The mysterious eighth continent of Earth does not appear on most conventional maps; That is because almost 95% of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia – or Te Riu-a-Māui, as it is known in the indigenous Maori language – is a continent 2 …
Read More »New maps offer detailed insight into Zealandia’s ‘lost’ continent
The mysterious eighth continent of Earth does not appear on most conventional maps. That is because almost 95 percent of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia, or Te Riu-a-Māui, as it is known in the indigenous Maori language, is a continent 2 million …
Read More »Facial recognition to ‘predict criminals’ sparks dispute over AI bias
Image copyright fake pictures An American university’s claim that it can use facial recognition to “predict crime” has renewed the debate on racial bias in technology. Harrisburg University researchers said their software “can predict whether someone is a criminal, based solely on an image of their face.” The software “is …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass June 2020 Games: The Messenger, Night Call, Observation, Streets of Rogue
Xbox Game Pass has already added quite a few solid games in June, but Microsoft has a few more surprises for subscribers. At the end of the month, Game Pass subscribers will get four new independent games as part of the service. The 24th of June Night call It came …
Read More »COVINE COATING SCIENCE: The type of ultraviolet light kills the coronavirus in the air; effect on platelets helps explain blood clotting problems
(Corrects the name of the first post item) By Nancy Lapid June 24 (Reuters) – The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Safe form of …
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