Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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Archaeologists find unique weapons chest on 15th-century shipwreck off Sweden
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Archaeologists have found a unique weapons chest in a sunken 15th-century ship off the coast of Sweden,… Continue Reading
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Scientists hail ‘exciting’ material that can store greenhouse gases
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Scientists have hailed the “exciting” discovery of a type of porous material that can store carbon… Continue Reading
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We live a simulation and this scientist says he has evidence
We live in a simulation. It might sound crazy, yet some of the brightest minds in the scientific community have long been consumed by the idea that everything around us is, in fact, just a computer simulation akin to what we saw in… Continue Reading
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Lake of lava found on Io that is as ‘smooth as glass’
NASA says it has discovered a lake of lava on Io’s surface. The lake was discovered using data from Juno’s most recent flyby of the volcanic moon. This week, NASA even released an animation of an artist’s concept showcasing what… Continue Reading
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Boston research links social media and smoking
Parents who don’t want their children to be hooked by tobacco should strictly supervise their involvement in the social media, according to researchers at the Boston University of Public Health. Just published in the journal Addictive… Continue Reading
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The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding
Beyond DESI, a slew of new instruments are coming online in the coming years, including the 8.4-meter Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission. “Our data in… Continue Reading
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Brutally hot U.S. summer expected this year, NOAA warns
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a stark warning, claiming that we are in for a brutally hot U.S. summer, with several states seeing record-breaking days of heat. This increased heat index could lead… Continue Reading
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1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution
For Gaddy, who is African American, the report’s findings confirm what she and her neighbors in Newark’s predominantly Black South Ward have experienced for years. Gaddy and her three children were all diagnosed with asthma; her eldest child… Continue Reading News Source: www.wired.com
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More cows are being tested for bird flu. Here’s what you need to know about avian influenza in milk
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Health and agriculture officials in America are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in… Continue Reading News Source: www.independent.co.uk
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‘Jerusalem Post,’ Ben-Gurion University launch new environmental portal
Prolonged droughts, storms, extreme temperatures, and hurricanes – the impact of climate change on the daily lives of people worldwide – has significantly intensified in recent years. With approximately 47% of the earth’s surface… Continue Reading
