Apr 23rd, 2026 - Three insights you might have missed from theCUBE's coverage of HPE World Quantum Day Quantum computing, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing will play complementary roles in driving the next era of technology innovation. That is, if the industry can figure out a way to open doors and more easily enable development work beyond quantum specialists. Speaking with theCUBE's enterprise editor, Paul Gillin (pictured, left), as part of an AnalystANGLE segment during the HPE World Quantum Day event , Dave Vellante (right), chief analyst at theCUBE Research, explained that quantum, ... [Read More]

Apr 23rd, 2026 - A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into "normal, mature" sperm. A startup out of Utah, Paterna Biosciences, says it has successfully grown functional human sperm in a lab and used the sperm to make visibly healthy-looking embryos. The technique could eventually help men with certain types of infertility have biological children. The findings have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal or independently verified. WIRED is the first to ... [Read More]

Apr 21st, 2026 - Cambodia has reported a new human case of H5N1 bird flu in a woman, the country's fourth confirmed case so far this year. said Tuesday that the patient is a 66-year-old woman from Trapaing Thkov village in Svay Rieng Province, near the border with Vietnam. She has been hospitalized and is receiving intensive care. Health officials said sick and dead chickens were found both in the woman's village and at her home, where some of the birds had also been used for cooking. Officials are collecting samples from people who had contact with the patient, while close contacts are being given Tamiflu ... [Read More]

Apr 21st, 2026 - Welcome! Log into your account Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. Hedgehog Behavior Explained: Huffing, Anointing, Quilling, and What Normal Looks Like Hedgehog Behavior Explained: Huffing, Anointing, Quilling, and What Normal Looks Like Pet African pygmy hedgehogs are nocturnal, solitary, scent-driven, and defensive-by-default. Expect huffing, popping, and a tight ball on first contact; 12 to 16 hours of daytime sleep; wheel activity at dusk and overnight; and odd self-anointing episodes in response to novel smells. Behavior is the earliest sickness signal, so knowing ... [Read More]

Apr 21st, 2026 - Scientists once thought it would take a century or more for animals to return to deforested land in the tropics. Now, new research has found ecosystems can recover in mere decades. "It's been a huge surprise for all of us," said Timo Metz, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA and first author of the study, published in the journal Nature. "None of us expected it to be so impressive and so quick." Rainforests have been disappearing at an alarming pace for at least a century, and millions of acres a year are still burned or cut down for logging, farming or ranching, or are lost to wildfires. In ... [Read More]

Apr 21st, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Most wildlife stories about disability tend to be framed as stories of survival against the odds. But a recent study shares a very different case. It follows an endangered kea parrot named Bruce, who turned a severe disability into a surprising advantage. Bruce lives at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in New Zealand. He lost his entire upper beak, a structure most parrots rely on for daily survival. What followed was not decline, but adaptation. Disabled parrot becomes the alpha Bruce is an endangered kea from New Zealand, a bird known for its intelligence and strongly ... [Read More]

Apr 21st, 2026 - Reading time 3 minutes The cold, icy world of Uranus is framed by a pair of rings that orbit the planet at twice the distance of its main ring system. Each ring tells a different story — the outermost ring appears blue, while the inner ring has a reddish hue. For years, astronomers have wondered why the rings are so different and how each of them came to be. By decoding the light from these rings, we may finally have a clue to their unique origin stories. A team of astronomers used the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to probe the composition of Uranus' outer rings and uncover their ... [Read More]

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