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SSIMWave: Seeing the screen
“We want to become synonymous with good user experience for video,” says Abdul Rehman, co-founder and chief executive of SSIMWave. The start-up, which was spun out…
Snowball Earth melting led to freshwater ocean 2 kilometres deep
A little more than 600 million years ago, you could have drunk from the ocean. After an extreme ice age known as snowball Earth, in which…
Isolated crayfish are more resistant to the effects of alcohol
For crayfish at least, a more sociable life makes booze work quicker. When crayfish were put in water containing a little alcohol, the ones who had…
Ivy Asks…What do whales eat?
The first in a series of science videos for kids that I am making with my daughter Ivy. She wanted to know what whales ate, so…
Review of Canadian science calls for better oversight, coordination—and more money
To reinvigorate its science base, Canada needs to “reinvest” almost CAD$500 million in basic, investigator-led research over the next 4 years, according to a long-awaited review…
Oldest tooth filling was made by an Ice Age dentist in Italy
Scared of the dentist? Be glad you don’t live in the Ice Age. A pair of 13,000-year-old front teeth found in Italy contain the earliest known…