Abstract This dataset, composed of 440 sounds, contains meows emitted by cats in different contexts. Specifically, 21 cats belonging to 2 breeds (Maine Coon and European Shorthair) have been repeatedly exposed to three different stimuli that were expected…

When a Russian scientist identified the Malus sieversii as the progenitor of the domestic apple, harvests in Kazakhstan’s forests were bountiful; now this wild fruit is threatened.

Two decades ago, before social media existed, Zygmunt Bauman articulated a perfect description of how it would soon shape our behavior and frame our relationships to one another. In his 2000 book Liquid Modernity, Bauman wrote: “Seen from a distance, (other…

  Today is a doubly important day: it marks the final day of the PEARL campaign and it is a celebration of another victory for the life extension community. PEARL smashed its initial fundraising […]

We’ve all heard this riddle: if you dig down deep enough in Windows 10, you’ll find elements that date from Windows 3.x days. But is it actually true? In this article we’ll discov…

Her subjects ranged widely, but she took special aim at journalism itself, writing that every journalist “knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”

Has there been any effect of the rollout of SaRS-CoV2 vaccinations on excess deaths in Scotland?

Paris Hilton is among thousands who allege abuse at programmes aimed at reforming US teenagers.

There are a lot of acquisitions in the electronics space. After the May 17, 2021 announcement of Siemens acquiring SupplyFrame (which include Hackaday and Tindie), we reached out to Siemens via Twi…

On this date in 1850, a prickly Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis stepped up to the podium of the Vienna Medical Society’s lecture hall to give his fellow doctors advice, which could be summed up in three little words: wash your hands!

The urine test could help detect brain cancer earlier than traditional scans, improving patient survival.

Fortunately, David Warren kept working on his crash-proof flight data recorder

There are a number of things that people theoretically know how to do, but which aren’t possible because of how software gets made. Some of these are almost forgotten, but there are at least …

In August, I set out to improve the machine learning ecosystem for Ruby and wasn’t sure where it would go. Over the next 5 months, I ended up...

Nature - Proof-assistant software handles an abstract concept at the cutting edge of research, revealing a bigger role for software in mathematics.