Combu Island – Ilha do Combu in Portuguese – rises like a wall of living green from Brazil’s Guamá River. It is a testament to centuries of shared existence between the forest and its riverside communities. Here, cupuaçu, taperebá, pupunha, araçá and cacao are more than fruits; they are threadsContinue Reading
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty. The post Can AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
According to data from the National Weather Service, the Santa Barbara Airport received 6.67 inches of rain between Friday and Sunday, breaking the location’s previous three-day rain record total set in 2002 when it received 5.66 inches.Continue Reading
Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The structure reveals rare whisker-collar features and distant evolutionary ties reaching back billions of years. These insights could guide new phage therapies and innovations in medicine, agriculture, and industry., Read MoreContinue Reading
3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers. Over the decades, 3D printers have evolved from experimental curiosities into tools capable of producing everything from custom prosthetics toContinue Reading
Jensen Huang, the CEO of supercomputer chip-maker Nvidia, has for years claimed that his company’s artificial intelligence products, as some of the most advanced scientific tools in history, will help the world solve climate change, warning last year that “climate disasters are now normal.” Yet Huang is now loudly cozyingContinue Reading
Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions. Experts say these changes would lead to double-counting of the dairy sector’s emissions cuts, allowing the industry to sell carbon credits to polluting companies for reductions that they are alsoContinue Reading
El cohete SLS (Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial) y la nave espacial Orion de la misión Artemis I, en la plataforma móvil de lanzamiento en el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida, con la luna llena al fondo. Imagen tomada el 14 de junio de 2022. Crédito: NASA/Cory Huston ReadContinue Reading
The Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a full Moon in the background on June 14, 2022. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Media accreditation is open for the launchContinue Reading
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NASA/Christopher LC Clark NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle moments before boarding the airborne science aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Outside the window, the aircraft is being readied for a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological EarthContinue Reading
Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals, according to a new analysis. By Teresa Tomassoni Ingesting just six pieces of rubber—each smaller than a pea—can all but seal a seabird’s fate, leaving it with aContinue Reading