China sent the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon back to Earth
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has landed on the Moon’s far side, where soil samples were extracted from the surface and taken back to Earth. The samples have been sent back to Earth as part of China’s “first-of-its-kind effort” to collect lunar samples. Chang’e-6 will be launched to Moon’s south pole in the first half of next year.
China has returned samples from the far side of the moon
China’s Chang’e 6 sent back the first soil samples taken from the far side of Moon. The samples will be sent to Earth for further analysis, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said. The samples were taken by Chang’e 6 after it landed on the far side of the Moon in June.
It was a week of extreme weather in the US
A massive dust storm called a haboob has swept through Mexico’s Surfside Beach, creating mudslides and damaging several houses. The city of Surfside Beach is on extreme weather during thetropical storm Alberto. It’s among the many extreme weather events, including storms and droughts, that are becoming more common as a result of climate change.
In the U.S, it is a week of extreme weather
The Mescalero Apache Tribe in the United States has declared a state of emergency due to two wildfires in the Lincoln National Forest. Both theSouth Fork and the Salt Fire started on the reservation where the tribe’s president declared a state of emergency. Officials said, “Go now, do not attempt to gather belongings or protect your home.”
Russia’s ties to Asia were shored up by Putin signing numerous deals with Vietnam
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un have signed a strategic pact to end the Cold War and destabilise the Middle East. The pact was signed on the sidelines of Putin’s state visit to Vietnam. Putin said the two countries share an interest in “developing a reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region with no room for closed military-political blocs”.
We still need the Next Big Leap in Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has announced that its AI-based Claude chatbot, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, has been tested to be better than models from Facebook, Google, and OpenAI. Anthropic said Claude 3.5 Sonnet scored better than models on popular artificial intelligence tests, including a graduate level test of expertise in biology, physics, and chemistry.
Perplexity is a hitting machine
US-based AI search engine startup Perplexity, which was recently accused of plagiarising content, says it’s an artificial intelligence-powered search engine that provides concise, real-time answers to user queries by pulling information from recently published articles and indexing the web daily. It’s also used by search engines to catalog the contents of the open internet and make it easier to find.
After more than 150 years, the sensory secrets of penis and clitoris have been unlocked
Researchers have examined the development of Krause corpuscles (nerve cells) in mice before they reach sexual maturity. They found that Krause corpuscles didn’t develop until the mice were around 4-6 weeks old, just before the animals reached sexual maturity. However, most sensory neurons are developed before birth, the researchers said. Although most sensory neurons are developed before birth, researchers added.
Putin will meet with Kim Jung Un, leader of North Korea
North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Yong Nam visited Russia on Tuesday after the country signed a strategic partnership agreement with Russia. Kim said North Korea and Russia will work together to ensure peace and stability on the peninsula. However, he also said that the deal won’t bring an end to tensions between the two countries.
Scientists have an answer as to how fish know where sound comes from
Researchers have shown that some fish can independently detect two components of a sound wave, pressure and particle motion, and combine this information to identify where a sound comes from. They used the PIVlab-80 vibrometric imaging system to study the motion of the inner structures of fish because it was developed to study the motion of flowing particles.