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Powerful AI finds 100+ hidden planets in NASA data including rare and extreme worlds 🇺🇸 AI Uncovers Over 100 Hidden Planets Astronomers have some new best friends: AI tools like RAVEN. By sifting through heaps of data from NASA's TESS mission, RAVEN has confirmed more than 100 exoplanets and unearthed 31 brand-new worlds. It's like finding needles in a cosmic haystack. Some of these planets are insanely extreme, orbiting their stars in less than a day or hanging out in places where planets were thought to be rare. The Neptunian desert, they call it. This is big news for anyone dreaming about what else is out there. But hey, who said space exploration was dull 🇪🇸 IA Descubre Más de 100 Planetas Ocultos Los astrónomos tienen nuevos aliados: herramientas de IA como RAVEN. Al analizar toneladas de datos de la misión TESS de la NASA, RAVEN ha confirmado más de 100 exoplanetas y descubierto 31 mundos completamente nuevos. Como buscar agujas en un ...

Blood-based DNA marker tracks arsenic exposure and may predict toxicity risk 🇺🇸 Arsenic Exposure and DNA Markers Researchers have made a breakthrough that is strangely simple yet powerful. They identified a blood-based DNA marker that tracks arsenic exposure. Imagine being able to see the impact of contaminated water without invasive procedures. It's like having a window into the body's response to this toxic element. The study showed that these markers can predict how susceptible someone might be to arsenic's damaging effects. But there's complexity here too. Not everyone reacts the same way and scientists are still piecing together why some people's DNA just doesn't react as strongly. 🇪🇸 La exposición al arsénico y los marcadores de ADN Un grupo de investigadores ha encontrado un marcador de ADN basado en la sangre que puede seguir la exposición al arsénico. Este hallazgo permite observar cómo afecta el agua contaminada al ...

18th-century mechanical volcano roars to life 250 years later 🇺🇸 Reviving Hamilton's Mechanical Volcano Picture this: two students at the University of Melbourne digging through dusty archives and stumbling upon an 18th-century watercolor. In it, a mechanical volcano imagined by Sir William Hamilton in 1775. Fast forward to today and these students have brought that very idea to life. Using LED lights and electronic systems, they've made Hamilton's vision erupt in glowing reds and explosive flashes. It's like Vesuvius without the danger or lava but with all the drama. Who knew old volcanic drawings could lead to such a show? This unexpected revival is not just about nostalgia; it's a nod to historical curiosity meeting modern technology. 🇪🇸 Renace el volcán mecánico de Hamilton Imagínate esto: dos estudiantes de la Universidad de Melbourne buceando en archivos viejos y encontrando una acuarela del siglo XVIII. En ella, un volc...

Deadly feline coronavirus variant has been present in the US for more than a decade 🇺🇸 Feline Coronavirus Variant Surfaces in the US Researchers at Cornell University stumbled upon something unsettling. Thousands of cats were dying due to a lethal variant of feline coronavirus over in Cyprus, but now it turns out that same strain has been lurking in the US for way longer. More than a decade. Which is strange if you think about it because no one noticed until all these cats started dying halfway around the world. How could something this deadly go undetected for so long? It raises questions about our surveillance on animal diseases right here. 🇪🇸 Variante de coronavirus felino detectada en EE.UU. Algo inquietante surgió del trabajo de investigadores en la Universidad de Cornell. Resulta que una variante letal del coronavirus felino, responsable por miles de muertes en Chipre, ha estado presente en Estados Unidos desde hace más de diez años. Nadie habí...

A Bit of Data Center Heat Can Be Turned Back into Electricity 🇺🇸 Turning Heat to Electricity Michael Abdelmaseh had this kinda wild idea. He looked at the heaps of heat spewed out by data centers and thought: hey, why not convert some of it into electricity? It sounds a bit like science fiction, if we're honest. But this is real stuff. Using the thermoelectric effect, he's trying to trap some of that waste heat and turn it back into something useful. I know it seems simple when you put it that way, but seriously, it's a whole process that involves specific materials and conditions. A discovery like this could actually change how we look at energy waste in tech. 🇪🇸 Convertir el calor en electricidad Michael Abdelmaseh apareció con la idea de convertir el exceso de calor de los centros de datos en electricidad reutilizable. Eso suena a ciencia ficción, ¿verdad? Pero es una propuesta real y concreta que utiliza el efecto termoeléctrico p...

