Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas. Cradled in the arms of their mother, Mafuko, the tiny twins clung to her body for...
Study debunks Trump claim that paracetamol causes autism
Taking drug in pregnancy does not raise chances of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, ‘gold standard’ review finds Taking paracetamol in pregnancy does not increase the chance that the child will be autistic, or have ADHD or an intellectual disability, a “gold standard” review of the evidence has found. The...
BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links
Campaigners claim firm has bought sway over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths Campaigners have accused BP of having an insidious influence over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) in the UK through its relationship with the Science Museum. Documents obtained under freedom of information...
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach Debora MacKenzie is a science journalist and author of Stopping the Next Pandemic: How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save Humanity Are we being injured and killed by ubiquitous, teeny-tiny shards...
Liquid gears could challenge 5,000 years of mechanical engineering
The study, published January 13 in Physical Review Letters, replaces the metal or plastic cogs of conventional gears with controlled flows of liquid. In their experiments, NYU physicists submerged two cylinders in a viscous water – glycerol mixture. When one cylinder rotated, the liquid currents it generated transmitted motion to......
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 adds 40 TOPS accelerator to the single-board computer
Raspberry Pi has started selling the AI HAT+ 2, an add-on board that represents a significant upgrade over the AI HAT+ model launched in 2024. While the original board could only accelerate certain types of neural network models, the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 is powerful enough to manage and......
Lego’s next Zelda set celebrates Ocarina of Time
Officially titled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – The Final Battle, the model (77093) features 1,003 pieces as well as minifigures of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf. The setting is Ganon's ruined castle, where you'll find three hidden Recovery Hearts and other elements from the game such as the......
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime-as-a-service platform tied to $40M in fraud
Microsoft recently announced a civil lawsuit against RedVDS, a prominent cybercrime service responsible for stealing millions of dollars from high-profile targets. RedVDS exemplifies the growing cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) problem, using a subscription-based model to deploy malicious computing resources and coordinate large-scale phishing campaigns. Read Entire Article
DocuSign debuts contract-trained AI to explain documents before you sign them
According to an official press release, the AI-powered eSignature features that make dense legal language easier to understand are built on DocuSign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, which simplifies complex wording and helps ensure accurate, error-free document preparation. Read Entire Article
Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies
As generative AI companies search for cleaner training data, one of the internet's oldest institutions is quietly changing its economic model. The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has confirmed new agreements with major AI players, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity. The deals formalize paid access to the......