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Peat fires in Borneo are releasing ancient stores of carbon - and sending a toxic smog across South East Asia.
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Between 20 to 30 percent of American adults bite their nails. But you should probably stop to avoid bad bacteria and damaging your body. The post How gross is biting your fingernails? appeared first on Popular Science .
Ash cloud from Anak Krakatau affects hundreds of flights and some school and fishing activities Indonesia halted operations at eight airports on Sunday, including from its main international hub, affecting hundreds of flights as a result of an ash cloud from the Anak Krakatau volcano. Saturday's eruption, which produced lava and booming sounds that were heard up to 435 miles (700km) away, according to Indonesia's geology agency, also interrupted some school activities and fishing. Continue...
A citizen science project uncovers a new humpback whale calving ground around the Great Barrier Reef. The post Australia's humpback whales were acting weird. What happened next surprised scientists. appeared first on Popular Science .
For the first time in recorded history, the world now has more people 65 and older than children under 5, a shift driven by falling birthrates and longer lives, per a new US Census report. In 2023, more than 71% of the global population lived in countries at or below...
Isar Aerospace plans rapid expansion amid race to capitalise on expanding satellite-launch market A German startup has launched the first commercial rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe, a milestone for Europe's efforts to secure independent access to space. Isar Aerospace said on Sunday that it would rapidly expand satellite deployments after the first orbital launch of its uncrewed Spectrum rocket from Arctic Norway, marking a breakthrough for a region where several countries are...
It's not one cup fits all. The post When’s the best time to drink coffee? appeared first on Popular Science .
"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."...
Global AC demand will inevitably accelerate as the world continues to warm amid the climate crisis The greenest campaigners against climate change have long suffered from a crippling shortcoming: they too often frame the challenge as a problem of excess consumption. This motivates calls to "degrow" the economy and to curb the population . The claim is that humans consume too many resources, which in the context of climate change means too much energy. Nowhere has the tension between this...
The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control.
The shift in the fish's diet is having significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate.
Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies the only problem is a lack of evidence.
A litter picking group gathers every month to remove rubbish from the River Wear in Durham.
Older people often have a good idea of how long they have left to live, and those who get it wrong tend to err on the pessimistic side, researchers say. A study using data from the long-running National Survey of the Japanese Elderly found that people who believed they'd live...
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Popular Mechanics - 1 day 12 hours agoIn 200 million years, there will be no borders and possibly no humans.
Earth's increasingly quirky spin may soon trigger a miniscule but important makeover for the world's clocks. International timekeepers are weighing a plan to scrap the occasional "leap second" and instead allow time to drift until a full leap hour is needed likely centuries from now, reports Scientific American . The General...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 15 hours agoIf your week flew by we know ours did catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 67,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: The AI ghosts contaminating' academic publishing; court upholds whistleblower suits; Ariely paper retracted after sleuths flag tampering...
The research could do more than help unlock the mystery of caterpillar hearing. It could also help make microphones better.
Harrison H. Schmitt, an Apollo 17 astronaut, on his way to take samples on the lunar surface in 1972. Scientists propose sending a lunar mission to sift through about a cubic meter of soil to screen for materials.
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