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Mayor of Madrid: “We intend to turn Madrid into the largest digital hub in southern Europe”.

The Mayor of Madrid José Luis Martínez-Almeida has assured that the City Council intends to "turn Madrid into the largest digital hub in southern Europe" that brings together innovation, talent and knowledge in order...

Scientists have learned how living organisms acquire symmetry

A team of American researchers using the example of starfish studied how living organisms become symmetrical. All multicellular organisms originate from a single oocyte - the female reproductive cell, the precursor of the egg, which...

Archaeologists have found unusual toilets 2000 years old

The toilet is a U-shaped line of seats that 13 actors could use at the same time. In Turkey, archaeologists have discovered an ancient latrine that allowed at least a dozen people not only to...

Archaeologists have figured out how the Assyrians took an ancient biblical city

The first mentions of the city of Lakhish date back to the 15th century BC, in Egyptian sources it appears no later than the 14th century BC. This ancient city, which the Bible also...

Archaeologists have established the purpose of ancient megaliths in Jordan

Fragments of pottery, flint tools and bone remains have been discovered in Jordan by archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University under megaliths dating back about 5,000 years. Perhaps these ancient structures were not only burial...

Tolerance, human control and slowing down progress: what will the adoption of the AI code in Russia lead to?

More and more news appears in the media about how Artificial Intelligence begins to make decisions on its own, but gets out of control. He educates himself on controlled data, but even that does...

A unique golden bible found. Which queen is it?

Lancaster nurse Buffy Bailey discovered a miniature golden Bible with the help of a metal detector along with her husband Ian near York. The security may have once been owned by a royal family. The 600-year-old...

Simulating Galaxy Formation in Mesmerizing Detail for Clues to the Universe

“In astrophysics, we have only this one universe which we can observe,” Mark Vogelsberger, an MIT physics professor, says. “With a computer, we can create different universes, which we can check.” For all its brilliant...

Scientists May Have Unlocked Function of Mysterious Structure Found on Neurons in the Brain

Unusual clusters on neurons are calcium-signaling “hotspots” that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce crucial proteins. For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found on the cell body of neurons in the hippocampus, a...

An amateur archaeologist from Switzerland finds the site of the battle of the XII Legion

In 15 BC, in an alpine gorge, a battle took place between the Roman troops and the reta. Two years ago, Lucas Schmid, an amateur archaeologist and volunteer at the Archaeological Survey of the Canton...

The entire Las Vegas will be connected by the Vegas Loop vacuum train. Everything about this transport of the future

The city of Las Vegas, in the United States, has approved the expansion of a tunnel system called the Vegas Loop. The total length of the network will be 47 km, it will unite...

In vitro resurrection: extinct animals that humans are trying to revive

On October 17, the first ever Earthshot Prize ceremony took place in London's Alexandra Palace, which has already been nicknamed the "Environmental Nobel Prize". One of the nominations is awarded to those who work...

Virgin Galactic sold another 100 space tickets

Virgin Galactic has sold about 100 tickets to interested space tourists. Since the company's founder Richard Branson flew into space last summer, the company has enjoyed an unprecedented interest in space tourism. The first...

Speed Dating with scientists from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ in Braunschweig Book a Scientist

Speed Dating with scientists from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ in Braunschweig Book a Scientist: Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast and Dr. Julia Koblitz from the DSMZ On 10 November 2021, people with a thirst for knowledge...

Facebook preventively stops facial recognition

The technology will not be used until regulations are introduced Facebook owner Meta has announced that it is shutting down the facial recognition system on the largest social network. The reason is the doubts and...

The Scariest Things in the Universe Are Black Holes – Here’s Why

Falling into a black hole is easily the worst way to die. Halloween is a time to be haunted by ghosts, goblins, and ghouls, but nothing in the universe is scarier than a black hole. Black...

Astronomers Spot a Moon-Forming Disk Around a Super-Jupiter Exoplanet

Recently, astronomers have been finding protoplanetary discs around certain stars.  Their discovery has helped kick off a new work in planetary formation theory.  But planets aren’t the objects that form from discs of material...

We Asked a NASA Technologist: Is There Oxygen on Mars? [Video]

This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer and easier to explore for humans. Credit: NASA Is there...

5D Optical Storage: High-Speed Laser Writing Could Pack 500 Terabytes Into CD-Sized Glass Disc

Researchers developed a new fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing nanostructures in silica glass. They used the method to record 6 GB data in a one-inch silica glass sample. The four squares pictured...

Satellite Observations Near Key U.S. Ports Show Unusual Shipping Activity and Backlogs May Be Affecting Air Quality

Scientific Questions Arrive in Ports Satellite observations of nitrogen dioxide near key U.S. ports suggest that increased shipping activity and backlogs may be affecting air quality. In October 2021, natural-color images from the Landsat and Terra satellites returned striking views...

In Singapore, the robot Xavier started patroling

The robot Xavier patrols the streets of Singapore on September 8, 2021.  PHOTO / Suhaimi Abdullah / NurPhoto A new step in surveillance? For a few weeks, robots with 360-degree cameras patrolled the streets...

Study Finds Listening to Music Near Bedtime Is Disruptive To Sleep

Baylor sleep researcher Michael Scullin finds ‘earworms’ continue during sleep, can cause restless nights. Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near bedtime to wind down. But can that actually cause your...

The ancient Egyptians mastered mummification 1,000 years earlier than previously thought

The preserved body of a high-ranking nobleman, discovered in 2019, turns out to be much older than previously thought, which could lead to rewriting of history textbooks The ancient Egyptians performed complex procedures to mummify...

A Mysterious Signal Looked Like a Sign of Alien Technology – Here’s What the Investigation Revealed

In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the signal didn’t appear to be the result of any...

Fossil Dental Exams Reveal How Tusks Evolved – Originated in “Very Weird Animals” Called Dicynodonts

Life reconstruction of the dicynodont Dicynodon. Aside from the tusks in the upper jaw, most dicynodonts possessed a turtle-like beak that they used to chew their food. Image by Marlene Hill Donnelly. Credit: Marlene...
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