X Prize and IBM announce a $5 million artificial intelligence competition
The X Prize Foundation and IBM have just announced a new global X Prize competition with a focus on artificial intelligence. Teams from around the world can take part in the "IBM Watson A.I. X Prize: A Cognitive Computing Competition," as it's being called, in hopes of taking home part of a $5 million purse to be awarded at the TED conference in 2020. Registration will open at the end of May. In the early stages of AI development, opinions vary wildly on what it might be capable of, or what it ..>> view originalX Prize and IBM announce a $5 million artificial intelligence competition
The X Prize Foundation and IBM have just announced a new global X Prize competition with a focus on artificial intelligence. Teams from around the world can take part in the "IBM Watson A.I. X Prize: A Cognitive Computing Competition," as it's being called, in hopes of taking home part of a $5 million purse to be awarded at the TED conference in 2020. Registration will open at the end of May. In the early stages of AI development, opinions vary wildly on what it might be capable of, or what it ..>> view originalCan LIGO Test Quantum Gravity?
Space Archaeologist Wants Your Help to Fight Looting
By Heather Pringle PUBLISHED Wed Feb 17 00:55:00 EST 2016 For years, archaeologists have waged a desperate global battle against the looting of ancient sites and the ransacking of humanity’s past. They have pressed government leaders to post police guards at major sites, crack down on the networks of antiquity smugglers, and issue red alerts on plundered artifacts. But today American space archaeologist Sarah Parcak, winner of the $1..>> view originalMapping Agency Ordnance Survey Releases Map of Mars (LOOK)
Feb 17, 2016 10:21 AM EST By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter (r.westerholm@universityherald.com) Mapping Agency Ordnance Survey Releases Map of Mars (LOOK) (Photo : Flickr/CC: Ordnance Survey) Ordnance Survey's map of Mars. For the first time in its history, the British mapping agency Ordnance Survey released a map of a foreign world's terrain.Like Us on Facebook According to BBC News, OS posted photos mapping Mars to its Flickr account, basing them on informatio..>> view originalWhy 150000 penguins have mysteriously disappeared
No bird breeds farther south than the Adélie penguin. Antarctica is a harsh habitat, but their fast swimming skills and colony-mentality has allowed these birds to thrive.But scientists say 150,000 Adélie penguins have disappeared from their home on Cape Denison within the last five years.The authors suggest the 150,000 penguins died after the B09B iceberg was lodged in the Commonwealth Bay in 2010, blocking the birds’ main food source. This water is rarely covered by sea-ice, making it ideal f..>> view originalScientists Find 1.1M Year-Old Stegodon Tusk In Pakistan
Stegodons are the cousins of the modern elephant, and this particular tusk is thought to be 1.1 million years old. A team of scientists in Pakistan made the discovery in the central province of Punjab. The ancient, unique tusk could help researchers to find out more about how the prehistoric mammal evolved, writes Alyssa Navarro for Tech Times. Image credit: University of the Punjab Pakistan plays host to amazing scientific discovery At 96 inches in length and 8 inches in diameter, it is the la..>> view originalMeet the giant, flightless bird that once roamed Arctic swamps
This giant, flightless bird was identified by a single toe bone. (Illustration by Marlin Peterson) Back when the Arctic was a swamp — about 53 million years ago — it was home to a flightless bird with a head the size of a horse’s. This strange creature is described in a recent study from the journal Scientific Reports. Researchers don’t have all that much to go on: Their study is based on a single toe bone found on Ellesmere Island back in the 1970s. But they say it’s a perfect match for to..>> view originalFour billion people face severe water scarcity. Is there hope?
Freshwater is a key part of our lives. We drink it, we bathe in it, and we grow crops with it. But many people across the globe don't have enough of it.Some scientific studies have suggested that between 1.7 and 3.1 billion people face freshwater scarcity. But a new study blows those estimates out of the proverbial water. Some 4 billion people, nearly two-thirds of the world's population of 7.125 billion, face severe freshwater scarcity, according to a new study published Friday in the journal ..>> view originalAncient amber locks floral ancestor of modern plants frozen in time
Scientists discovered a new flower species in a unique place. Two flowers were trapped in ancient amber. The blossoms, estimated to be 20 to 30 million years old, are extinct relatives of many flowering plants still alive today. With some 80,000 different species, the "asterid" family make up about one-third of the diversity of flowering plants across the globe.The new, amber-clad member of the family is described in a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Plants. This new flower will be..>> view originalHumans and Neanderthals had sex a lot earlier than scientists thought
An analysis of the genome of a Siberian Neanderthal, published today in Nature, reveals for the first time that humans contributed DNA to the Neanderthal genome about 100,000 years ago; that's 50,000 years earlier than the previous estimate. The finding points to an earlier departure from Africa for our human ancestors. Between 1 and 7 percent of the Siberian Neanderthal’s genome was human — inherited from people who migrated out of Africa. That suggests humans and Neanderthals interbred sever..>> view original
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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