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We humans can be a scary acquaintance for whales in the wild. This includes marine biologists tagging them with measuring devices to understand them better. These experiences can make whales behave erratically for a while. Such behaviour…

Google Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi. In 2019 she was able to calculate pi to its 31.4 trillionth digit, and now, using the same Google…

Fitness trackers and smartwatches have become quite the go-to devices for fitness and health tracking. One of the early movers in the wearables market was Fitbitwhich continues to enjoy a certain amount of fan following. Fitbit makes…

A groundbreaking new study finds that coffee beans are bigger and more plentiful when birds and bees team up to protect and pollinate coffee plants. Without these winged helpers, some traveling thousands of miles, coffee farmers would see a…

Quantum computers are getting bigger, but there are still few practical ways to take advantage of their extra computing power. To get over this hurdle, researchers are designing algorithms to ease the transition from classical to quantum…

A Scripps Research team developed a smartphone app that can calculate users' genetic risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) -- and found that users at high risk sought out appropriate medication after using the app. In the study, which…

A wind farm shares space with corn fields in Latimer, Iowa, U.S.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersAs the world grapples with a worsening climate change crisis, governments and companies are pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 —…