NASA Kennedy Center Director Announces Plans to Retire [TITLEEN]Janet Petro's Retirement Announcement[/TITLEEN] NASA dropped some big news. Janet Petro, the woman at the helm of Kennedy Space Center for a while now, is stepping down. It's not every day you hear about someone with such a diverse background in military and industry making waves at NASA. This is the same Janet who started with them back in 2007. And then rose through the ranks to become center director. She's not leaving just yet, but announcing her plans to retire. You've got to wonder what sparked this decision — something personal or just time for a new chapter? [TITLEES]Anuncio de retiro de Janet Petro[/TITLEES] La noticia que arrojó la NASA es algo impactante: Janet Petro, quien ha liderado el Centro Espacial Kennedy, se retira. No todos los días se escucha sobre alguien con un trasfondo tan diverso en el ámbito militar e industrial causando impacto en la NASA. Ella come...

This “Pink Floyd” spider hunts prey 6x its size and lives in walls 🇺🇸 Pikelinia floydmuraria Meets the World Imagine naming a spider after Pink Floyd. The Pikelinia floydmuraria, it’s not your average wall-dweller. Researchers stumbled upon this tiny arachnid by observing its preference for urban walls, which is strange, if you think about it because why would a spider hang out there? Well, they don’t just hang out. They hunt and use those walls as strategic spots to catch prey much larger than themselves. Ants are their go-to meal—up to six times their size! Maybe it’s the lights nearby that attract the bugs they feast on, but no one's totally sure yet. 🇪🇸 Llega al Mundo la Pikelinia floydmuraria Imagina ponerle el nombre de Pink Floyd a una araña. Parece raro al principio, pero esa es la historia de la Pikelinia floydmuraria. Los investigadores la encontraron en las paredes urbanas y se sorprendieron de su habilidad para cazar insectos much...

AI Processing of Earth Images Can Now Run in Space 🇺🇸 AI in Space: A New Frontier Planet Labs did it. They managed to run AI image processing directly on their Pelican-4 satellite cruising above Earth. Imagine that — identifying objects from space as they fly over landscapes without needing to send all the data back to Earth first. The satellite caught sight of an airport in Alice Springs, Australia, and picked out more than a dozen planes sitting on the runway. Each plane neatly boxed in green by an onboard AI model. It’s taken Planet Labs engineers 18 months to get here. That's a long time for tech development these days. 🇪🇸 La IA Desde el Espacio Planet Labs lo ha logrado: procesamiento de imágenes por IA directamente en su satélite Pelican-4 mientras orbita la Tierra. Han conseguido identificar objetos sin que los datos vuelvan primero al planeta. Un aeropuerto en Alice Springs fue captado, con aviones en la pista y cada uno rodeado por u...

Robot Talk Episode 154 – Visual navigation in insects and robots, with Andrew Philippides 🇺🇸 Ants and Bees: The Unexpected Navigators People often think that robots are the future of navigation. But it turns out, ants and bees have been doing something similar for ages. Andrew Philippides explained how their tiny brains manage to find food and return home without GPS. Ants use landmarks — like twigs or stones — alongside their internal maps to chart a path back to the nest. Bees? They’re more into angle measurement with some kind of celestial GPS, which sounds chaotic but works for them. So now we’re looking at these insects to help us design better robotic navigation systems. Who’d have thought that? 🇪🇸 Hormigas y abejas: Navegadoras inesperadas Se suele pensar que los robots son el futuro de la navegación, pero resulta que las hormigas y las abejas llevan haciendo algo parecido desde siempre. Andrew Philippides explicó que estos insectos pueden enc...