Meet @DeepDrumpf, the Twitterbot that Creepily Imitates Donald Trump: 'I'm Very Important Now'
First Posted: Mar 06, 2016 08:36 AM EST A new Twitterbot known as @DeepDrumpf is almost making as many waves as Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump himself. Word is @DeepDrumpf has an uncanny ability to imitate the talkative real estate mogul and political neophyte, who has sent shock-waves through the GOP with his run toward becoming the official face of the party. DeepDrumpf is the creation of MIT postdoc computer science student Bradley Hayes, who reportedly used an algorith..>> view originalNew cosmic distance record via Hubble
View larger. | Galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, currently holds the record for the most distant galaxy ever seen. The infant galaxy is blazing with bright, young, blue stars, but looks red in this image because its light has been stretched to longer spectral wavelengths by the expansion of the universe. Image via NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz). Astronomers have a new record..>> view originalAlbino whale nicknamed 'Gallon of Milk' has been spotted off coast of Mexico
Mexico's National Protected Natural Areas Commission, or Conanp, has reported the sighting of an albino whale in waters of the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve that was last spotted by Mexican authorities more than five years ago when it was still a calf. During the annual whale census taken by Conanp in that northwestern area of the country, the presence in the pod of the female gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) dubbed 'Gallon of Milk' was observed, the commission reported on its Web site. Accor..>> view originalStudy finds 8000 more Sumatran orangutans, but threats remain
Finally some good news for the Sumatran orangutan population. Well, kind of.The Sumatran orangutans’ total population was previously estimated at 6,600 individuals. But in a new study published Friday in the journal Science Advances a team of 12 scientists from the UK, the Netherlands, Indonesia, the US and Germany disagree with this figure – they say a population of 14,613 exist as of 2015.And while this is good news, it’s not time to celebrate yet. Sumatran oranguatan populations have not inc..>> view originalGlowing Octopus Skin Can Spell Future Of Wearable Technology, Health care
Scientists have long been fascinated with the ability of certain octopus and squid species to adapt to their surroundings by changing the texture and color of their skin. This trait allows the creatures to effectively use a natural form of three-dimensional morphing to camouflage themselves against would be attackers. In a study featured in the journal Science, graduate students at Cornell University in New York describe how they were able to use the concept of glowing octopus skin to develop..>> view originalScientists confirm snow on Pluto, but what is it made of?
NASA’s New Horizon team has discovered Pluto may be a snowy destination for any future visitors.Images from the New Horizon space probe show what appears to be snowcapped mountains on the surface of the dwarf planet. The white peaks dot a small portion of the diverse landscape that makes up Pluto.One of Pluto’s most identifiable surface features is a swath of dark-colored landmass known as Cthulhu, named after an H.P. Lovecraft creature. Against that dark area, a little bigger than the state of..>> view originalNASA's Scott Kelly back on Earth, but mission continues
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth after a 340-day stay in space, but the "one-year mission" is far from over.The goal of sending Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko to the International Space Station for nearly a year was to learn about the ways that long-duration spaceflight affects the human body and psyche. The two space travelers returned home to Earth on March 1, but the science experiments that will study the two men are still in progress.The information collected before, duri..>> view originalThese Amber-Encased Lizards Lived 99 Million Years Ago
Diversity of lizards in Cretaceous amber fossils. Image: Courtesy of David Grimaldi, additional photos by Kristen Grace, Florida Museum of Natural History Some 99 million years ago, a rich diversity of lizard species foraged in the tropical forests of what is now Myanmar. The vast majority vanished without a trace; their fragile remains rapidly recycled by an opportunistic environment. But occasionally, these arboreal creatures were subsumed by floods of resin, exchanging their lives for preser..>> view originalScientists spot 'ghost-like' octopus on sea floor near Hawaii
For a team of federal researchers looking for geologic data on the ocean floor, the pale, ghostly appearance of a unique octopus species inspired diverse reactions."That animal is not in the ... guide," said a researcher during the live-feed video from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. "In the immortal words of Taylor Swift, I have never – like ever – seen that one."They found the well-armed sea creature, believed to be a new species of octopus, sitting on flat rock 4,000 meter..>> view original
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