Neanderthals’ use of complex adhesives shows high cognitive abilities
The stone tool was glued into a handle made of liquid bitumen with the addition of 55% ocher. It is no longer sticky and can be handled easily. Credit: Patrick Schmidt Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence of […]
A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
by Anne J. Manning, Harvard Gazette Inside the chamber of the Quantinuum H2 quantum processor. Credit: Quantinuum Our physical, 3D world consists of just two types of particles: bosons, which include light and the famous Higgs boson; and fermions—the protons, neutrons, and electrons that comprise all the “stuff,” present company included. Theoretical physicists like Ashvin […]
Ryzen Z1’s Tiny iGPU
Editor’s Note: Just like our prior Ryzen Z1 article, the ROG Ally was kindly provided by Asus to let us test the Ryzen Z1. ASUS ROG Ally comes in two configurations: AMD’s Ryzen Z1 Extreme and the Ryzen Z1. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme uses AMD’s high-end Zen 4 APU configuration, with eight Zen 4 cores […]
Show HN: Sqlbind a Python library to compose raw SQL
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Firearms vs. armour in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance
13 Oct Firearms vs Armour in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Posted at 10:57h in Uncategorized by Stav Saristavros Did firearms render armour obsolete in the late Middle Ages/Renaissance? The short answer is… It’s complicated. There is no doubt that with the advancements of firearms in the medieval/renaissance period, we saw the gradual diminishment […]
Jstor is Now Available in 1k Prisons
More than 500,000 incarcerated learners now have access to the digital library At the end of 2023, JSTOR—a vast digital library of secondary and primary sources to support teaching and learning—reached a once unimaginable goal: providing JSTOR access in 1,000 prisons. Spread across four continents, the JSTOR Access in Prison initiative now supports the education […]
What a major solar storm could do
A Reporter at Large What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it? By Kathryn Schulz February 26, 2024 Scientists can’t predict what will happen in […]
Launch HN: Delve (YC W24) – HIPAA compliance as a service
Hey, HN! We’re Karun and Selin, co-founders of Delve (https://getdelve.com). We help companies get HIPAA compliant fast, with 1-click infrastructure, streamlined legal policies, and real-time monitoring. Here’s a quick demo: https://youtu.be/mQbb5mprsUA. HIPAA is a US federal law passed back in 1996 that sets standards for protecting sensitive health information. Here’s an article that breaks it […]
Show HN: AI Dub Tool I Made to Watch Foreign Language Videos with My 7-Year-Old
Translate your media across languages, keeping style, voice and ambient sounds. Suggest A Sample Frequently Asked Questions How does this work? Speakz takes a video in one language and generates a new audio track in another. All of which happens while preserving the original voices of the speakers, as well as other sounds or background […]
It’s now possible to find the AWS Account ID for any S3 Bucket (private too)
In 2021 Ben Bridts published a highly inventive method for finding the AWS Account ID of a public S3 bucket. This post describes a technique to find the Account ID of any S3 bucket (both private and public). I’d highly recommend reading Ben’s technique first as we will re-use a lot of concepts. S3 Bucket […]