A Japanese railway company is currently using a giant humanoid robot to carry out maintenance operations on high-voltage lines. According to the company, the robot would reduce work accidents while solving the problem of a lack of qualified personnel. A humanoid maintenance robot A humanoid robot is a robot that looks human. There are already […]
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A preliminary estimate of the age of a colossal tree located in Chile suggests it could be around 5,400 years old. If this is confirmed, it would then officially become the oldest tree in the world. The record is currently still held by Methuselah, a bristlecone pine from eastern California that is approximately 4,853 years […]
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The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is one of the only diamond-bearing areas in the world accessible to the public. In this place, a regular visitor made a beautiful discovery, namely a brown diamond of almost half a gram. A 2.38 carat brown diamond On May 3, 2022, the local channel THV11 relayed […]
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The Green Launch company proposes to deliver payloads into space by means of a huge gas cannon. If it becomes more popular, this type of approach could save fuel, and therefore considerably reduce the price of launches. Cannon launch satellites Launching a rocket is often very expensive and pollutes. Also, many companies are struggling to […]
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Lions tend to become aggressive when they meet their mates, but a squirt of oxytocin in the nose can make these presentations a little less deadly, according to a study. The purpose of this work is to facilitate the integration of new groups within the framework of conservation projects. Oxytocin is a neuropeptide secreted by […]
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Astronomers have identified the first exoplanet with a layered atmosphere like Earth’s. However, make no mistake: this world is unlivable. It is also one of the most extreme ever discovered. Several observatories have led to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets in the galaxy. What astronomers would like now is to characterize some of these […]
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That Oculus Quest 2 is one of the most affordable Virtual Reality systems on the market was something we already knew before putting the glasses on our heads. What was not so clear to us is whether the gaming experience was going to be up to par. After using them for a couple of months, […]
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Twitter paid $350 million for MoPub in 2013. They purchased the company to build a custom online ad platform that would help them boost their revenues. However, it did not work out for Twitter, and it now plans to sell the company for three times what they paid for it eight years ago. The company […]
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Until now, LinkedIn was the only reputable American social network supporting operations in China. After several years of operations and a solid presence in China, Microsoft has been forced to disconnect the services of the business social network LinkedIn as part of a refocusing on the company’s strategy to adapt to the new conditions and […]
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Some companies are working on reducing pollution and costs relating to the manufacture of solar panels. This is particularly the case with Maana Electric, which should soon test a sort of small automated factory to produce panels with sand harvested from the desert. A promising project, but still mysterious In general, the production of photovoltaic […]
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