Artists utilize technology against AI copycats
NEW YORK, US - Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed...Business Culture & Society Science Social
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sets new launch attempt for Tuesday
The company finally announced a December 18 launch from its base near Van Horn, Texas. But on the day itself...Science
Repeated Covid-19 boosters is not a viable strategy: WHO
The Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-Co-VAC), an expert group created by the WHO to assess the performance...The group under WHO called for the development of new jabs that protect people who get Covid-19 against falling seriously ill
It added that such vaccines should also be better at preventing people from catching the virus in the first place
Arab Parliament for the Child to hold a session remotely
Ayman Othman Al Barout, Secretary-General of Arab Parliament for the Child (APC), has announced the third session of the Parliament...This decision announced at the organizing committee meeting came in the wake of taking precautionary measures to preserve the health of children who are members of APC
Al Barout emphasized that APC had three previous successful experiences in holding remote parliament sessions due to the pandemic
NASA sets ‘amazing milestone’ as it deploys Webb telescope in orbit
The James Webb Telescope blasted off in an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on December 25 and is heading...The NASA team declared all major deployments successfully completed as the mirror was latched into place at 1817 GMT
The engineers sent a command from the Space Telescope Science Institute for the final section of golden mirror to unfold
World passes 300 million Covid cases as Omicron breaks records
The virus mutant has spurred the world to record 13.5 million cases in the last week alone -- 64 percent...In the past seven days, 34 countries have recorded their highest number of weekly cases since the start of the pandemic, including 18 nations in Europe and seven in Africa
While far more contagious than previous coronavirus variants, Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than its predecessors
CES show highlights: Robo-dogs, self-sailing boat, brain tech
The CES tech show in Las Vegas closed its 2022 edition on Friday, after pushing ahead with a significantly downsized...French startup Wisear is working on technology that detects the signals that zip between the brain and certain muscles, in order to use them to operate connected devices
The Boston Dynamics robot dogs -- the ones compared to the killer four-legged bot in a dystopian "Black Mirror" episode -- are back and this time they are going to the metaverse
Omicron variant spread due to mix of factors
Omicron transmitted very efficiently between people due to a number of reason including make-up of the Covid-19 variant and increased...Omicron's mutations allow the virus to adhere to human cells more easily
People can be reinfected either if they had a previous infection or if they've been vaccinated says WHO
‘Ocean battery’ targets renewable energy dilemma
Amid the growing push away from climate-warming energy sources like coal, stockpiling green energy is key, experts say.Amid the growing push away from climate-warming energy sources like coal, stockpiling green energy is key, experts say
Bliek's "ocean battery" relies on massive flexible bladders on the seabed, which are filled up with seawater by the wind farm
Women’s periods may be slightly late after Covid vaccine: study
Period cycles generally last about 28 days, but the precise amount varies from one woman to another, as well as...But the number of days of bleeding was not affected, according to the research carried out on nearly 4,000 individuals and published in "Obstetrics & Gynecology."
The study can also help counter anti-vaccine misinformation on the topic, which is rampant on social media
Most countries may soon see annual heat extremes every two years
The researchers found that 92 percent of 165 countries studied will experience extremely hot annual temperatures every two years.Current plans would see emissions increase 13.7 percent by 2030, according to the United Nations climate change body UNFCCC
Ideally, when they should fall by roughly half to keep the Paris Agreement warming limit of 1.5C within reach
Calling Omicron ‘mild’ is a mistake, warns WHO chief
Just under 9.5 million new Covid-19 cases were reported to the WHO last week — a record, up 71 percent...Ninety-two of the WHO's 194 member states missed its vaccination target of 40 percent of the population by the end of 2021
However, 36 of them had not even vaccinated 10 percent of the population, largely due to being unable to access doses
