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Any science textbook on vision tell us we can not see infrared light. As X-rays or radio waves, infrared waves are outside the spectrum visible to the human eye. However, researchers have found that under certain conditions the retina itself may after all perceive infrared light.
Every year, thousands of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles make their way up the Eastern seaboard this summer, but not all of them made it back as the cold weather came. The Florida Aquarium had to take in 10 turtle victims of what is known as “cold stunning”, a hypothermic reaction to prolonged cold water temperatures and its often fatal.
We are talking about humans eating mostly bacteria-digested biomass, and let’s just say that you are unlikely to see it on a menu at any restaurant, unless the sun gets blocked.
GT Advanced Technologies, the company contracted to provide Apple with the sapphire display for the upcoming Apple Watch, has announced it will be cutting 890 job positions.
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Micro-blogging site Twitter recently announced that it has launched a new, searchable index of every public tweet ever made since its inception in 2006.
A new study has found evidence of social learning in chimpanzees – one of the first instance of such an event actually witnessed. Chimpanzees are one of our closest biological cousins among the primates, and as such they’re always been a subject of close study.
In a rare event that showcases that Facebook may actually be listening to the concerns of its users, the social media giant has provided a custom Tor link for users who wish to have their internet presence anonymized.
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The OnePlus 8t charges in an amazing 15 minutes to provide a full day of power. The 120Hz display is fluid providing a 6.55" viewing experience. The phone camera is a whopping 48 MP Quad Camera that includes an ultra-wide viewing lens.
The J-Tech Digital Wireless HDMI Extender provides an exceptional viewer experience by eliminating cabling and allowing you to transmit high-quality video and audio over 5GHz Wi-Fi networks.
The Elando Crystal Clear case uses high-grade german TPU and PC materials that means that it does not yellow. It is shock-proof and designed to absorb pressure. It offers phone and camera protection combined with a great grip.
The Xbox Series S is a next-gen entry-level console that comes in a compact design with powerful specs and completely silent operation. The console offers high frame rates and ray tracing, with super-fast load times to boot.
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QR Codes are everywhere these days and have a range of uses from buying a coffee to linking to a website. Doubtlessly you've seen those distinctive little black-and-white squares and wondered what they are?
QR Codes are everywhere these days and have a range of uses from buying a coffee to linking to a website. Doubtlessly you've seen those distinctive little black-and-white squares and wondered what they are?
Female-oriented dating App Bumble caused a stir when it went public back in February. After falling below its initial public offering price of $43 per share in May, bumble stock has now recovered to trade above the fifty-dollar mark.
Deciding which version of Facebook to use on your mobile device is not easy. You have two options: Facebook Touch (or Mobile), which runs in a web browser; or the Facebook application, which requires installation.
YouTube to MP3 converters let you rip audio from videos posted online. Once downloaded you can listen to them offline. Here are the ten best free and paid YouTube to MP3 converters of 2021.
We live our lives online. The recent COVID-19 Pandemic has fuelled what was already a sustained trend. The average person now spends an incredible 145 minutes a day online. The ubiquity of the Web is all but complete. But what about its origins? Just how old is the World Wide Web?
Imagine waking up one morning and realizing that a cybercriminal has gained access to your bank account and credit cards. You discover you've been hacked and sensitive personal information stolen. How can you improve Cybersecurity?
Over the last few decades, the work China has done in the field of biomedicine has provided many different breakthroughs and revelations that would otherwise have gone undiscovered. China has spent billions of dollars to build new laboratories and train new scientists in an effort to become the world's leader in this field of study.
66 million years ago, an enormous bolide meteor impact in what is now Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula sealed the fate of more than three-quarters of Earth's plant and animal species. In the devastating decades-long global winter that followed, the larger dinosaurs were the first to die out, followed soon after by most of their relatives.
In the year 1770, the explorer Samuel Hearne was tramping through the snow and bitter cold near Great Slave Lake, in what would become the North West Territory, Canada. He looked up in the sky to see a shimmering and dancing curtain of green and yellow, high in the black sky. Today this spectacle is known as the Northern Lights.
Cloning has been a staple of science fiction for the last fifty-plus years in Hollywood as well as literary works. The uniqueness lies in the characteristics of the life of a clone. Although fictitious, Hollywood has offered a unique perspective regarding the possibilities of human cloning.
The misery continues for prospective PS5 buyers as another limited drop of Best Buy PS5 consoles dries up. The retailer was the only one to have a PS5 restock this week, after a busy end of May, with the in-demand console selling out at GameStop, Walmart, Target, and Amazon.
Facebook mtouch is a browser-based mobile version of the popular Facebook website that has now been superseded. It was Facebook's first attempt to provide a simplified user experience for touch-based mobile devices. It has now been rolled into the m.facebook.com domain.
Apple's much anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 7, at 10 a.m. PDT. The 32nd event will be an all-digital live stream running through to June 11. The conference is expected to run along the same lines as last year's event.
Microsoft has accelerated its industry cloud strategy in a $16 billion deal to buy leading cloud communications platform, Nuance. In an all-cash transaction, the Redmond giant will acquire all of the outstanding stock for 56 dollars a share.
After only a month since going live, former President Donald Trump has called time on his blog. Trump's senior aide, Jason Miller said the blog has been shut down and will not be returning.