Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to heat adaptation: Insights into how Death Valley’s Tidestromia oblongifolia tolerates such high temperatures could help researchers to engineer crops that can survive global warming https://archive.is/0I9Vn
It's a hot day at a Santa Monica beach, and the children splashing each other aren't the only youngsters in the water. Somewhere not far from the shore swims a group of five or more juvenile white sharks.
Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help grand challenges, such as climate change and food security, but, as things stand, communities outside of Europe do not stand to benefit from these innovations. New research from the University of Surrey has found that more than 60% of NBS are located in Europe, with other regions showing...
Teens engaged in activism become better critical thinkers, study finds: Youth involved in community-based activism over time become better critical thinkers and more politically active, according to a new University of Michigan study. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-teens-engaged-critical-thinkers.html
Sun 'umbrella' tethered to asteroid might help mitigate climate change: An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm
Evidence 600-Million-Year-Old Ocean Existed In The Himalayas – Found: High up in the Himalayas, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University, Japan, have discovered droplets of water trapped in mineral deposits that were likely left behind from an ancient ocean which existed around 600 million years ago. https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/07/29/600-million-year-old-ocean-himalayas/
Curiously, dissolving salt in water weakens that electrical response. Now, a team of physicists has figured out exactly why this happens, using state-of-the-art computer simulations bolstered by artificial intelligence (AI).
To limit the frequency and severity of droughts, wildfires, flooding, and other adverse consequences of climate change, nearly 200 countries have committed to the Paris Agreement's long-term goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. According to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
With their stealth, speed and serrated teeth, sharks are predators to be reckoned with. And that’s before factoring in the cocaine some sharks may be eating
Dogs provide critical support for homeless people, study finds: Homeless people and their dogs have a mutually beneficial relationship, with the dogs providing critical support for their owners' emotional and mental health while owners make every effort to protect dogs and meet their welfare needs, new research has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-dogs-critical-homeless-people.html
Shallow waters off south Florida topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) for several hours on Monday, potentially setting a new world record with temperatures more commonly associated with hot tubs.
8 healthy habits linked to living decades longer: A study of more than 700,000 people found that adopting eight healthy habits by age 40 could extend life expectancy by more than two decades. https://archive.is/nxwDC
Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains: As it turns out, felines can survive a fall from any height—at least in theory https://archive.is/j55HE
Bizarre ‘mind-controlling’ parasitic worm lacks genes found in every known animal: Our world is full of bizarre and intriguing creatures. One of the strangest, though, is the hairworm, a parasitic worm known as a “mind control worm” in some circles. These parasitic worms are found all over the world, and they look similar to thin strands of spaghetti, usually measuring a couple of inches long. However, their bodies and genes hint at the parasitic lifestyle that they live. https://bgr.com/science/bizarre-mind-controlling-parasitic-worm-lacks-genes-found-in-every-known-animal/
Exxon Mobil, a new player in the hunt for U.S. lithium, is planning to build one of the world’s largest lithium processing facilities not far from Magnolia, with a capacity to produce 75,000 to 100,000 metric tons of lithium a year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ecologists in Ukraine are reintroducing kulans and other species to the steppes to help recover the war-ravaged ecoystem. It’s worked before—at Chernobyl.
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast: Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-penguins-dead-uruguay-coast.html
The gray whale population along the West Coast showed another year of declines, according to the latest estimates, but scientists say there are some positive signs for the formerly endangered whales.
Hey, I use the Adobe Suite for daily use to build and develop posts and videos for multiple people and can't have my workflow slow down by learning a new application, I've looked into Linux a few times and want to really move over in the future but due to it not having support for Adobe, I'm not sure what to do....
The International Seabed Authority's member nations on Friday agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea mining regulations, despite conservationists' calls for a moratorium on mineral extraction they say would avert marine threats.
Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world: With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sick-scientists-story-world.html
What Life in Barbie’s Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to Her Brain—And Yours: The Barbie movie’s plastic pink world might not be that fantastic in real life. https://archive.is/JtFSn
Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life: Millions of people, from all walks of life, have come to believe aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Prevention is our only hope, says James Ball. James Ball is the author of The Other Pandemic: How QAnon contaminated the world https://archive.is/DGKiV
Plant poachers damage forest preserves as demand for ramps and morels makes foraging more profitable (phys.org) en
When you think about poaching, ramps are likely not the first thing that come to mind.
Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever (popsci.com) en
Once dismissed as impractical, hydrogen fuel cell planes are showing new promise after a series of successful test flights.
