization with purpose-built infrastructure and automated cluster management. In this…
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander. Rather small in size at 20 centimeters, it would turn out to be a crucial piece in the puzzle of animal evolution. This creature, called Westlothiana lizziae, is one of the…
PA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more “ruthless, authoritarian approach” towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. The instinct of policy makers was to favour “punitive measures” over…
Peers have criticised the new front door to the House of Lords, after ministers revealed it cost £9.6m and still does not work properly. The Peers’ Entrance began a multi-year security upgrade in 2023, but is still not fully accessible for disabled peers, and requires a permanent member of staff on site “to press the…
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Jun 12, 2025, 02:03 PM ET The New England Patriots will unveil a statue of quarterback Tom Brady outside of Gillette Stadium before their Aug. 8 preseason game against the Washington Commanders. The team announced the details on Thursday, since June 12 is known as “Tom Brady Day” in Patriots territory, and the date also…
From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments allowed us to measure it more precisely. Much more than helping us arrive on time, clocks permit us to discern our location. Longitude, for example, is determined by measuring the difference in time from a set position,…
“Moth orchids are tropical plants…” Shutterstock/SoNelly With such a wholesome image, the world of horticulture can have some surprisingly passionate debates. So while it is probably extremely unwise, I thought I would wade into one of the most heated questions in gardening in recent years: should you really water tropical orchids with ice cubes? Bear…
Navtej Johal & Sophie Woodcock BBC News, Nottingham Family handout Shelly Easom (pictured with her son Josef) said she felt “ashamed” after hearing that he had stabbed someone at a church Two men with paranoid schizophrenia stabbed members of the public in separate attacks weeks before Valdo Calocane’s killings in Nottingham – and all were…
