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Technology

Amazon says its football AI can predict blitzes

The new Thursday Night Football system will tackle ‘a huge hole in our football stats toolbox.’

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from the First and Second World Wars, such as shells—as shown here—once fired from German battleships.
Technology

The big Baltic bomb cleanup

The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers are making the Baltic Sea safer.

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Environment

Whales need krill to survive. We want it for supplements.

Marine mammals that almost went extinct are now competing with commercial trawlers for food.

Mini mum is one of the smallest frogs in the world, described by Mark D. Scherz and his colleagues in 2019. These tiny frogs from southeastern Madagascar live in amongst the leaf litter and feed on tiny mites. They are amongst the target species of the GEMINI project, because their closest relatives are ten times larger.
Science

Researchers want to unlock genetics of the world’s tiniest animals

Nature has managed to miniaturize the exact same vital organs and cram them into a less than one-centimeter-long frog.

Electrostatic hydraulic robot leg
Technology

Oil-filled ‘muscles’ give this robot leg a spring in its step

The new, electrostatic mechanism mimics human and animal limb biology.

an x-ray image of an eel escaping from a fish's stomach
Environment

Watch an eel escape a fish’s stomach through its gills

Scientists in Japan used X-ray videography to capture the breakout.

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DIY

How to create custom AI chatbots in Google Gemini

Gemini now has Gems—and here’s how to use them.

The Boeing Starliner.
Science

The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew. Now what?

A former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing, and the astronauts still up in space.

Early warning systems save lives during disasters.
DIY

How to sign up for local emergency alerts before natural disasters strike

We know early warning systems save lives. Give yourself extra time when disasters come your way.

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