Births among endangered right whales highest since 2015
North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered species produced no known offspring.....»»
Conservation group petitions for Alaska king salmon to be listed as an endangered species
A Washington-based conservation group filed a petition with federal regulators Wednesday, requesting that they list Alaska king salmon as an endangered species......»»
NASA"s Troubled Mars Sample Mission Has Scientists Seeing Red
NASA’s Mars Sample Return program is the agency’s highest priority in planetary science, but projected multibillion-dollar overruns have some calling the plan a “dumpster fire”.....»»
2023 was the hottest year in history—and Canada is warming faster than anywhere else on earth
In 2015, most countries, including Canada, signed on to the Paris Climate Agreement which set the objective of "holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing the limit of 1.5 C to signif.....»»
Rare Australian parrot faces multi-virus threat
A critically endangered parrot, with a population numbering as few as 70 in the wild, could be at further risk after being found to carry a half-dozen previously undetected viruses......»»
2023 U.S. sales: Who’s up, who’s down
With COVID-19 disruptions, the microchip shortage and other supply snags now largely in the rearview mirror, U.S. auto sales rebounded to the highest level since 2019......»»
To protect endangered sharks and rays, scientists are mapping these species" most important locations
All of the saltwater bodies on Earth make up one big ocean. But within it, there is infinite variety—just ask any scuba diver. Some spots have more coral, more sea turtles, more fish, more life......»»
3 hidden gems on Tubi you should watch in January 2024
From a classic comedy to a suspenseful movie from 2015, these are three of the best hidden gems worth discovering on Tubi this January......»»
Inventory rises to 3-year high
New-vehicle inventory levels in the United States climbed by 200,000-plus vehicles in December to more than 2.7 million, the highest in three years, according to data from Cox Automotive......»»
Inventory rises to three-year high
New-vehicle inventory levels in the United States climbed by 200,000-plus vehicles in December to more than 2.7 million, the highest in three years, according to data from Cox Automotive......»»
Sperm whales found to live in large, matrilineally based clans
A sperm whale expert at Dalhousie University, in Canada, has found evidence showing that sperm whales form large matrilineally based clans that have their own coda dialect. In his paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, Hal Whitehe.....»»
Lenovo just made my favorite gaming laptop even better
At CES 2024, Lenovo is making the highest-reviewed laptop we used last year even better with an upgraded CPU and new dedicated AI chip......»»
Researchers develop Mexico"s first comprehensive greenhouse gas budget
Mexico's greenhouse gas emissions are the second highest among Latin American countries, trailing only Brazil according to the World Bank. But until now, no one had leveraged the full spectrum of available scientific data to make an estimate of sourc.....»»
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Is your overpriced phone bill eating into your holiday shopping budget? US Mobile is here to help with a special gift for 9to5Mac readers. With plans for everyone and world-class customer service, US Mobile offers top-tier features of the highest qua.....»»
Big evolutionary change tied to lots of small differences
Lots of genes changed as a species of snail went from laying eggs to live births. Enlarge / An example of a Littorina species, the common periwinkle. (credit: Bjoern Wylezich) The version of evolution proposed by Charles.....»»
10 best commercials of 2023, ranked
These are the commercials that soared the highest during 2023 (and yes, many of them did come from the Super Bowl), reminding us all that while advertising is definitely designed to sell us stuff, it can also be a source of entertainment in its own r.....»»
Google Cloud says it has fixed a significant security flaw
Google Cloud flaw could see hackers elevate their Kubernetes privileges to the highest tier......»»
Novel toxic gas sensor improves the limit of nitrogen dioxide detection
Researchers at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science developed a toxic gas sensor with the world's highest sensitivity. This sensor can precisely monitor nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic gas in the atmosphere, at room temperature with.....»»
Newborn southern resident orca spotted in Puget Sound
The J pod of endangered southern resident orcas has a new baby......»»
Further evidence for quark-matter cores in massive neutron stars
Neutron-star cores contain matter at the highest densities reached in our present-day universe, with as much as two solar masses of matter compressed inside a sphere of 25 km in diameter. These astrophysical objects can indeed be thought of as giant.....»»
Constraining the dynamics of rotating black holes via the gauge symmetry principle
In 2015, the LIGO/Virgo experiment, a large-scale research effort based at two observatories in the United States, led to the first direct observation of gravitational waves. This important milestone has since prompted physicists worldwide to devise.....»»