Bitcoin's wild ride and what's ahead for the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin has been on a volatile ride in recent times, its value rising and falling like a kite caught in variable winds.
Internet
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Avoid south-facing birdhouses—for the nestlings' sake
Ten-day-old baby birds are able to maintain their regular body temperature despite nest box temperatures of 50 degrees C or above. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden now report that nestlings pay a high price for regulating ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2018
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How a yeast cell helps crack open the 'black box' behind artificial intelligence
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers developed a visible neural network and used it to build DCell, a virtual model of a functioning brewer's yeast cell.
Computer Sciences
Mar 5, 2018
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American kestrels, most common predatory birds in U.S., can reduce need for pesticide use
Farmers are reducing the environmental impacts of pesticide use by attracting birds of prey to their lands. In some areas, American kestrels—small falcons—are replacing chemicals by keeping pests and invasive species ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2018
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Researchers invent tiny, light-powered wires to modulate brain's electrical signals
The human brain largely remains a black box: How the network of fast-moving electrical signals turns into thought, movement and disease remains poorly understood. But it is electrical, so it can be hacked—the question is ...
Nanophysics
Feb 20, 2018
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Using CRISPR to create a cell 'black box' to record cell life events
A pair of researchers with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a technique that uses CRISPR to create cell event recording systems. In their paper published in the journal Science, Weixin Tang and David Liu ...
The size of a cereal box—ESA's first satellite of 2018
ESA's first mission of the year was launched today: GomX-4B is the Agency's most advanced technology-tester yet, featuring a hyperspectral camera and tiny thrusters to manoeuvre thousands of kilometres from its near-twin ...
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2018
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Malaysia to pay US firm up to $70M if it finds missing plane
Malaysia's government said Wednesday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months, in a renewed bid to solve the ...
Other
Jan 10, 2018
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Study explores what really makes a movie successful
At more than $20 for a Saturday night movie ticket moviegoers don't want to pick a dud. Now, new research on movie marketing reveals how to pick a winner – both for customers and movie makers.
Economics & Business
Nov 7, 2017
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An inconvenient truth about 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Al Gore has a follow-up to his blockbuster documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. However, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power was greeted with far less fanfare than the original.
Environment
Aug 17, 2017
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