Astronomers have been able to observe a star swallowing a planet for the first time, allowing them to witness what may well be the Earth’s ultimate fate. In a world-first, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists have witnessed the death of a
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Service alerts for New York City's subway, commuter trains and buses were back on Twitter on Thursday, a week after transit officials balked at paying to provide the information. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority lost access last week to Twitter's application programming interface to send out automated alerts about service changes and
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In a new study led by the Department of Biology, University of Oxford, in collaboration with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, researchers found that from 2013 to 2020 global biodiversity-related Google searches increased, driven mostly by an increase in searches for charismatic wildlife. However, searches for conservation actions such as protected
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Electricity consumers face blackouts across the country as Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) insists it will disconnect electricity distribution companies (DisCos) that have failed in complying with payment schedules except they pay up. It would be recalled that Guardian earlier reported a 14-business day notice issued to the DisCos on the
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Sophisticated computer algorithms used to set prices in online marketplaces put consumers at risk of collusion among sellers, according to a study from computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute and Imperial College. "Widespread use of intelligent algorithmics and dynamic pricing by online retailers, puts the public at risk of 'adversarial collusion,'" maintains
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The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has commissioned the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market Centre and the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining ASM CLUSTER Project in Ibadan Oyo State. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite who commissioned the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market
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Neural networks are distributed computing structures inspired by the structure of a biological brain and aim to achieve cognitive performance comparable to that of humans but in a much shorter time. These technologies now form the basis of machine learning and artificial intelligence systems that can perceive the environment and adapt their own
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But the truth is that change is always on the horizon, and learning to sense the shift is an important part of growing up. If we can discern the changes coming our way, we can prepare and respond rather than react to the shock of a sudden new reality. There
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Recent extended droughts in the Horn of Africa that left 4.35 million people in need of humanitarian assistance would not have occurred without climate change, a study has found. Since October 2020, large parts of Eastern Africa have been experiencing extended dry conditions followed by short intense rainfall events that often
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Greenhouse gas reduction, new jobs, new investment opportunities: the benefits of decarbonizing the electricity sector—one of the most polluting—are obvious. However, a transition to lower-carbon electricity production could have a negative impact on some regions, depending on their vulnerabilities and their capacity to adapt, while it could have a positive
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