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According to CNBC, the Act is the “first significant” change to maritime legislation in nearly 40 years. It comes as the country continues to struggle with capacity challenges at its ports, which have set new volume records over the past year as a ripple effect of Covid-19, causing major disruptions and backups. Prices have also skyrocketed—Freightos, a booking platform for international shipping, says shipping costs are up 41 percent globally from last year....

Researchers from NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics had an idea: What if you tracked the followers of accounts that were banned for hate speech, and sent these followers (who also used hate speech in their tweets) a warning about their bad behaviors? Would these users be pressured into changing what they posted? It turns out, the answer is yes—at least for a brief time after receiving the warning....

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However, many places still suffer from unhealthy air and air pollution may be slowly creeping back. And now, it appears that low air quality is putting people at greater risk of dying from COVID-19. At least three recent studies have connected high levels of air pollution exposure to increased risk of death from the virus. “COVID-19 seems to be affected by air pollution,” says John Balmes, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco....

A study published on November 15 in the journal iScience found that some AirPods were able to help people with mild to moderate hearing loss. Audiology experts and bioengineers in Taiwan tested Apple’s AirPods 2 and AirPods Pro alongside premium and basic hearing aids sold in the region. Among the two wireless headphone models, the AirPods Pro stood out, meeting four out of five technology standards for hearing aids, the researchers note....

The capsule will perch atop the Space Launch System (SLS), a rocket just taller than the Statue of Liberty that is capable of sending 27 metric tons to the moon. The Artemis I launch is scheduled for March 2022 at the earliest. For this mission, there will be no crew in this crew capsule save a mannequin named Campos. (NASA is already calling it the “Moonikin.”) According to NASA, The Artemis I mission will travel around the moon and back again over four to six weeks....

But now, moments like that (which Popular Science dubbed the “checkmate heard ’round the world” in 1997), are fewer and farther between. In a dichotomous world where artificial intelligence is either slowly improved in the open, like virtual personal assistants, or tweaked on the server-level to provide better customized content or facial recognition, these benchmark moments are usually more ambiguous. Today (and late last night) two companies highly-invested in artificial intelligence are both trying to lay claim to the same benchmark, beating human players at the ancient Chinese game of Go....

In the 25 years or so since the game’s launch, that little paper rulebook has evolved and grown thicker. The total game has more than 20,000 unique cards, each with its own abilities and interactions. As a result, the rules now reside in a 237-page document on the website for the game’s parent company, Wizards of the Coast (owned by Hasbro). Essentially, players take turns managing resources, casting spells, and putting creatures onto a “battlefield” to fight....

According to the writings of Georg Wilhelm Steller, the sea cow was driven into extinction somewhere around 1768, only 27 years after its first encounter with Europeans. Steller, who the sea cow is named after, was a a scientist who accompanied Russian merchants on commercial voyages to the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea in the 18th Century. Overhunting likely drove the Steller’s sea cow to extinction and scientists believe that this change in the ecosystem was detrimental to the health of the west’s kelp forests....

The iPhones: iPhone 14, Plus, Pro, and Pro Max Before we highlight the differences among Apple’s iPhone 14 models, there are a few new and exciting changes you’ll see across the whole line. All the new phones run iOS 16, the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, out of the box. If you’re new to the iPhone, or haven’t installed iOS 16 yet, it introduces a bunch of interesting new features, including the ability to customize your lock screen, edit sent messages, and enable haptic feedback for the keyboard....

ResearchKit is Apple’s open-source health software platform that lets researchers design apps for medical research. It was launched seven months ago, and has already been used by researchers across the country to study diseases including Parkinson’s and asthma. Now research institutions are launching three new apps. Combined with the tools already available on ResearchKit, the company hopes the apps will allow more people to participate in clinical trials, which will provide researchers with more data from a diverse background–a crucial component for studying how and why certain diseases occur....

The Saint-Malo will have a battery with an 11.5 megawatt hour (MWh) capacity, which Brittany Ferries says is about double the size of most hybrid marine vessels on the water today. Wärtsilä, a Finnish technology group, is creating the ship’s hybrid propulsion system that can draw on both liquified natural gas and battery power to run. “The extensive battery size will allow the vessels to operate with full power, using both propellers and all thrusters to maneuver emissions-free in and out of ports, even in bad weather....

Scientists don’t know a lot about what causes these violent eruptions of radio waves. Some theorists posit that the explosions emanate from the collision of extremely dense objects like black holes or neutron stars. Others suggest FRBs come from the collapse of distant stars. Now, astronomers are accruing the evidence they need to put the pieces of the FRB puzzle together—a newly spotted burst has two key attributes that might help astronomers take a more sustained look at these enigmatic explosions....

To find out what genes controlled high activity levels, Lightfoot and his colleagues bred a super-active strain of mice with a super-sedentary strain of mice. Then, after measuring speed, endurance, and distance for the mice on a hamster wheel, they were able to correlate the mouse behavior with genetic information, identifying 23 genes involved in activity during two studies. The findings are contrary to what Lightfoot originally thought caused the difference between the marathon and couch potato mice....

But then the hackers got hold of it. Within days of the Eee’s release, forums on a fan site, eeeuser.com, were buzzing with homebrew upgrades to remedy its shortcomings—users discovered ways to solder extra memory inside, attach additional gadgets, and install other operating systems. If you’re willing to do a little tinkering, you’ll find that big things will come from its small package. Basic: Install more RAM If your Eee PC comes with a sticker on the bottom panel covering the RAM slot warning that breaking it is a warranty violation, don’t worry: Asus reversed that position shortly after putting the Eee on the market....

Fact: This skeleton was found with a knife in place of his hand By Sara Kiley Watson Inside Longobard cemeteries, really weird stuff can be found—people sharing tombs, jewelry, dogs, headless horses. But the strangest of all is likely the knife-armed man. Researchers who excavated the site in the 1980s and 1990s disccovered a corpse dated back to around the 6th to 8th century AD who had his right forearm amputated, healed, and replaced with a knife....

Best overall: Samsung Odyssey G7Best 1440p gaming monitor: Dell Alienware AW2721DBest 1080p monitor: Gigabyte Aorus FI25FBest 24-inch monitor: ASUS Tuf Gaming VG259QMBest for esports: BenQ ZOWIE XL2546KBest budget: AOC C27G2Z How we selected the best 240Hz monitors Throughout my career in tech journalism, I’ve been privileged to test and review a wide array of computer monitors for publications like IGN and MMORPG. They’ve spanned the gamut from affordable 1080p displays to high-end, big-screen panels with 4K resolutions and fast refresh rates....

According to the National Resources Defense Council, composting “adds nutrients and organic matter back to the soil,” a.k.a. black gold. This “benefits agriculture, reduces our reliance on synthetic fertilizers, diverts methane-producing organic materials from landfills, and improves soil’s water retention capacity so you don’t need to water as much.” Plus, composted soil is said to produce more delicious fruits and vegetables. Despite how complicated it may sound, all you really need is the right composting bin or compost barrel and the desire to be an eco-superhero....

With so many options to pick from, we selected the best desk lamps that will go easier on your eyes, optimize valuable desk space, and are designed with adjustable settings to accommodate any task. These desk lamps provide plenty of wattage to brighten your day. From high-tech picks like auto-adjusting lamps from Dyson to simplistic styles from Lite Source, there’s a lamp to suit any desktop. They’re also an important part of your office decor....