1 in 50 million split-colored lobster found in Massachusetts - Popular Science

Katherine L. McNeill, the Bryk Faculty Fellow in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, has been selected for the Massachusetts Science Educators Hall of Fame, which acknowledges individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of education in the sciences and/or science teaching in the commonwealth for a minimum of 20 years. McNeill, a professor in the Teaching, Curriculum and Society Department, will be inducted at the Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association Annual Conference on October 23.  Additionally, she will be honored that evening by the Massachusetts Science Teachers Association at its annual awards dinner.

As the summer drew to a close, aerial surveyors with the New England Aquarium saw more than 2,000 animals across 15 different marine species in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, southeast of Cape Cod. Among that vast diversity, the team spotted Chilean devil rays (Mobula tarapacana). This ethereal fish is “one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets,” according to the aquarium. “We rarely see Chilean devil rays on our aerial surveys,” Katherine McKenna, a researcher in the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, tells Popular Science. McKenna was one of the observers on the team that saw the Chilean devil rays from above.

If you've ever purchased a new set of tires for your car, you may have noticed colored lines painted on the treads. They usually stand out as bright stripes that encircle the tire, and their function is to help identify products or rubber compounds as they move through production. Their purpose is for the people and equipment making the tires, rather than the person buying them. German company REA, which supplies marking equipment to the tire industry, says automated color lines are used for material type identification. Its systems can mark rubber components and finished tires, giving factories a way to distinguish materials and products during production. Those markings are an important tool for workers or machines to distinguish one type of tire from another. By the time the tires arrive at a retailer and have been installed on your vehicle, the painted lines have served their purpose. They will eventually wear off as the tires accumulate mileage.

Caution seems to be the name of the game in the AI sector now as investors worry around the amount of money that companies are splashing out on AI.