Nothing captures the imagination like an anthropomorphic monkey. Ever since a stop-motion King Kong scaled the dizzy heights of the Empire State Building in Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 classic, ominous ‘What if?’ stories about our closest living relatives have proven a surefire way to get audiences’ bums on seats. Perhaps, then, we shouldn’t be surprised … Read more
Batteries and plastic are near the bottom of the environmentally friendly list, but UK company Gomi has an innovative power bank that may be the most sustainable solution for both. Everything on the Gomi power bank is recycled, including the batteries themselves, and the whole unit can be repaired and replaced instead of tossed away. … Read more
Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves Tamsin Mather Abacus (2024) Unlike Alice in Alice in Wonderland, volcanologists cannot fall down a deep rabbit hole to discover what goes on in the bowels of the Earth. Instead, they scour the surface and examine the chemistry of emitted gases, lava and … Read more
Artificial General Intelligence, when it exists, will be able to do many tasks better than humans. For now, the machine learning systems and generative AI solutions available on the market are a stopgap to ease the cognitive load on engineers, until machines which think like people exist. Generative AI is currently dominating headlines, but its … Read more
One side of the planet LHS 3844b (artist’s impression) is thought to be in perpetual daylight.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Imagine if it were always night-time in the Western Hemisphere and always daytime in the Eastern Hemisphere, and the only way for Londoners to see the Sun was to fly to somewhere like Tokyo. In a … Read more
Faster and more accurate weather forecasts are about to become a real possibility across the globe thanks to a new release from Nvidia. The computing giant has announced a new digital twin cloud platform that it says will help meteorologists and weather experts create richer and more detailed simulations and more. The new Earth-2 APIs, … Read more
Google has this year been celebrating a significant milestone, marking a quarter of a century in the field of search. As part of its 25 Years in Search celebration, the Google has taken a nostalgic journey, revealing the most searched people, places, and things over its history. This retrospective not only provides a unique insight … Read more
20th Century Studios has released a new trailer for the upcoming film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes continuing the saga from the previous movies. The upcoming science fiction, action film, promises to be an exciting new chapter in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise. With a star-studded cast and a dynamic team … Read more