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Neural Information Processing Systems

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AI could help win 'race against extinction' of vital plants, say botanists

The Guardian

A botanist at Kew's Madagascar research site scans a plant for digitisation. A botanist at Kew's Madagascar research site scans a plant for digitisation. AI could help win'race against extinction' of vital plants, say botanists Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open'genomic goldmine' of fungi data The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the "race against extinction" faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. New technology is enabling scientists to track how flowering times have shifted by weeks around the world, rapidly identify new specimens and even get crucial genetic data from 180-year-old fungus specimens, potentially opening a "genomic goldmine". Digitisation and online access to millions of specimens that were until now only accessible in archives is also producing new insights, especially in the global south.


Golf ball-sized octopus discovered near the Galápagos Islands

Popular Science

More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A tiny, bright blue octopus is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand, but good luck trying to meet one. According to marine biologists, you'll likely have to settle with admiring it from afar for now unless you have access to a deep sea submersible--and a ticket to the Galápagos Islands . While conducting a deep sea expedition aboard the research vessel E/V, biologists spotted the diminutive invertebrate as they piloted a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) along the ocean floor near Darwin Island.


300-degree hot springs hiding under the frozen Antarctic sea

Popular Science

A robotic sub explored a hidden world 1,300 meters under Antarctica. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Antarctic sea, where glaciers drift across the surface. What kind of world lies 1,300 meters below the surface?


An odd-nosed crocodile ate our prehistoric ancestors

Popular Science

'Lucy' probably needed to watch her back. Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy's hunter, because it overlapped with the famed Lucy and her hominin kin and would have hunted them. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Humans have contended with crocodiles for a long time.





Tyrannosaurus rex took 40 years to reach full size

Popular Science

New analysis of bone growth rings shows the'tyrant lizard king' grew very slowly. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Based on the annual growth rings (like those on trees) within fossilized leg bones, scientists estimate that usually reach adulthood at around 25 years old. However, new research argues that their growth phase lasted significantly longer. They may have become fully grown--approximately eight tons--after 40 years.


Mummified cheetahs could help save the critically endangered big cats

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Cheetahs were spotted on the Arabian Peninsula as recently as 1977. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Seven naturally-mummified cheetahs are more than just an exciting paleontological find. The specimens discovered in five caves near the city of Arar in northern Saudi Arabia offer a glimpse of hope for reintroducing the species to the Arabian Peninsula. The findings are described in a study published today in the journal .