Attention beachgoers: Everything you think you know about sharks is probably wrong (phys.org) en
It's a hot day at a Santa Monica beach, and the children splashing each other aren't the only youngsters in the water. Somewhere not far from the shore swims a group of five or more juvenile white sharks.
Nature-based solutions can help tackle climate change and food security, but communities outside Europe are missing out (phys.org) en
Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help grand challenges, such as climate change and food security, but, as things stand, communities outside of Europe do not stand to benefit from these innovations. New research from the University of Surrey has found that more than 60% of NBS are located in Europe, with other regions showing...
Two ancient materials may help solve a modern energy dilemma (popsci.com) en
The new superconductor is made from cement and carbon black could one day power homes and charge EVs on the road.
How Old Can Humans Get? - Scientific American (archive.is) en
An expert on aging thinks humans could live to be 1,000 years old—with a few tweaks to our genetic “software”
Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals (phys.org) en
Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims.
Scientists vacuumed animal DNA from the air in a forest and had amazing results (earth.com) en
Armed with plastic boxes, a group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen sought to "vacuum" animal DNA using DNA air sampling.
DOE Launches First-Ever ‘Cleanup to Clean Energy’ Initiative to Explore Generating Clean Energy on DOE-Owned Lands (energy.gov) en
DOE Intends to Lease Land on Sites Across the U.S. for Utility-Scale Clean Energy Projects
AI helps crack salt water’s curious electrical properties (science.org) en
Curiously, dissolving salt in water weakens that electrical response. Now, a team of physicists has figured out exactly why this happens, using state-of-the-art computer simulations bolstered by artificial intelligence (AI).
Fertilizing the oceans with iron could help remove a gigaton of carbon dioxide per year (interestingengineering.com) en
Phytoplankton absorbs carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, and there's a relatively easy way to boost the world's populations.
Cow poop emits climate-warming methane. Adding red algae may help (sciencenews.org) en
Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.
How forests can cut carbon, restore ecosystems, and create jobs (phys.org) en
To limit the frequency and severity of droughts, wildfires, flooding, and other adverse consequences of climate change, nearly 200 countries have committed to the Paris Agreement's long-term goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. According to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon (scientificamerican.com) en
Are ‘Cocaine Sharks’ Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Florida’s Coasts? (scientificamerican.com) en
With their stealth, speed and serrated teeth, sharks are predators to be reckoned with. And that’s before factoring in the cocaine some sharks may be eating
Florida ocean temperature topped 100F, setting potential record (phys.org) en
Shallow waters off south Florida topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) for several hours on Monday, potentially setting a new world record with temperatures more commonly associated with hot tubs.
Deepfake videos may be convincing enough to create false memories (popsci.com) en
Some participants remembered deepfaked remakes of movies like the Matrix coming out in theaters after watching doctored clips.
Scientists accidentally capture metals 'healing' themselves (popsci.com) en
Materials scientists witnessed metals—in this case copper and platinum—undergoing the process of 'intrinsic self-healing.'
DARPA would like to make scrap wood stronger with WUD (popsci.com) en
This project aims to test new ways to make sustainable building materials from waste.
This Arkansas Town Could Become the Epicenter of a U.S. Lithium Boom (msn.com) en
Exxon Mobil, a new player in the hunt for U.S. lithium, is planning to build one of the world’s largest lithium processing facilities not far from Magnolia, with a capacity to produce 75,000 to 100,000 metric tons of lithium a year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Wild Donkeys Are on the Vanguard of Ukraine’s Ecological Recovery | W… (archive.is) en
Ecologists in Ukraine are reintroducing kulans and other species to the steppes to help recover the war-ravaged ecoystem. It’s worked before—at Chernobyl.
Your genes may influence how much fruit, fish or salt you eat | New S… (archive.is) en
Nearly 500 regions of the human genome appear to directly impact your dietary intake by affecting perception of flavours and food preferences
Hopeful signs for declining population of gray whales along West Coast (phys.org) en
The gray whale population along the West Coast showed another year of declines, according to the latest estimates, but scientists say there are some positive signs for the formerly endangered whales.
I want to move to Linux but I need to be able to access my apps that are not supported (kbin.social) en
Hey, I use the Adobe Suite for daily use to build and develop posts and videos for multiple people and can't have my workflow slow down by learning a new application, I've looked into Linux a few times and want to really move over in the future but due to it not having support for Adobe, I'm not sure what to do....
Nations aim to ink deep sea mining rules by 2025 (phys.org) en
The International Seabed Authority's member nations on Friday agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea mining regulations, despite conservationists' calls for a moratorium on mineral extraction they say would avert marine threats.
Reliable earthquake precursors? (science.org) en
Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements suggest hours-long precursors to many large earthquakes