Agriphotovoltaic (agriPV) or agrivoltaic rice paddy plant with a dual-axis, sun-tracking system developed in Miyada-mura, Nagano prefecture, Japan. PV panels can be tilted to minimize shading and prioritize rice growth…
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Neanderthal “workshop” unearthed in Mazovia
A team of archaeologists from the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw, the University of Warsaw, and the University of Wrocław, have unearthed an ancient Neanderthal workshop in Mazovia, Poland. The…
Marking 13 years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity picks up new skills
This view of tracks trailing NASA’s Curiosity was captured July 26, 2025, as the rover simultaneously relayed data to a Mars orbiter. Combining tasks like this more efficiently uses energy…
Lowering the bowel cancer screening age to 45 shows benefits in the US
Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels After a stable 15-year trend, local-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence increased steeply in adults aged 45 to 49 from 2019–2022, including a 50% relative increase…
China’s Baidu to deploy robotaxis on rideshare app Lyft
China’s tech companies and automakers have poured billions of dollars into self-driving technology in recent years. Chinese internet giant Baidu plans to launch its robotaxis on rideshare app Lyft in…
Quantum framework offers new approach to analyzing complex network data
QTSP, which is at the core of ranking algorithms, processes higher-order data. This data is represented as graphs and transformed into other graphs. This is usually taxing for classical computers,…
How Kids Learn What Emotions Really Mean
Key Questions Answered Q: Why do young children struggle to recognize adult emotions?A: Young children rely heavily on facial perception and haven’t yet developed the conceptual knowledge needed to fully…
Brazil launches COP30 accommodation platform after pressure from UN committee
The Brazilian government launched a long-awaited official accommodation platform for COP30 last Friday after a UN committee had urged the summit’s hosts to find urgent solutions for the mounting logistical…
The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved
A mysterious disease has been turning sea stars into goo since 2013. Now, there’s a leading suspect behind the killings — a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, researchers report August 4 in Nature Ecology &…
Sunrise hits SpaceX’s Crew-11 rocket on the pad photo of the day for August 4, 2025
Crew-11 was the eleventh operational crewed mission that SpaceX has launched for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), a partnership launched in the 2010s to return astronaut launches…
