By Chelsea Whyte Where predators are common, this fish has more brain cellsU.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Sometimes stress can be good for a fish. When there are more predators around, killifish in Trinidad grow more brain cells than those that face no predators, and they do so even into adulthood. “I was surprised to find […]
After a general election was announced for December 12 2019, references suddenly began to appear to the 1923 election, nearly a century ago. The reason was simple: this was the last time that UK voters had gone to the polls in December. British elections are usually held in May or June, when good weather can […]
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Away CEO is stepping down in light of reports of toxic culture Steph Korey is stepping down from her role as […]
Zetwerk, an Indian business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items, has closed a significantly large financing round as it scales its operations in the nation and also helps local businesses find customers overseas. The 18-month-old startup said on Wednesday it has raised $ 32 million in a Series B financing round led by Lightspeed and Greenoaks Capital. […]
Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Apple on Tuesday released iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3 for all compatible devices. The update is available right now and can be installed over the air. The biggest changes flagged in the changelog include improvements to Screen Time, which will now allow parents to set limits for Messages or FaceTime and […]
Microsoft has released today the December 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates. This month’s updates include fixes for 36 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in the Windows operating system that has been exploited in the wild. “An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory,” Microsoft said […]
By Michael Marshall Icebergs in the water off the coast of GreenlandBenoit Lecavalier The Greenland ice sheet is melting rapidly. Between 1992 and 2018, it lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice, according to a comprehensive assessment. That is roughly in line with the most extreme scenario of future ice losses set out in the 2014 […]
December means chillier climes for northern hemisphere residents, a time to huddle inside near the campfire, both real and cyber. I’ve always thought this was a shame, as the cold crisp nights of winter also offer up sharp, clear skies. Over the past decade or so, December gives observers another reason to brave the cold: […]
In the age of FOMO (fear of missing out) and YOLO (you only live once), people are pursuing sensations and memories over material products more than ever. Statistics from Barclaycard show that in the UK, spending on theme parks, tourist attractions, garden centres, pubs and restaurants is on the up, while sales for department stores, […]
By Leah Crane An explanation for Titan’s methane lakes?NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell Titan’s climate may be influenced by an enormous underground supply of liquid methane. The first simulation to tie together the surface processes and the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon has shown that there may be methane hiding just under the surface across almost the entire satellite. […]