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Un globo chino violó el espacio aéreo estadounidense, un incidente lo bastante grave como para impedir una reunión diplomática de alto nivel entre Estados Unidos y Pekín. Sin embargo, el globo en sí no representaba una gran amenaza.
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat.
As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.
The death of a Black motorist after a beating by five Black Memphis police officers has triggered national outrage over police brutality and systemic racism with the U.S. criminal justice system.
Ahora que los sistemas de IA pueden generar imágenes realistas y prosa convincente, ¿los trabajadores creativos están en peligro o a punto de aumentar su productividad? No está claro.
Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or poised for productivity gains? A panel of experts says it’s not so clear-cut.
Noxious smells and blowing ash initially made the homes unlivable. But even after their homes were cleaned, some residents still reported health effects months later.
The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
Les toilettes éjectent des gouttelettes d’aérosol, parfois porteuses de pathogènes… Savoir comment ces particules se déplacent pourrait aider à réduire notre exposition dans les toilettes publiques.
Toilets eject aerosol droplets that may carry disease-causing pathogens. Learning about how these particles move could help reduce exposure in public restrooms.
Synchrony is ubiquitous throughout the universe. But physicists’ equations predicted there could also be erratic exceptions marching to their own beat. Now they’ve been spotted in firefly swarms.
The turmoil at Twitter has many people turning to an alternative, Mastodon. The social media platform does a lot of what Twitter and Facebook do, but there are key differences.
Gejolak di Twitter membuat banyak komunitas ingin hengkang. Tapi, riset menemukan suatu komunitas tidak akan bisa sepenuhnya sukses memindahkan jejaring mereka dari satu platform ke platform lain.
Muchos usuarios sopesan dejar Twitter tras la llegada de Elon Musk. ¿Y cuál sería su nuevo destino? Un estudio demuestra que las migraciones de unas plataformas a otras suelen tener un coste muy elevado.
Professor of Environmental Studies and Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder