Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is with the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI Institute), earlier known as The Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Both organizations were founded by Marc Raibert, a former MIT professor who served as Boston Dynamics’ CEO for…
Clean air policies having unintended impact driving up wetland methane emissions by up to 34 million tons
Reducing sulphur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found. The resulting additional future release of 20-34 million tons of methane each year from natural wetlands would mean targets to reduce human-caused emissions need to be more stringent than currently set…
Trump signs order to bar trans women and girls from female sports
LGBTQ rights groups condemn latest executive order directed at transgender Americans…
Egypt Reaffirms Support for Palestinian Rights Amid U.S. Gaza Proposal
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, reiterated the country’s unwavering support for the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, following a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mostafa on Wednesday, 5 February. The officials highlighted the importance of accelerating recovery and reconstruction efforts in Gaza without the need for displacing...How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
CNN — Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the…
HURIWA Hails Appointment of Uzor Kalu, Emeka Wogu on South-East Development Commission
HURIWA Hails Appointment of Uzor Kalu, Emeka Wogu on South-East Development Commission to a The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has lauded the recent appointment of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the pioneer Chairman of the Senate Committee on the South-East Development Commission (SEDC…
Why HMPV is unlikely to be the next pandemic — Experts
Tribune Online Why HMPV is unlikely to be the next pandemic — Experts AN infectious disease expert at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr Chizaram Onyeaghala, has allayed the fears that Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is extremely unlikely to be the next pandemic given the body of knowledge about the virus…
FPRO Adejobi Suppressing Citizens Rights, Freedom Of Speech – Deji Adeyanju
Adeyanju alleged that Adejobi has turned his role into a tool for intimidation rather than public relations…
Police nab three suspects with human skull in Imo
The Imo State Police Command says it has taken into custody three men in the Ogii community, Okigwe Local Government Area, for allegedly being in possession of a human skull. The suspects, Patrick Okoere (29), Ifeanyichukwu Anyaemeka (28), and Chukwuemeka Onyekachi (20), were arrested following intelligence from residents…