Author name: Ingrid Ashley

Ingrid Ashley is a sport, education, and tech writer. She has been reporting on the news for over 10 years, and she loves to write about new things happening in the world. In her spare time, Ingrid likes to play tennis and read books about sports.

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Visualizing Climate Disasters' Surprising Cascading Effects

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When people imagine the aftermath of a natural disaster, skin infections and gastrointestinal illnesses aren’t usually the problems that come to mind. But these conditions are embedded in a cascade of extensive and often unexpected consequences of wildfires, hurricanes, and other calamities related to climate change. A report entitled Atlas of Disaster connects the dots […]

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Canon plans to disrupt chipmaking with low-cost “stamp” machine

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Enlarge / Canon’s FPA-1200NZ2C nanoimprint lithography machine. The company has been developing technology to stamp chip designs onto silicon wafers rather than etching them using light. Canon Canon hopes to start shipments of new low-cost chip-making machines as early as this year, as the Japanese company best known for its cameras and printers tries to

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A-fib–a Rapid, Irregular Heartbeat–Can Kill You, but New Tech Can Spot It

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February 1, 2024 4 min read A fluttering heartbeat called A-fib can lead to stroke, but smartwatches can detect it, and there are good treatments By Lydia Denworth Two years ago I was walking in a park with an older relative when she suddenly stopped and put her hands out for support. Her heartbeat had

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Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust

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Enlarge / Galaxies in a sea of interstellar dust. Chris McGrew Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take

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The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking Them into Flexible, Bite-Size Chunks

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The prospect of learning a new language can be daunting, especially for an adult. Spending dozens of hours a year on lessons just to make slow progress on a new skill can seem out of reach—particularly when juggling work and family responsibilities as well. That was certainly how one of us (Milkman) felt about her

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