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Nye Horisonter Forskere Dobbelt Ned på “Ultima Thule’ Kaldenavn, på Trods af Nazistiske Foreninger
Øen Thule, som det vises på en gammel mapIllustration: det Offentlige område/Olaus Magnus (Wikimedia Commons) Spændingen omkring NASA ‘ s Nye Horisonter rumfartøjet der ankommer på sit seneste mål, en mærkeligt formet objekt kaldet (486958) 2014 MU69, har gravede op et faktum, der ofte går uudtalt—objektets kaldenavn, “Ultima Thule,” bærer links til Nazismen. Selvom de…
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Ajit Pai ‘ s Triumferende Erklæring Om Døden for netneutralitet, Oversat
Foto: Getty Jeg har mistet optælling af, hvor mange gange netneutralitet har “døde” i de sidste år, men det sidste lange skud indsats for at tilsidesætte FCC ‘ s 2017 beslutning er nu officielt døde i vandet. FCC-Formand Ajit Pai ved, at denne milepæl er enorm, og han bruger den mulighed for at danse på…
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Nogle Kolibri Fugle Er Bedre Egnet til at Bekæmpe End Nektar Fodring
En mousserende violetear og en brun violetear vise deres kunstfærdige hals side-fjer til at intimidere hinanden og afholde samtlige andre fra at bruge deres weaponized regninger, som byder på tænderne-ligesom serrations og dolk-lignende tips.Billede: Cristian Irian, Finca Colibrí Gorriazul, Colombia Med deres aflange regninger og specielt tilpasset tunger, kolibrier er bygget til at udvinde nektar…
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Åh Nej, Apple Sandsynligvis Kun Gjorde $84 Millioner Sidste Kvartal
Foto: Getty Tim Cook har netop udsendt en meget nysgerrig advarsel: Apple er ved at sænke omsætningen for det første kvartal af 2019. Med andre ord, Apple kommer ikke til at tjene så mange penge, som det tidligere havde forventet, og det er lidt af Kina ‘ s skyld. Hvor slemt er det skade, kan…
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Looks Like Sonos Is Making Some New Smart Speakers
Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed some details about a new Sonos product. The redacted documents show that a new model number S18 smart speaker will work as satellites for the company’s soundbars to create a surround sound system and will also include built-in microphones for…
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Industrial Waste From Ants Emits Potent Greenhouse Gas
Image: Scott Bauer, US Department of Agriculture/Wikimedia New research shows that garbage piles produced by leaf-cutter ants emit significant amounts of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas. Chemical reactions within the organic waste piles produced by leaf-cutter ants create copious amounts of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, according to new research published today in Proceedings of…
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Finally, a Neural Network Can Turn a Bunch of Sheep Into Some Decent Giraffes
Generating giraffes with CycleGAN (left) and InstaGAN (right).Image: Sangwoo Mo, Minsu Cho, Jinwoo Shin Using machine learning to swap out one image for another isn’t new, but ask these systems to do something a bit more complicated than a basic faceswap, and you can end up with underwhelming or laughable results. Now, researchers say they…
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‘Dry January’ Helps People Lay Off Alcohol Even Months Later, Study Finds
Photo: Cate Gillon (Getty Images) There’s at least one healthy New Year’s resolution that you may actually maintain through the year, suggests a new study: cutting down on your drinking. The study found that UK residents who tried to abstain from alcohol for the month of January in 2018—as part of a public health campaign…
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Adding a ThinkPad Nubbin to a Mechanical Keyboard Is an Incredibly Nerdy Hack
Trackpoint users REALLY love this little red nubbin.Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Keyboards, for reasons I’m still unsure of, seem to inspire a lot of nerdery. People will spend hundreds of dollars to tweak and customize their keyboards until they’re perfect. Or they’ll bust out some old keyboard parts and a knitting needle to add a…
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First Clear Picture of Ultima Thule Reveals Snowman-Like Shape
Screenshot: NASATV The New Horizons team has released the first high-resolution images of (486958) 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, the furthest object ever explored by a spacecraft. New Horizons launched in 2006 and flew by its initial target, Pluto, in 2015. NASA then extended the mission to analyze a new target, a Kuiper Belt Object…