Stardust study resets how life's atoms spread through space

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life ...

Canine Communication 101: How to Understand What Your Dog is Telling You

Understanding dog body language can help prevent misunderstandings and build trust. This guide explains common canine signals and what they reveal about comfort, stress, and communication.
The University Times

How AI is Transforming Conservationism with Bioacoustics

In the midst of the AI revolution, Perch, a model developed by the Google DeepMind team, helps conservationists analyse audio ...
IEEE

A Sub-400-nW Real-Time Event-Driven Spectrogram Extraction Unit in 28-nm FD-SOI CMOS for Keyword Spotting Application

Abstract: Considering the power-hungry nature of speech processing, a keyword spotting (KWS) unit, used to detect multiple spoken words, is often integrated as a front-end layer. KWS systems are ...
Nature

How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t

David Brito is a postdoctoral researcher at the ABC CoLAB – Ageing Better and Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI) and, an invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine and ...
Greek Reporter

Maria Callas’ Legendary Voice Captured as Gold Spectrogram Sculpture in Dubai

Greek artist Nikos Floros created a breathtaking, three-meter tall sculpture of gold and bronze from Maria Callas’ voice echogram. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain A monumental sculpture of ...
PC World

I hate Outlook’s reading pane change. Here’s how I fixed it

Microsoft pushes often for accessibility and inclusiveness, which I love. But recently, it bungled a change in the web-based version of Outlook while pursuing this goal. The first method is fastest, ...
New Scientist

Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...
The New York Times

How to Rekindle Your Love of Reading

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a ‘Deeply Concerning’ 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades

When was the last time you curled up with a good book or flipped through the pages of a magazine? If it’s been a while, you’re not alone: The number of Americans who read for fun has plummeted over ...
Women's Health

What It Means to Get 'Left on Read'—Plus, How to Deal

You’re at a bar and strike up a conversation with a cute guy. You have so much in common: You were both competitive college athletes, have the same taste in TV and movies, want to try a local hike you ...