Typical hurricanes are easy to see in a satellite image: moving clouds surround a quiet eye. These hurricanes usually occur in the lower layers of the atmosphere, which are closer to the earth’s surface, and release heavy rains and strong winds. But according to a recent study, space hurricanes are …
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Scientists read a 300-year-old sealed letter without opening it
Scientists are using “letterlocking” to read sealed centuries-old letters. Nature Communications The contents of a handwritten European letter sealed for Years0000 will no longer be secret, thanks to technology that allowed scholars to look inside virtually without damaging a complexly constructed historical document. In a letter dated July 31, 1697, …
Read More »Apple may disable Rosetta 2 on M1 Mac in some areas, MacOS 11.3 code suggests
Like the original Rosata technology, the Rosata 2 allows users to run MacOS applications from one platform to another – this time translating Intel applications into the ARM architecture of the M1 chip. While I don’t expect Rosetta to go away anytime soon, Apple may disable it in some regions …
Read More »NASA’s latest 1998 Mars rover has an iMac-like processor
NASA’s new Perseverance Rover is the most advanced machine that has ever landed on Mars. But when it comes to rovers, “state of the art” is a subjective term. With the exception of the PowerPC 5050, a single course, with a 6 million transistor with a 33 MHz processor, most …
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