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Scientists have successfully extracted DNA from an ancient cheetah mummy found in a cave in Saudi Arabia. Researchers say this is the first time they have been able to extract genetic information from a naturally mummified ancient big cat, which could lead to the reintroduction of cats to the region.In 2022 and 2023, researchers discovered the desiccated skeletal remains of seven cheetahs and 54 other cheetahs in the Lauga cave network in northern Saudi Arabia’s Aral region. The ruins are between 100 and 4,000 years old.In a new study published Thursday (January 15) in the journal Communication, Earth and Environment,…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that the country will reduce its 100% import tax on Chinese-made EVs to just 6.1%, paving the way for companies such as Geely, BYD and Xiaomi to establish a second foothold in the North American auto market. However, Canada will not fully participate in China’s EV market. Initially, the country will limit annual imports to 49,000 vehicles. That cap will gradually increase to about 70,000 people over about five years, according to the Associated Press. This is a major shift, especially as the European Union considers lowering its own auto tariffs and China…

YouTube is updating its advertiser-friendly content guidelines to allow more videos about controversial issues to earn full ad revenue as long as they are discussed in a way that isn’t dramatic or graphic. These controversial topics include self-harm, abortion, suicide, domestic and sexual abuse, and more. YouTube says content related to child abuse and eating disorders will continue to be excluded from full monetization. YouTube announced the change in a video on its Creator Insider channel this week. “Until now, the level of graphic and descriptive detail, even for some dramatized material, was not considered an important factor in determining…

Deep-sea landslides in the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest hold records of earthquakes dating back 7,500 years, and similar evidence may be found at other plate boundaries around the world, a new study shows.Subduction zones are where oceanic tectonic plates slide beneath continental plates, which can cause large and damaging earthquakes, such as the 2011 magnitude 9.1 Tohoku earthquake in Japan that caused a devastating tsunami. The Cascadia subduction zone, which stretches from northern California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has the potential for earthquakes of at least magnitude 9.0, according to the Pacific Northwest Earthquake Network.But exactly…

The third edition of the UAE FoodTech Challenge, a global competition to identify and scale up the world’s most promising agritech innovations, has concluded with the announcement of four winning startups at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Out of 1,215 entries from 113 countries, 10 finalists made it to the final stage of the competition, where they presented their agritech solutions in a live pitch to an international jury. The four teams will share a $2 million prize and be invited to scale their solutions in the UAE. There, they will receive tailored in-kind support, including pilot opportunities, access to research…

It took Rebecca Yu seven days to code the dining app Vibe. She was tired of the decision fatigue that comes from group chat participants not being able to decide where to eat. Armed with Claude and ChatGPT’s determination, Yu decided to build a dining app from scratch. This app recommends restaurants to her and her friends based on common interests. “Once the Vibe coding app came out, we started hearing stories of people with no technical background developing their own apps and having success,” she told TechCrunch. “I decided that when I had a week off before school started,…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five new malicious Google Chrome web browser extensions that impersonate human resources (HR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms such as Workday, NetSuite, and SuccessFactors to take control of victims’ accounts. “The extensions work together to steal authentication tokens, block incident response functionality, and enable complete account takeover through session hijacking,” socket security researcher Kush Pandya said in a report Thursday. Extension names are listed below – DataByCloud Access (ID: oldhjammhkghhahahadcifmmlefibciph, Publisher: databycloud1104) – 251 Tools Install Access 11 (ID: ijapakghdgckgblfgjobhcfglebbkebf, Publisher: databycloud1104) – 101 Install DataByCloud 1 (ID: mbjjeombjeklkbndcjgmfcdhfbjngcam, Publisher: databycloud1104) – 1,000 Installs DataByCloud…

A team of European astronomers has discovered an impressive bar-shaped iron cloud within the famous Ring Nebula, providing an unexpected glimpse into the inner workings of this celestial spectacle. The discovery, led by researchers from Cardiff University and University College London (UCL), is the first time such structures have been observed within a nebula. This newly discovered feature appears as a thin band of perfectly aligned iron atoms inside the inner layer of the nebula’s elliptical shell. Its huge scale is astonishing. This bar extends approximately 500 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto, and its total iron mass…

Scientists in the United States and Japan have used a new type of component in artificial intelligence (AI) chips that uses less energy when performing advanced calculations. The new system allows more operations to run in parallel, allowing the chip to reach optimal output more efficiently.Most computers rely on bits (0s and 1s that represent digital information and are used by programs to execute instructions), but some specialized technologies, such as neuromorphic chips, use probabilistic bits (p-bits) instead.The P bit can be randomly switched between 0 and 1, allowing the system to explore many possible combinations of 0 and 1…

Our species, Homo sapiens, has evolved for more than 300,000 years, but the human origin story begins much earlier. Since we evolved from a common ancestor with our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, the human lineage has included many distinct species known as hominins.Scientists called paleoanthropologists, who study the origins and evolution of humans, sometimes discover new human fossils that provide a glimpse into our evolutionary history. And advances in the analysis of ancient proteins are helping us determine which species fossils belong to and whether they are male or female. We now know that there was a long…