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"Hovering Ship" Photographed Off Cornish Coast By Walker

Images of what appears to be a hovering ship have been captured as the result of a rare optical illusion off the coast of England. From a report: David Morris took a photo of the ship near Falmouth, Cornwall. BBC meteorologist David Braine said the ".....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotMar 5th, 2021

Why the East Coast Earthquake Covered So Much Ground

Friday morning's earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsApr 5th, 2024

How Taiwan managed to keep its death toll so low during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has rocked the east coast of Taiwan—the largest the island nation has seen in more than 25 years......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 5th, 2024

Factors impacting yield and size of day-neutral strawberries

Strawberries are a vital crop for California, the leading producer of fresh market strawberries in the United States, with a production value of more than $2 billion in 2021. The Central Coast region, encompassing areas like Watsonville and Salinas,.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 5th, 2024

Auto shipper takes $10 million hit from Baltimore bridge disaster

East Coast ports have been modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 3rd, 2024

Expedition uses small underwater drone to discover 100-year-old shipwreck

The underwater drone Hydrus can capture georeferenced 4K video and images simultaneously. 3D model of a 100-year-old shipwreck off the western coast of Australia. Credit: Daniel Adams, Curtin University HIVE. A small underwater dron.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 3rd, 2024

Anker finally shipping its new 15W 3-in-1 Qi2 magnetic charging stations

The final Anker Qi2 releases that were first shown off at CES 2024 are beginning to ship. We’ve seen a handful of the company’s new 15W chargers already debut, but today, the brand’s new 3-in-1 charging stands hit store shelves, complete with 1.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsApr 2nd, 2024

6 keys to navigating security and app development team tensions

There will always be a natural tension between cybersecurity teams and developers. After all, it’s the developer’s role to “develop.” They want and are paid to create and ship new applications and features that help move the o.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsApr 2nd, 2024

Stingray sand "sculpture" in South Africa may be oldest example of humans creating an image of another creature

South Africa's Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once traversed, today cemented and preserved in a rock typ.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 1st, 2024

Grab Apple"s new M3 MacBook Air for $999

Apple's M3 MacBook Air 13-inch is in stock and ready to ship in the standard configuration with exclusive coupon savings driving prices down to as low as $999. Plus, save $40 on AppleCare.Save on every M3 MacBook Air with coupon code.To activate the.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsMar 31st, 2024

Dungeness crab season in San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast will come to an early end

The already-shortened 2023–2024 Dungeness crab season in the San Francisco Bay Area and central California will come to an end early, in slightly more than a week......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 29th, 2024

Study suggests starvation decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast: Can the giants ever recover?

When large numbers of gray whales began washing up along North America's Pacific Coast nearly six years ago, marine scientists could only speculate on the reason: Was it disease? Ocean pollution? Increasing ship collisions?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 28th, 2024

Small satellite launch advances comms experimentation, international collaboration

In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 28th, 2024

Why the Baltimore bridge collapsed so quickly

The immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated. Enlarge / The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore on March 26. (credit: Jim Wats.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 27th, 2024

Why the Baltimore Bridge Collapsed So Quickly

Steel structures aren’t as strong as you might think—and the immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsMar 26th, 2024

Baltimore bridge collapses after ship collision; auto shipping hub operations face disruption

The port handles imports and exports for major automakers including Nissan, Toyota, General Motors, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and the Volkswagen group — including luxury models for Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMar 26th, 2024

We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia"s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago

Barrow Island, located 60 kilometers off the Pilbara in Western Australia, was once a hill overlooking an expansive coast. This was the northwestern shelf of the Australian continent, now permanently submerged by the ocean......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMar 25th, 2024

Orcas covered in scars left by "cookiecutter sharks" may be new population, study says

A group of killer whales spotted hunting off the coast of California and Oregon over two decades may actually be their own unique population of animals, a new study says......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 23rd, 2024

Salt marshes put to the test in wave flume

Can salt marshes serve as a natural solution for flood protection? Researchers of the project "Living Dikes" transported 62 big blocks of salt marshes, containing soil and vegetation, from the coast of Friesland to the Delta Flume at Deltares. After.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

SpaceX’s workhorse launch pad now has the accoutrements for astronauts

"This system will help us scale to bigger towers and spaceships." Enlarge Upgrades at SpaceX's most-used launch pad in Florida will get a trial run Thursday with the liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo ship.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

Killer whales use specialized hunting techniques to catch marine mammals in the open ocean

Killer whales foraging in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California represent a distinct subpopulation that uses specialized hunting techniques to catch marine mammals, Josh McInnes at the University of British Columbia and colleagues report.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMar 20th, 2024