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New Google AI Tool Could Potentially Identify Skin Conditions Image Credit: Shutterstock.com / Andrey_Popov Google’s new Dermatology Assist app identifies skin and nail conditions prompting users to seek a professional medical diagnosis.  Skin conditions affect around 1.9 billion people, and a shortfall of dermatologists means that often conditions have to be diagnosed and treated by general practitioners who may not always be best equipped to identify such conditions. Help could be at hand, enabling members of the general public to self-identify skin and nail conditions, prompting them to...

The World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free of Antarctica Image Credit: Shutterstock / 2j architecture A 4000 square-kilometer iceberg has been cleaved from the Ronne Ice Shelf, making it the largest current iceberg. The Weddell Sea, part of the Southern Ocean, is already home to some pretty impressively sized icebergs, and a new berg that has separated from the Ronne Ice Shelf has just snatched the record for the largest extant iceberg. The gigantic iceberg, dubbed A-76, is 4,320 square kilometers large and was spotted by the British Antarctic Survey  —  a project that is one of the wor...

Image Credit: Shutterstock / Gerhard Pettersson New research indicates that as much as one third of the World's food production could be threatened by global warming with the globe's poorest hit the hardest. Whilst it is well-understood that climate change represents a major threat to our way of life in a multitude of ways, what is less certain is the areas of human activity that will be most impacted and to what extent.  Researchers have been aware that climate change could have a negative impact on the raising and keeping of livestock and agriculture in general. Still, thus far, they have...

A New Temperature Sensor Could Reduce Food Waste Image Credit: Therma Food wastage is a major problem across multiple fronts. A new wireless temperature sensor could save money and help the environment. The world has a massive food wastage problem. Current estimates suggest that the United States wastes around 40% of its produced food, with between 125 to 160 billion pounds of food going to waste each year¹.  The reasons behind this wastage vary from issues on the production side such as bad weather, processing problems, or overproduction, to issues at retail like overbuying, poor planning,...

Time Could Be Running Out for Earth’s Coral Reefs Image Credit: Shutterstock.com / Darkydoors New research shows that the window of opportunity available to rescue corals is rapidly closing.  The double-punch of global warming and the increased acidification of the oceans has placed the world’s coral reefs in severe jeopardy. These stressors cause ‘bleaching events’ in which coral expels algae from its tissues needed to sustain it. Corals can recover from these events, which turn their tissues white, but as the period between subsequent occurrences diminishes, the chances of recover...