MIT has taken offline its highly cited dataset that trained AI systems to potentially describe people using racist, misogynistic, and other problematic terms. From a report: The database was removed this week after The Register alerted the American super-college. And MIT urged researchers and developers to stop using the training library, and to delete any copies. “We sincerely apologize,” a professor…
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10 great places to see meteor showers in the US
Looking for an awesome place to watch meteor showers in the U.S.? AccuWeather – and the editors of EarthSky – recommend these 10 places. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/10-great-places-to-see-meteor-showers-in-us…
Plastic rain: More than 1,000 tons of microplastic rain onto western US
New research finds that microplastics are emitted into the atmosphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/microplastic-rain-western-us…
Disney is working on AI animatronics that interact with park guests
TV show The Imagineering Story and book Magic Journey by Kevin P. Rafferty show just how much academic research goes on at the home of Mickey Mouse, says Chris Stokel-Walker Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632881-000-disney-is-working-on-ai-animatronics-that-interact-with-park-guests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Study reveals biggest Yellowstone supervolcano eruption
The new study also suggests that the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park was much more explosive in its early history and could be slowing down. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/yellowstone-supervolcano-biggest-eruption-slowing…
America Is Reopening. Coronavirus Tracing Apps Aren’t Ready.
Smartphone apps meant to track where people have traveled or whom they have been near are mostly buggy, little-used or not ready for major rollouts, raising concerns as restrictions lift and infections rise. From a report: Local officials in Teton County, Wyo., home to Yellowstone National Park and resort town Jackson Hole, want to prevent a new wave of coronavirus cases…
Hummingbirds see colors we can only imagine
“Our experiments enabled us to get a sneak peek into what the world looks like to a hummingbird,” one scientist said. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/wild-hummingbirds-see-colors-humans-can-only-imagine…
What is a derecho? An atmospheric scientist explains these rare but dangerous storm systems
The derecho in the U.S. East on June 3, 2020, killed 4 people and left a million without power. A Colorado derecho on June 6 had winds in excess of 100 mph. Europe, Asia and South America also have derechos. Here’s what scientists know about them. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-is-a-derecho-storm-system…
750M GM mosquitoes to be released in Florida
A plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes has been condemned as a ‘Jurassic Park experiment’. The insects, which have been bred by British-bas… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/337691/750m-gm-mosquitoes-to-be-released-in-florida…
Construction Begins On World’s Biggest Liquid Air Battery
AmiMoJo shares a report from The Guardian: Construction is beginning on the world’s largest liquid air battery, which will store renewable electricity and reduce carbon emissions from fossil-fuel power plants. The project near Manchester, UK, will use spare green energy to compress air into a liquid and store it. When demand is higher, the liquid air is released back into a…