This dramatic picture was won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 prize (Picture: Yongqing Bao/PA) An intense ‘battle for survival’ moment between a Tibetan fox and a marmot has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The winning action shot, titled The Moment, which captures a dramatic stand-off between predator and prey in […]
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Tarun GroverOct 13, 2019 16:16:55 IST Recently, a 19-year-old boy in the city of Hyderabad suffered a brain stroke after playing a trending online game for hours at a stretch. The stroke occurred due to the stressful nature of the game, leading to the development of blood clots in the brain, a condition known as thrombosis.
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The red wind started to blow again this week—hot, dry gusts up to 75 miles per hour in some parts of Northern California. Usually, their arrival means wildfires are on the way, a recurring threat to life and property thanks to climate change and urban sprawl. This time was a little different, though. As The
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This is the third conversation between WIRED editor Nicholas Thompson and Knox Robinson, an elite runner and former editor of The Fader, about the IAAF World Championships of track and field. In their previous post, they discussed the medals and controversies rocking the running world. NT: Damn, damn, damn. That was a riveting track meet.
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– Advertisement – Almost 20% of spinal cord injuries result in tetraplegia, a paralysis resulting in partial or total loss of use of all four limbs. Neuroprosthetics is constantly evolving to manage this condition and thus improve the lives of patients. Scientists at the Grenoble University Hospital in France are conducting an ongoing clinical trial
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tech2 News StaffOct 08, 2019 15:12:49 IST Bones can talk. Ask the scientists from the University of Helsinki and the Russian Academy of Sciences studied the bones and teeth from mammoths that lived in Northern Siberia, Alaska, the Yukon and the Wrangel Island. They looked at the isotope compositions of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and strontium
It turns out ancient babies drank animal milk out of teeny cups, a bug in some Android phones gives hackers complete control, and the film Joker broke a box office record. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign
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The short film “Slaughterbots” depicts a near future in which swarms of micro drones assassinate thousands of people for their political beliefs. Released in November 2017 by academics and activists warning of the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), it quickly went viral, attracting over 3 million views to date. It helped spark a public
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A kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce its buzzing, Donald Duck-like sound at will was key in us ever developing the ability to speak at all. And while our capacity for speech is unique, my colleague Robert Shumaker and I have used the novelty instrument to
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A full moon is seen rising behind skyscrapers at Canary Wharf and the London skyline (Reuters) Tonight is international ‘Observe the Moon Night’ and what better way to celebrate than to take a moment and look up this evening. You won’t see a full moon – that’s not happening until October 13 – but you
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