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Connected vehicles, and especially AVs, are safer than vehicles driven by humans. In fact, 90% of motor vehicle accidents are due to human error.The term ‘connected car’ is a broad one; there are several arms to this rapidly evolving technology. In its simplest form, any car outfitted with internet accessibility is termed a connected car. In the Indian auto market, this term was first popularised by MG Motors when it launched the MG Hector. Hector’s badge on the rear…

French-Tunisian documentary maker Erige Sehiri makes a watchable fiction feature with this shrewd, sympathetic ensemble study, which takes place as promised in the title: over a single working day in a fig tree orchard in Kesra, north-western Tunisia. Every day a truck comes to pick up a crowd of people doing cash-in-hand work picking the fruit: largely women, young and old, and some men. The long working day unfolds as the shadows shorten, then lengthen and friendships, enmities, generational and political disputes and…

After dealing with bouts of severe weather, a farmer in B.C.'s Fraser Valley says he and his family are looking at vertical farming to grow strawberries. Recent years have seen a heat dome and flooding, says Amir Maan of Maan Farms in Abbotsford, B.C. That's had an impact on crops."We're growing 25, almost 30 acres of strawberries outdoors, but we're only harvesting 10 acres' worth because of all the loss," he said. Those losses led to discussions with his father about the future of the family farm.Last year, Maan's…

The Milky Way's rotating disk of gas and dust gives rise to graceful spiral arms, which make up the galaxy's most active star formation sites. Now researchers using an airplane-borne telescope high in Earth's atmosphere have found a mechanism for how magnetic fields shape star birth in the dense filaments, or “bones,” that wind their way through these arms. The new work describes how galaxy-scale magnetic fields, based on their orientation and strength, can both funnel material from one area to another and prevent the…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThere’s a lot of discussion about AI replacing humans in both creative and technical fields. While there is a way to go before AI starts replacing those at the top of their craft, what about those entering into it? Experts may not be replaceable, but there may be a problem as the supply of beginners dries up due to AI competition. Too Long; Didn't ReadThere’s a lot of discussion about AI replacing humans in both creative and technical fields. While there is a way to go before AI starts replacing…

More Filipinas are getting involved in STEM but continue to struggle against social attitudes in school and in the workplace. Credit: Renemari Padillo/Ddcmis (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OPTO2.jpg). CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) The Philippines is celebrating March as women's month while citing its achievements in gender equality from increased female educational attainment…

Tár opens with the shot of the titular orchestra conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) standing backstage, as if preparing to perfect her pose and wavelength before she faces the audience. The introduction to Lydia Tár occurs in the succeeding scene- which continues for the next 15 minutes as she sits to be interviewed onstage by Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker (playing himself). Lydia, we learn, is an EGOT winner, and has been the conductor of the Boston Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, before she arrived at the…

Map of the Phlegraean volcanic fields (left), with details of carbon dioxide emissions from Solfatara crater (right). Source: G. Buono et al., 2023. Credit: Source: G. Buono et al., 2023. The Phlegraean volcanic fields just west of Naples, Italy, are among the top eight emitters of volcanic carbon dioxide in the world. Since 2005, the Solfatara crater—one of many circular depressions in the landscape left by a long history of…

Despite the fact that our universe is electrically neutral, atoms found throughout the universe can be positively charged nuclei or negatively charged electrons. When these charges accelerate, they create magnetic fields. As such, these fields can be found just about anywhere, including Earth. In fact, astronomers believe that a large magnetic field known as a “cosmic web” could even exist, but proving that has been tricky, at least until now. According to a new study, scientists may have finally found evidence…

Helium is a gas vital for MRI scanners and high-tech industry – which is suffering from severe supply issues. Now research has identified a new concept in helium gas field formation that will help secure this rare gas for society. Here a tube of helium is seen glowing in the presence of a plasma ball. Credit: Oliver Warr – University of Ottawa; AEL AMS LaboratoryHelium – essential for many medical and industrial processes – is in critically short supply worldwide. Production is also associated with significant carbon…