As grizzly bears expand their range in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming into places where they haven’t been seen in a century or more, they’re increasingly encountering humans. From a report: Things intensified last summer as trails and campgrounds across the region flooded with inexperienced tourists seeking refuge in the outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. Grizzly attacks spiked. Bear managers were inundated…
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Using AI and Photoshop to Fake ‘Photos’ of Ancient Roman Emperors
Machine learning “can even bring ancient statues to life, transforming the chipped stone busts of long-dead Roman emperors into photorealistic faces you could imagine walking past on the street,” reports the Verge, citing a new project by a film-industry VR specialist. Slashdot reader shirappu summarizes their report:
Daniel Voshart’s work on creating life-life images of Roman emperors from their statues started as…
Runaway truck slams into Easter Island statue
A man has been arrested after his truck caused ‘incalculable’ damage to one of the statues. The unfortunate incident happened last week when one of th… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335186/runaway-truck-slams-into-easter-island-statue…
Man slams truck into Easter Island statue, causing ‘incalculable damage’
A resident of Easter Island accidentally crashed his truck into one of the island’s famous moai statues, causing ‘incalculable damage.’ Source: https://www.livescience.com/easter-island-moai-car-crash.html
New timeline rewrites history of Easter Island collapse
Easter Island society did not collapse prior to European contact, and its people continued to build its iconic moai statues for much longer than previously believed, according to a team of researchers. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/new-timeline-easter-island-collapse…
Two Lion Cub Mummies Discovered in Egypt for the First Time
Two mummified lions, dating back about 2,600 years, have been discovered in a tomb full of cat statues and cat mummies in Saqqara, in Egypt. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lion-cub-mummies-saqqara-egypt.html