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Solar flares will be bigger this year. Stay tuned to SpaceWeather for more information.
Humans continue to evolve.
Multi-core CPUs and beyond soon.
Solar flares will be bigger this year. Stay tuned to SpaceWeather for more information.
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"We predict the next cycle will be 30% to 50% stronger than the last cycle," says the model's creator, Mausumi Dikpati, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research's High Altitude Observatory in Boulder, Colorado, US. The Sun is currently near its minimum activity, at the tail end of a solar cycle, numbered 23. "Onset of the next cycle will be delayed by six to 12 months, to late 2007 or early 2008," Dikpati says. She expects the next peak to hit in 2012.
Humans continue to evolve.
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For example, gene variants that improve the digestion of lactose have become more common, presumably since the domestication of cattle provided a ready source of milk. And in some Europeans, genes giving a lighter skin have increased in frequency, as populations have moved north to regions where there is less sunlight to generate vitamin D.
Multi-core CPUs and beyond soon.
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Dual-core chips for PCs came out last year. Intel and AMD will come out with quad-core chips in 2007. During the next decade, chips with tens and possibly hundreds of cores will hit, according to Justin Rattner, Intel's CTO. He will speak Tuesday morning. Multiple-core computers will let consumers tackle several different tasks simultaneously, such as video recording while running virus checks. "I don't think consumers will do climate modeling, although given the way the climate is going, that may become a very popular thing to do in the future," Rattner said.