Medical Tactile Examiners — A New Method of Accurately Diagnosing Breast Cancer and Empowering Visually-Impaired Women
According to the National Cancer Institute, Breast Cancer is the most common type of cancer in the united states, with 1 out of 8 women being diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives, as well as making up 30% of all cancer patients.
Flavourless Peas; a new technology to combat climate change?
While flavourless peas might at first sound like a bad thing, these blander legumes could be used to help us reduce our environmental footprint.
‘Tiny Homes’ Appearing in Los Angeles for Homeless People to Live in
According to City News Service, approximately a homeless population of 66,436 in Los Angeles causes more pressure on roughhousing sleepers.
Want to Promote Sustainable Air Travel? Try an Airship.
Air travel is the most damaging form of transportation that impacts the environment, and with an expected increase in the demand for flight, researchers are looking for ways to combat this. While the options for replacing jet fuel have been developing, it is not being done fast enough.
The Rise of 3D Printed Housing
Tecla, the first prototype 3D-printed house made of clay, was built in April 2021. It was printed by a multi-levelled, modular 3D printer with 2 synchronised arms from a mixture of locally sourced materials such as soil, water, fibres from rice husks, and a binder; therefore being low carbon.
Hybe’s New Boy Group BOYNEXTDOOR Is Set to Release Their Debut Album on May 30th
Hybe, a K-pop management company which is most famous for managing BTS, has just dropped a new song by their new boy group called BOYNEXTDOOR. The group first released a music video “But I Like You” and released a music video on May 26th for another single, “One and Only” – one of the tracks in their three-song debut project.
Researchers Discover Over 5000 New Marine Species
5,578 new marine species have been discovered by an English Expedition in the Pacific Ocean. Picked up by remote-controlled robots, the species were collected and stored in boxes by the Royal Research Ship, James Cook.
Investigating how spending 100 days underwater affects the human body and mind - A courageous scientist’s intriguing experiment
It should be of no surprise that human beings still know close to nothing about the ocean — Over 80% of our ocean remains unmapped and unexplored.
New Technology to Help Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere
A handful of dark grey dust might not look like anything special, but it might just be a new technology that scientists and policy-makers can use to mitigate the effects of climate change.
IBO releases official statements about the usage of Artificial Intelligence — And why it can be a valuable opportunity for students.
Everyone has heard at least a little about the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence in the past few months, whether it be about Multinational corporations (Such as Google and Microsoft) rushing to develop their very own AI Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence being able to detect the risk Alzheimer's with over a 90% accuracy, or the humorous AI-generated deep fakes of Joe Biden playing Minecraft with Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
BLACKPINK’s Sister Group BabyMonster!! Final Run-down
M-pop agencies released a video where it reveals the final line-up of BabyMonster at midnight KST on May 12th.
New Butterfly Genus Named after Sauron from Lord of the Rings
Inspired by a similarity between the insect patterning and the infamous Lord of the Rings villain, scientists have named a newly discovered genus of butterfly Saurona.
AI Now Capable of Reading Minds by Translating Thoughts into Text
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a non-invasive AI system that has the ability to translate a person’s thoughts into a stream of text, using algorithms to analyze the brain activity. The AI system functions by monitoring electrical signals that are generated by the brain when a person has a thought.
Lauv announces his concert in Hong Kong this August
The famous American singer and songwriter Lauv has announced that he will be coming to Southeast Asia for his upcoming tour this August and September. His tour, “The Between Albums Tour”, will start in Tokyo, Japan and end in Manila, the Philippines, and of course, on August 23rd 2023, he will be stopping by Hong Kong! He will also visit Bangkok, Malaysia, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei etc.
What the heck is de-extinction?
De-extinction is about reversing extinction to re-establish processes to restore biodiversity; creating healthy animals to eventually be released into the wild and contribute positively.
“Barbie” the Movie
After being on our television screens for two decades, we are finally seeing a live-action Barbie movie make its way to Hollywood. Barbie is hitting the theatres this summer on July 21, 2023, as announced by Warner Bros. Directed by Little Women director, Greta Gerwig, and co-written by Noah Baumbach, Barbie is a fantasy comedy movie based off Mattel’s beloved Barbie dolls. Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the movie also features multiple other famous celebrities such as Simu Liu, Dua Lipa, Emma Mackey, Helen Mirren, Michael Cera and even John Cena! Rumour has it that Dua Lipa will be recording the original music for the movie, how amazing is that?