Imagine stumbling upon a video of yourself doing something you’ve never done or saying something you’ve never said. Scary, right? That’s the unsettling reality many face with the surge of deepfakes, and celebrities are the prime targets. In an era…
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In a first, scientists recover RNA from an extinct species — the Tasmanian tiger
Scientists have for the first time recovered and sequenced RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, a Stockholm University researcher told CBS News. The breakthrough potentially raises hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever. “People didn’t…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Brings Bennu Asteroid Sample to Earth
A brown-and-white capsule that spent the last seven years swooping through the solar system — and sojourning at an asteroid — has finally come home. And it has brought a cosmic souvenir: a cache of space rock that scientists are…
How Japan’s Salarymen Embraced Short Sleeves Through ‘Cool Biz’
It was the tail end of another long, hot Tokyo summer, and salarymen across the city were looking at their wardrobes with dread. Every year from May to September, Japan’s famously conservative corporate workers and government employees set aside their…
Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice
Espen Finstad was trudging through mud in the Jotunheimen mountains of eastern Norway this month when he happened upon a wooden arrow, bound with a pointed tip made of quartzite. Complete with feathers, it was so well-preserved that it looked…
Chandrayaan-3 Lander, Rover Set To 'Wake Up' From 'Sleep' On Moon: Jitendra Singh
The minister also highlighted “how the NDA government has brought space programmes and rocket launching activities out of the veil of secrecy”, to a time when thousands watched the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s launch live from Sriharikota on August 23.
Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide
“We mapped the area that’s likely to be affected, which, when you combine that with population data, shows that 23 million people in the world are living on ground that would be considered ‘contaminated’,” said Chris Thomas, who is professor…
US Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates At 22-Year High
The US Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep interest rates at a 22-year high. (Representational) Washington: The US Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep interest rates at a 22-year high, while forecasting an additional rate hike before the end of…
Selena Gomez reflects how her fans connected with her work in difficult times: ‘Little Scary’
Selena Gomez, who has an astounding 429 million Instagram followers and is the platform’s most popular female user, has never been overly concerned with her online presence. “I’ve never really cared about that stuff,” Gomez noted in conversation with Universal…
Will AI kill the subtitle writer?
With more people reading captions rather than listening to content, subtitles are big business. Now, AI looms over this jobThis reflects in the global captioning and subtitles market. In 2021, it was just under $300 million, according to the data…