The potato came from a surprising mashup. Spuds are a basic, delicious food for millions worldwide, yet their origin and evolution have long been a scientific mystery. Not anymore, scientists say. The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant…
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I am not normally a fan of lotions and potions, but right now, four small vials sit on my bedside table. Every morning and every night, I open and sniff each one in turn, savouring the scents as they hit my nostrils. First, the sharp tang of lemon, followed by the abrasive chill of…
The danger of the process Issue: “The EPA, together with the ‘Climate Working Group’ (CWG) of regular suspects (more Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick) in Doe, has just presented a document for public comments, its attempt to rescind the 2009 hardening danger finding for greenhouse gas emissions.” Once again, the United States is in its…
Image credit: https://www.notesonzoology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/clip_image002-97.jpg The kidney is the most important excretory organ of the frog. The frog excretes urea, ammonia and water. In the reborn, the kidney is a delivery, but in the adult kidney it is mesonéfic. The reborn is ammonotelic, while the adult is urreotelic. The kidney is an related organ. It is found…
In a recent advance, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)A Joint Mission of the NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), have provided extraordinary images that deepen our understanding of celestial phenomena. Webb observations of NGC 6072A planetary nebula located at 3,300 light years away in the Scorpius constellation, has…
The image is a little of soft Leon mountain skins in the chin of a spike wire. I am on the 87th of 100 walking 200 square miles around my house in Colorado, mainly in public lands where wild animals have the influence. Today was a steep and tree -linked drawing of rocks and its…
Abstract A new species of the snake genre Xylofis It is described in the Wayanad region in the Western Ghats of India. The new species, X. Chenkaruppan sp. nov.It is described based on six specimens collected from Vellarimala and Kurichyarmala Hills. The molecular genetic analysis based on three mitochondrial markers (16S, CyTB and ND4) and…
With the integration of data, computational power and algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the traditional model of discovery and development of drugs. This synergistic collaboration improves efficiency, precision and success of drug research while reducing development times and costs. Together with automatic learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), AI has advanced in many drugs…
In Sxsw London, I had the pleasure of seeing Deepmind’s co -founder, Demis Hassabis, talk about the future of artificial intelligence. Among many stimulating points, two comments were left. First, he emphasized the importance of understanding the foundations. Secondly, he defended the scientific method as a guiding principle to make significant progress in AI. The…