Bondi beach "closed" as Sydney shores hit by "tar balls"
Lifeguards declared Sydney's famed Bondi beach and several other strands closed Thursday, as more mysterious black "tar ball" globules washed up along the city's shores......»»
Turtles could delay Western Sydney Airport flights
Amid the controversy surrounding preliminary flight paths for Western Sydney's new airport, another potential challenge is looming: turtles on the tarmac......»»
Coconut Point Apple Store renovation may grow tiniest store
Apple's Coconut Point store in Florida, one of the smallest Apple Store locations, has closed for renovations — and possibly an expansion.Coconut Point Apple Store renovations [left, Jacob Eberhart], and Apple's store listing photo [right]The Cocon.....»»
AAPL stock continues climb to $3T with record trading highs
Apple stock (AAPL) recently bucked a year-long trend and set a new record-high closing price. Now investors are looking at a new intraday trading high as well as the highest closing price to date. The company closed at $189.59 per share today after.....»»
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will mine hours of auto-shooting joy from your life
This Vampire-like converted a skeptic, even in its closed early-access form. Enlarge / Rock, stone, bugs, XP crystals, and a flying helper robot that is hopelessly outmatched: Welcome to Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. (credit: Gho.....»»
Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea
Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake......»»
This waterproof Bluetooth speaker doubles as a portable charger, and it’s $30 off
Grab JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker for the beach or the backyard and save $30 along the way......»»
Study using eDNA provides comprehensive picture of wildlife in southern California"s waves
What's living beneath the waves? It's a question many Southern California swimmers and surfers ponder when they visit the beach......»»
BeeKeeperAI raises $12.1 million to accelerate AI development on privacy protected healthcare data
BeeKeeperAI has closed $12.1 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Sante Ventures, with participation from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, AIX Ventures, Continuum Health Ventures, TA Group Holdings, and UCSF. The new fundin.....»»
Was that actually a tsunami that hit Florida? Yes, but not the kind you think
An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida, last Wednesday. West Coast surfers might snicker at the cause, but the National Weather Service confirms the rare 4-foot (1.2 meter) wave was caused.....»»
RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days
The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen. Enlarge / My dead Pixel Fold display. That huge white gradient should not be there. (credit: Ron Amadeo) A flame that burns twice as bri.....»»
The Seaweed Blob Is Heading to a Beach Near You
The 5,000-mile-wide Great Atlantic sargassum belt has started to shrink. But it's very difficult to know where its decomposing remains will wash up......»»
Reddit threatened protesting moderators: Subreddits ‘cannot remain closed’
Reddit threatened multiple moderators of subreddits, after they made the decision to remain closed as a continuing protest against the upcoming API charges that killed the popular third-party app Apollo. Effectively, they have been told that the sub.....»»
Apple replacing shuttered North Carolina store with new location
Three months after Apple closed a North Carolina retail store, it has filed permits to start construction on a new location, just a handful of miles away.Birkdale Village, North CarolinaPermits have been filed for construction at 8805 Townley Road in.....»»
AI reveals hidden traits about our planet"s flora to help save species
Scientists from UNSW and Botanic Gardens of Sydney have trained AI to unlock data from millions of plant specimens kept in herbaria around the world in order to study and combat the impacts of climate change on flora......»»
Uahpet’s iRetriever Ball Launcher can safely volley balls up to 80 feet for Fido
Uahpet's automatic iRetriever Ball Launcher shoots balls 80 feet away for your dog, but safely thanks to object detection......»»
Apple subreddit reopens after moderation team threatened with removal
The Apple subreddit has reopened under duress after a protest about API fees was squashed by threats from the company's CEO to remove the moderation teams of closed subreddits.Reddit coerces mods to reopen subredditsReddit's Data API was updated in A.....»»
Apple subreddit reopens after entire moderation team was threatened with removal
The Apple subreddit has reopened under duress after a protest about API fees was squashed by threats from the company's CEO to remove the moderation teams of closed subreddits.Reddit coerces mods to reopen subredditsReddit's Data API was updated in A.....»»
"There is nothing for me": Vietnam drought dries up income
On the shores of a reservoir that feeds one of Vietnam's biggest hydropower plants, Dang Thi Phuong points at the cracked ground where the fish that help her earn a living normally swim......»»
Composite embankment with L-shaped, two-phase, closed thermosyphons influences permafrost deformation: Study
Climate change and engineering disturbance cause degradation of permafrost, which affects infrastructure stability and transportation safety. Two-phase closed thermosyphons (TPCTs) are widely used to tackle external disturbances by cooling the permaf.....»»
Tempest in a teacup: Physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence
Turbulence is all around us. It's in the swirl of coffee and milk in a latte, unfurling along the wings of airplanes and the sides of cars, churning the blood in your heart after the valve snaps closed. Yet we still don't fully grasp all of its rules.....»»