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Futurism

A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

Let's see how "convenient" the store manages to be. The post A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot appeared first on Futurism.

2 days ago

Futurism

A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

New York Times Science

Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate.gov Web Site

The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science.

5 hours ago

New York Times Science

Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate.gov Web Site

Futurism

Desperate AI Startup Now Cleaning Messy Apartments for Free

This is just depressing. The post Desperate AI Startup Now Cleaning Messy Apartments for Free appeared first on Futurism.

1 day ago

Futurism

Desperate AI Startup Now Cleaning Messy Apartments for Free

Futurism

Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison

"The section of the river which was cleared is really coming back beautifully, wildlife is returning, yet we are being threatened with prosecution." The post Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison appeared first on Futurism.

2 days ago

Futurism

Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison

New York Times Science

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

WIRED Science

Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what’s wrong with the Reflecting Pool—let alone how to clean up the mess.

2 hours ago

WIRED Science

Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

New York Times Science

California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.

A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.

New York Times Science

Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?

Records are being broken for the second time in a month, leading scientists to probe the upper limits of what the warming climate can dish out.

5 hours ago

New York Times Science

Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?

New York Times Science

Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

12 hours ago

New York Times Science

Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’