UPS will deliver prescription medicine from CVS to a retirement community in Florida. This is an expansion of the limited experiments the logistics giant has been conducting in North Carolina since last year.
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Carnivorous plants repurposed existing genes to catch insects and digest proteinHow does a plant develop a taste for flesh? In the play Little Shop of Horrors, all it takes is a drop of human blood. But in real life, it takes much more. Now, a study of three closely related carnivorous plants suggests dextrous genetic shuffling helped them evolve the ability to catch and digest protein-rich meals.
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From space, Venus is bright white because it is covered with clouds that reflect and scatter sunlight. At the surface, the rocks are different shades of grey, like rocks on Earth, but the thick atmosphere filters the sunlight so that everything would look orange if you were standing on Venus.
Venus has mountains, valleys, and tens of thousands of volcanoes. The highest mountain on Venus, Maxwell Montes, is 20,000 feet high (8.8 kilometers), similar to the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest. The landscape is dusty, and surface temperatures reach a scalding 880 degrees Fahrenheit (471 degrees Celsius). A 3D model of the surface of Venus (Download Options).
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A new "super steel" alloy shows increased strength under stressful conditions. The secret is in the molecular structure.
Researchers say they’ve made a new “super steel” that challenges conventional wisdom about new steel alloys. Instead of the usual fine-tuned balance of tradeoffs, scientists at the University of Hong Kong and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs say their super steel mitigates the catch-22s in many previous alloys. The secret is in how the molecular structure of the steel works to absorb and nullify stress damage.
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Epic Games revealed its new game engine, the Unreal Engine 5, on Wednesday, showcasing its capabilities with a breathtaking PlayStation 5 demo. Epic says the engine will release in 2021, and developers will be able to move projects from UE4 to UE5 and take advantage of next-gen optimization for PS5 and Xbox Series X titles.
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Spot, the Boston Dynamics robot dog, is now patrolling public parks in Singapore to enforce social distancing. And he’s really freaking people out.
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