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Hummingbirds Control Their Flight with a Newfound MechanismWhen zooming forward, hummingbirds rely on a unique internal “cruise control”By Ellyn LapointeHummingbird hovering in flight. Credit: Kenneth Lui/Getty ImagesHummingbirds are the Olympic gymnasts of the avian world. They zip around at remarkable speeds, hover in place and fly in all directions, including backward and while upside down. They can even perform flips.To achieve such agility, hummingbirds use distinct modes of visual processing to control different…

For years, SoftBank Group splashed out billions on startups at near-peak valuations without batting an eye. Now founder Masayoshi Son's tech powerhouse is relying on a new weapon as it searches for the next big thing in AI: caution.The strategy marks a vast turnaround for a company that completely transformed the world of tech investing with its high-conviction bets on startups at an unheard of scale.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

On the latest episode of 20/20, Deborah Roberts speaks with the 32-year-old one week after her release from prison Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s next move is the subject of an upcoming 20/20 episode, premiering Friday, Jan. 26. Anchor Deborah Roberts spoke with the 32-year-old one week after her release from prison, by which point she had already morphed into a viral star. Despite having been mostly out of the public eye while serving seven years of a 10-year prison sentence for orchestrating the murder of…

December 1, 20232min readSome astrocytes, thought to play only a supportive role in the brain, can communicate with neuronsBy Simon MakinAstrocytes, a type of glial cell. Credit: Thom Leach/Science SourceOur thoughts and feelings arise from networks of neurons, brain cells that send signals using chemicals called neurotransmitters. But neurons aren't alone. They're supported by other cells called glia (Greek for “glue”), which were once thought to hold nerve tissue together. Today glia are known to help regulate…

Step aside, ducks, with your corkscrew phalluses: we have a new member of the animal kingdom sporting a penis that resembles a tool you’d more likely expect to see behind a bar than in a biological body plan.Among six newly discovered and named species from the rove beetle genus Loncovilius, this admittedly fairly dull-looking brown insect may not look that remarkable at first sight, but it soon stood out to the University of Copenhagen researchers.Upon closer inspection – after all, this beetle is around 1 cm (0.4 in)…

Ever since the huge successes of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Uncharted, and The Last Of Us, films and TV shows adapted from video games have been all the rage in Hollywood. But when Neill Blomkamp received a call from Sony asking if he wanted to direct a movie based around its super-serious, hyper-realistic racing game series Gran Turismo, he was initially confused.“I almost wanted to read the screenplay just to understand what they were talking about because it just made no sense to me,” he told AFP. “Obviously, it's…

Scientists recently discovered an asteroid that tags along with Earth during its yearly journey around the sun.  Dubbed 2023 FW13, the space rock is considered a "quasi-moon" or "quasi-satellite," meaning it orbits the sun in a similar time frame as Earth does, but is only slightly influenced by our planet’s gravitational pull. It is estimated to be 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter — roughly equivalent to three large SUVs parked bumper to bumper. During its orbit of the sun, 2023 FW13 also circles Earth, coming within 9…

Tokyo can boast of political stability, a soaring stock market and potential victory over deflation, though longer-term challenges remain. Tokyo can boast of political stability, a soaring stock market and potential victory over deflation, though longer-term challenges remain. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong…

Saturn is the jewel of the solar system, with its magnificent rings and retinue of weird moons. It’s the faintest of the naked-eye planets—technically Uranus is sometimes bright enough to see, though you need good eyesight and a very dark site—but still fairly easy to pick out among the stars. If you’re an early riser (or a late partier), then now is a decent time to look for Saturn, not because it’s brighter or closer to Earth than usual but because it’s made some news recently. New research indicates its rings are…

In a cosmological matchup of “Are they or aren’t they?” the contest is firmly in the former’s favor—10 to one, at last count. The question is one of profound importance: Are the galaxies the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is seeing in the early universe really as astonishingly remote as we think they are? So far, the answer is a resounding yes. “The vast majority of these galaxies are being confirmed,” says Steven Finkelstein, an astronomer at the University of Texas at Austin. “It means that everything we saw last…