An AI company is helping Michael Bommer, 61, create a meaningful digital identity to protect his legacy before he dies. Eternos.Life captured Bommer’s voice, personality and memories to program his digital version. The team integrated data capture, transcription and chat capabilities so his family could stay in touch with him for generations, according to the … Read more
A recent study shows that the extraordinary lifespan of the Greenland shark, the oldest living vertebrate species, may be significantly influenced by muscle metabolic activity. These insights could be crucial for protecting this species, which is facing threats from climate change, and could even provide new opportunities to improve cardiovascular health in humans. “Aging is … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Grapes have played an important role in human history for thousands of years, forming the basis for the wines our ancestors made thousands of years ago. But that might not have been the … Read more
The melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, which contains more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating and could reach a tipping point much sooner than predicted, according to research published Tuesday. The research, which was published in the journal Nature communicationshows that ice loss from the Juneau Icefield began to accelerate rapidly after 2005. The paper’s authors … Read more
META is ending support for a beloved virtual reality tool. Users are begging the company to reconsider. In an email to owners of the original Meta Quest, the company informed them that the headset would no longer receive bug fixes or security updates as of August 31. Meta has announced that it will end support … Read more
Lithouva – the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top image shows fossil accompanied by CT scan reconstruction. Bottom image shows artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. If you’ve ever consumed raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may have partly to thank … Read more
Very few people are downloading the big console games that were ported to the iPhone in the past year – and an even smaller number are paying $15-50 to unlock the full games. Apple has showcased games like Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7, Death Stranding and Assassin’s Creed Mirage in its keynotes over the … Read more
Cyclists in London say they are “incredibly disappointed” after councilors voted to allow taxi drivers access to the previously notoriously dangerous Bank Junction, where traffic restrictions have been in place for seven years restricting the intersection to cyclists, pedestrians and buses. In May 2017, the junction and surrounding streets, which are in the heart of … Read more
By Stacy Liberatore for Dailymail.com Published: 1:06 PM EDT, June 19, 2024 | Updated: 2:41 PM EDT, June 19, 2024 The face of the first man was revealed 300,000 years after his death. Scientists have reconstructed the oldest known Homo sapien skull, found in Morocco, which was missing the lower jaw when it was uncovered … Read more
Planets could survive the death of their star and be able to sustain life – and now astronomers are hunting for them. Stars don’t survive forever, the sun included. In about five billion yearsEarth’s star will begin to deplete its supply of hydrogen used to generate energy nuclear fusion at its core. The Sun’s core … Read more