Combining

Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian TraitsThe secret to titanosaurs’ remarkable biological success may be how they merged the best of both reptilian and mammalian characteristics to form a unique way of lifeBy Kristi Curry Rogers & The Conversation USThe Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur ever displayed at the American Museum of Natural History, is unveiled at a news conference January 14, 2016 in New York. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty ImagesThe…

This Feb. 12, 2015 file photo shows the logo of French car maker Renault seen in a press conference held in Paris, France. Renault is setting out ambitious goals for its new combined electric vehicle and software business, saying it will “democratize” the market for battery-powered cars in Europe by making them as affordable as gasoline- or diesel-powered models within the next several years. Credit: AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File…

At 29 years old, Anna is full of self-loathing. She hates her job, her boyfriend is having an affair and her parents’ response to her troubles is indifferent at best. This is the starting point for A Voice of One’s Own, the first novel to be published by The School of Life. In its pages, fiction and self-help make for uneasy bedfellows.Co-founded by philosopher Alain de Botton in 2008, The School of Life broadly aims to teach its “students” how to lead calmer, more fulfilling lives. Its publishing arm, launched in 2016,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children do better at math when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. It is thought that music can make math more enjoyable, keep students engaged and help any ease fear or anxiety they have about math. Motivation may be…

Nowadays, the online market is highly competitive and most marketing channels are oversaturated by a myriad of offers generated by various businesses. So whatever businesses try to do to get an advantage, they often run into fierce competition. Fortunately, some media channels are overlooked, which provides a unique opportunity for companies to capitalize on.  After all, getting a competitive advantage is not about copying what everyone else does but doing something different and unique. That said, one of the most…

Smartwatches usually tend to not have as much room for design creativity as traditional mechanical watches, but a few watchmakers have found a way to combine both. Notable among these is Fossil, which has wholeheartedly embraced the smart way, bringing the distinctive styling of its various brands to smartwatch forms. Among these is Diesel (Fossil manufactures smartwatches with Diesel branding), known for its deliberately aggressive look which finds appeal the world over particularly for its clothing and shoes, but also…

There is another case where our program already implements a loop in the existing code. For example, most GUI programs use an event loop to respond to various events and to update the UI.Let’s take tkinter as an example. tkinter will start a main loop when it starts, and this main loop will block the main thread and keep on looping. As shown in the figure below:How does the tkinter main loop work. Image by AuthorA direct call to synchronous IO code will block the main loopLet’s take the example of a tkinter program that…

Artist’s impression of the trampoline-shaped sensor. The laser beam that passes through the middle of the trampoline membrane creating the overtone vibrations inside the material. Credit: SciencebrushPhysicists at Delft University of Technology have developed a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning methods for the first time. The microchip is capable of accurately measuring distances in materials, which could have applications in areas such as underwater measurement and medical imaging.The new…

Thanks to GIL, using multiple threads to perform CPU-bound tasks has never been an option. With the popularity of multicore CPUs, Python offers a multiprocessing solution to perform CPU-bound tasks. But until now, there were still some problems with using multiprocess-related APIs directly.Before we start, we still have a small piece of code to aid in the demonstration:The method takes one argument and starts accumulating from 0 to this argument. Print the method execution time and return the result.Problems with…

Athina Kanioura says sustainability is an integral part of PepsiCo. Image: PepsiCo"For different capabilities, we have partners," says Kanioura. "We address a specific problem that we have in this space with either a tech startup or an established company." The work with startups is led by David Schwartz, VP of PepsiCo Labs, which is a specialist team that comes under Kanioura's stewardship and is tasked with harnessing innovation. Schwatrz explained to ZDNET last year how the lab -- which has scaled more than 30…