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Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
GeekSpin - 1 day 18 hours agoFor decades, scientists have pored over the 5,300-year-old mummy known as tzi. Now, a new paper in the peer-reviewed journal Microbiome uncovered something unexpected: microorganisms are still present in his body, some of which may have accompanied him for millennia. Found in 1991 by a tourist hiking the Alps, the Iceman’s remains date back to […] Read the original article here: Scientists find ‘signs of life’ inside 5,000+ old mummy...
Off-grid coastal communities that rely on weather-dependent solar and expensive diesel to meet their energy needs may soon have a new addition to their power production portfolio: Tidal energy. Researchers are testing a buoyant kite that flies underwater to determine whether it can squeeze enough power from intermittent, often slow-moving tidal currents to provide clean energy to small coastal communities. It's The rise and fall of Earth's tides draws water through straits and channels each...
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In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a peripheral region of a relatively calm planetary system...
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Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a cyborg insect swarm to explore disaster zones and perhaps even Mars...
Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 3 hours agoAlmost every night since late February I’ve slept on our deck, watching the star-scape creep westward month by month. Scorpius recently came out of hiding and now the great space scorpion is standing on its tail in the middle of the southern sky. Jupiter has been sailing toward the evening glory of Venus, Power and […] The post Sleeping in Space appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Retraction Watch - 2 days 4 hours agoFive months after he was fired by ministerial order, an Iraqi professor of physics at the center of a massive publishing scam submitted a manuscript to a Wiley chemistry journal claiming affiliation with Columbia University in New York City. The paper also stated the physicist, Oday A. Al-Owaedi, was affiliated with the University of Babylon … Continue reading Physicist in Iraq fired over publishing scam claims fake Columbia affiliation in new paper...
NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission, the AP reports. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the...
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