162 articles from MONDAY 6.3.2023

Can you solve it? The science of streaming

How to count without countingToday’s puzzle is tricky! I mean trickle-y. It is all about streams.The source of the puzzle is a ‘streaming algorithm’, which is a type of procedure in computer science that analyses data as it arrives in a stream, rather than waiting for the data to be stored in a memory. Continue...

Forthcoming genetic therapies raise serious ethical questions, experts warn

One of greatest risks of gene editing tools ‘is that the people who would benefit most will not be able to access them’The next generation of advanced genetic therapies raises profound medical and ethical issues that must be thrashed out to ensure the game-changing technology benefits patients and society, a group of world-leading experts has warned.Medicines based on powerful gene editing...

Bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home, just like the first pilots

Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, roads, and boundaries. When transported to an unfamiliar area, they seek out local elements of this kind, compare their layout to the memory, and fly along them to seek their way home. This navigation strategy is similar to the one followed by the first human pilots.