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Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun
Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations of what Earth could look like by the middle of this century. Normally, climate models run on supercomputers. But this effort on Amazon’s servers represents one of the first attempts to do modelling on the cloud and could revolutionise how modelling…
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Pop-up Teeth Could Improve the Grip of Any Shoe
Boots with a thick tread are a must-have accessory for safely traversing ice and snow in the winter, but slipping hazards can exist anywhere, especially for people with mobility challenges. Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new material that could radically improve the grip on the bottom of a shoe — without…
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Researchers Found A Way To Extract Detailed Slo-Mo Videos From A Single Blurry Photo
The mesmerising slow-motion footage are obscenely expensive. But soon, thanks to a new technique that can extract slo-mo videos from a single photo, the smartphone in your pocket could outperform even a high-speed camera that costs well over $100,000.
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Why Bringing Back A Wooly Mammoth Is No Longer Science Fiction
Flying Puffin – Mammu CC BY-SA 2.0 Dr. George Church is a real-life Dr. Frankenstein. The inventor of CRISPR and one of the minds behind the Human Genome Project is no longer content just reading and editing DNA — now he wants to make new life. In Ben Mezrich’s latest book, Wooly: The True Story…