Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems For the last few decades, the nutrient content of our crops has been declining. In the late 90s, the US Department of Agriculture found the vitamin C content of lemons had decreased by almost a third over the...
What can the Galápagos Islands’ animals teach us about the threats of El Niño?
In this week’s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The ocean waters around the Galápagos Islands are hot....
Leak details Ryzen 7 9800HX3D, AMD’s first affordable 3D V-cache laptop CPU
Prominent tipster Golden Pig Upgrade claims that AMD is developing a new Zen 5 laptop CPU equipped with 3D V-cache. The chip's tentative naming suggests it could land in relatively affordable mid-to-high-end gaming laptops. Read Entire Article
Intel just posted its best growth in 15 years – and burned billions to make it happen
Intel reported second-quarter revenue of $16.1 billion, up 25% year over year and well ahead of Wall Street's expectations. Adjusted earnings reached $0.42 per share, almost double analysts' forecasts, while the company expects current-quarter sales of between $15.8 billion and $16.8 billion. Read Entire Article
Nvidia is challenging 20 years of datacenter CPU design with its new Vera chip
Vera is built around the Olympus core, the first custom CPU core Nvidia has ever brought to the datacenter and the first custom core the company has designed anywhere since the Denver and Carmel efforts of the Tegra era nearly a decade ago. Read Entire Article
Microsoft steps in after LG monitors were found auto-installing apps with McAfee ads
The controversial advertising partnership between LG and McAfee has apparently come to an end after Microsoft got involved in the matter. Read Entire Article
Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphis
A federal judicial panel has allowed a new Tennessee congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis
Giant metal roosters spread autism acceptance in Maine after town zoning spat
Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations
New York Police Department investigates 2 stabbings as possible hate crimes
A man has been arrested after police said he stabbed two men in separate, nonfatal attacks on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump
Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump