How did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It"s complicated
Planetary nebulae form when red giant stars expel their outermost layers as they run out of helium fuel—becoming hot, dense white dwarf stars that are roughly the size of Earth. The material that was shed, enriched in carbon, forms dazzling pattern.....»»
Engineers may learn from bees for optimal honeycomb designs
Perfect hexagonal structures inspired by honeycombs in bee nests are widely used to build everything from airplane wings, boats, and cars, to skis, snowboards, packaging and acoustic dampening materials......»»
Director retention does not necessarily facilitate post-acquisition firm performance: study
Firm acquisition is a complicated process in which acquiring companies often try to smooth the transition by retaining at least one board-level director from the target company. New research from the University of Notre Dame calls into question the w.....»»
Jeff Bezos is still not an astronaut, according to the FAA
Just because you were in space doesn't mean you get the wings of an astronaut......»»
Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis and expand its API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
Embedded finance — the process by which some of the more complicated, but also commoditized, aspects of financial services are built and wrapped in an API for anyone else to implement in their own products for end users — has become a hug.....»»
DNA from 93-year-old butterfly confirms the first US case of human-led insect extinction
The Xerces blue butterfly was last seen flapping its iridescent periwinkle wings in San Francisco in the early 1940s. It's generally accepted to be extinct, the first American insect species destroyed by urban development, but there are lingering que.....»»
A foot tumor and two tail fractures complicated the life of this hadrosaur
When it was discovered in the 1980s in Argentina, this hadrosaur was diagnosed with a fractured foot. However, a new analysis now shows that this ornithopod commonly known as the duck-billed dinosaur actually had a tumor some 70 million years ago, as.....»»
Commercial real estate lending startup Lev brings in $30M on a $130M valuation
Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology, with most deals still paper-heavy and complicated. Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology; though it has an addressable financing market of more than $40 billio.....»»
Newly-introduced butterfly could become widespread in Canada
This summer, if you see a butterfly with wings that are blue on top with orange spots underneath, you may have crossed paths with a male European Common Blue (or Polyommatus icarus), a newly introduced species in Canada......»»
Why is the eastern monarch butterfly disappearing?
Michigan State University ecologists led an international research partnership of professional and volunteer scientists to reveal new insights into what's driving the already-dwindling population of eastern monarch butterflies even lower......»»
How a butterfly tree becomes a web
Evolution is often portrayed as a tree, with new species branching off from existing lineages, never again to meet. The truth however is often much messier. In the case of adaptive radiation, in which species diversify rapidly to fill different ecolo.....»»
How to import your save file from the Monster Hunter Stories 2 demo
If you started playing Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin through the demo, you can import your save data to the full release. We will show you how......»»
Crystal clear: Lepidopterans have many ways of being transparent
Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: The bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of a swallowtail, the luminous green of a Luna moth. But some butterflies flutter on even more dramatic wings: Parts of their wing, or sometimes the.....»»
Monster Hunter Stories 2 Essential tips and tricks
Start your adventures off the right way in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. Here are our essential tips and tricks for getting started on your journey......»»
Highest-Energy Particles Yet Arrive from Ancient Crab Nebula
Astronomers have observed record-breaking photons that strain classical theories of acceleration -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
LHAASO measures Crab Nebula brightness, yields new UHE gamma-ray standard
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China's key national science and technology infrastructure facilities, has accurately measured the brightness over 3.5 orders of magnitude of the standard candle in high-energy astronomy.....»»
Continental pirouettes: Supervolcano fed from Earth"s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
The plates of the Earth's crust perform complicated movements that can be attributed to quite simple mechanisms. That is the short version of the explanation of a rift that began to tear the world apart 105 million years ago over a length of several.....»»
The Tech Cold War"s "Most Complicated Machine" That"s Out of China"s Reach
A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is. New York Times: President Biden and many lawmakers in Washington are worried these days abo.....»»
Monster Hunter Stories 2 launch guide: Platforms, file size, game length, and more
Capcom's Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is imminent. We've collected all the information you need prepared to download, play, and slay on launch day......»»
China is cracking down on data privacy. That"s terrible news for some of its biggest tech companies
China spent months clipping the wings of some of its tech champions over concerns that they were crowding out the competition. Now Beijing is seizing on data privacy as the next step in a sweeping campaign that threatens to cut companies off from glo.....»»
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin review: A less intimidating hunt
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a better entry point for the franchise than its mainline games......»»