Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings
26 Dec
Science & Technology

Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

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GlobalBuildingAtlas is based on data collected up to 2019. Credit: Earth System Science Data Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.Researchers in Germany recently accomplished a truly audacious feat of cartography. Using a diverse array of datasets, a team at the Technical University of Munich released GlobalBuildingAtlas, the first high-resolution mapping model featuring every structure in the world at a given point in time. However, the open-source project isn’t about bragging rights. With over 2.75 billion buildings detailed in the map, the endeavor will help create accurate analyses of urban structures, volume calculations, and infrastructure planning around the planet. “3D building information provides a much more accurate picture of urbanization and poverty than traditional 2D maps,” research lead Xiaoxiang Zhu said in a statement. “With 3D models, we see not...
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Killer Whale Communities Near Hokkaido | Mirage News
26 Dec
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Killer Whale Communities Near Hokkaido | Mirage News

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Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations called ecotypes. Each ecotype indicates an ecological specialization with its own ecological and phylogenetic characteristics. The North Pacific is home to three known ecotypes of killer whales, called the transient, resident, and offshore ecotypes. While transient ecotype killer whales are mammal-eating, the resident and offshore orcas are fish-eating. Though killer whale populations in the eastern North Pacific near Vancouver Island and Alaska have been studied extensively, populations in the western North Pacific have been less studied, especially around Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. One...
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Celebrity Medium Tyler Henry Shares Recovery Update After 3rd Brain Surgery
20 Dec
Breaking News

Celebrity Medium Tyler Henry Shares Recovery Update After 3rd Brain Surgery

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Celebrity medium Tyler Henry is recuperating after undergoing a third brain surgery, his second in 2025. “Hi, everyone. Breaking news! I am healing well,” Henry, 29, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, December 6. “I did have another brain surgery, but they were finally able to remove the cyst that has lived with me since I was born.” He continued, “Talk about an unwanted roommate, now evicted.” Henry was diagnosed with a congenital brain cyst less than one week after his 18th birthday and subsequently underwent emergency surgery. The Life After Death With Tyler Henry star had a second operation in May to remove part of a colloid tumor in his brain.“Prognosis is great, but the recovery demands a lot of rest and no work for a bit,” Henry added on Saturday. “I’m rescheduling pretty much every event...
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Kenya Signs Landmark Health Deal With US Despite Data Fears
20 Dec
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Kenya Signs Landmark Health Deal With US Despite Data Fears

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Jide Oyekunle, Abuja Kenya has signed a historic five-year health agreement with the US, the first such pact since Donald Trump’s administration overhauled its foreign aid programme. The $2.5bn (£1.9bn) deal is aimed at combating infectious diseases such asHIV/Aids, malaria, and tuberculosis, maternal care, polio eradication and infectious disease outbreak response and preparedness in Kenya, with similar agreements expected to be rolled out in other African countries aligned with Trump’s broader foreign policy goals. The government-to-government deal aims to boost transparency and accountability but has raised fears it could give the US real-time access to critical health databases, including sensitive patient information. Kenya’s Health Minister Aden Duale sought to allay such fears, saying “only de-identified, aggregated data” would be shared. On his first day in office in January, Trump announced a freeze on foreign aid as part of a government...
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