How mountain rescue could be aided by 5G
Real-time tracking of a search dog’s path allows the team to assess which areas have been covered......»»
Rocky Mountain RepRap Fest: All The Cool 3D Printing Stuff
Have you ever been to a Rep Rap festival? If you are like me, you may have heard the term but didn’t really know what it was. It has something to do with 3D printing right? It is that and so much more!! The post Rocky Mountain RepRap Fest: All The.....»»
Mountain"s trash problem inspires push for new national monument
When environmental advocacy organization Get Outdoors Nevada holds volunteer clean up events at public lands around the valley, they typically bring buckets......»»
Interactive 3D model recreates Old Man of the Mountain
Twenty years after the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed, audiences around the world will now be able to explore the iconic symbol of New Hampshire through an online interactive 3D model created by Matthew Maclay, a graduate student in earth sciences.....»»
New measurements suggest rethinking the shape of the Milky Way galaxy
A team of space scientists with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at both the Purple Mountain Observatory and the National Astronomical Observatories, has found that the traditional view of the Milky Way galaxy as having four arms is not correct. In t.....»»
Is Colombia"s deadly Nevado del Ruiz on the verge of a major eruption?
Hundreds of villagers who live in the shadow of the Western Hemisphere's deadliest volcano, Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz, have been on edge for nearly a month ever since the 17,000-foot-tall mountain started spewing plumes of ash and steam high into th.....»»
Apple Arcade Guide: Everything that’s available [New: Grand Mountain Adventure+]
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on all the available Apple Arcade games. more… The post Apple Arcade Guide: Ev.....»»
Samsung makes its stunning 95 percent profit drop official for Q1 2023
A glut of memory chips leaves Samsung with its lowest profits since 2009. Enlarge / The regional headquarters of Samsung in Mountain View, California. (credit: Getty Images/Smith Collection) Samsung warned the world ear.....»»
Study: Mountain quail may benefit from high severity wildfire
Mountain Quail are an under-studied but recreationally-valued management indicator species in California's Sierra Nevada. They are notoriously difficult to study due to their penchant for impenetrable, dense, shrubby habitats, high elevations, and st.....»»
From sanguine to hypersaline: Global salt lakes in decline
At its grand opening in 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct sent a torrent of fresh mountain water cascading into the Los Angeles valley to the cheers of an onlooking crowd of 30,000 people. The water, diverted from the Owens Valley more than 200 miles aw.....»»
The best movies on Peacock right now (April 2023)
From Cocaine Bear to the John Wick films to Brokeback Mountain, Peacock has a great selection of movies streaming right now......»»
Can an e-bike’s fat tires be offset by a fat battery?
A well-implemented electric boost handles some of the worst of ultra-fat tires. Enlarge (credit: John Timmer) For many years, talking about fat-tire bikes meant you were referring to mountain bikes. But a more recent gen.....»»
How did the Andes Mountains get so huge? A new geological research method may hold the answer
How did the Andes—the world's longest mountain range—reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen may be able to answer. With unprecedented precis.....»»
Professor unearths the ancient fossil plant history of Burnaby Mountain
New research led by Simon Fraser University paleobotanist Rolf Mathewes provides clues about what plants existed in the Burnaby Mountain area (British Columbia, Canada) 40 million years ago during the late Eocene, when the climate was much warmer tha.....»»
Study predicts poor survival rates if Ebola infects endangered mountain gorillas
If infected with the Ebola virus, less than 20% of endangered mountain gorillas living in Africa's Virunga Massif region would be expected to survive more than 100 days past the first confirmed case. That is according to a study that used computer mo.....»»
How to cool your brain? These warm-blooded animals use their nose
A research team led by Seishiro Tada and Takanobu Tsuihiji of the University of Tokyo shows that the living warm-blooded descendants of theropod dinosaurs, aided by larger nasal cavities, evolved a better nasal cooling system than cold-blooded animal.....»»
A Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters. Is Cat Poop to Blame?
In California, the bodies of four furry swimmers tested positive for a strain of toxoplasmosis first seen in mountain lions......»»
Samsung forecasts a shocking 96 percent drop in profits for Q1 2023
Memory inventories are piling up, so Samsung is cutting production. Enlarge / The regional headquarters of Samsung in Mountain View, California. (credit: Getty Images/Smith Collection) Samsung's next quarter is shaping.....»»
Sierra squirrels find their niche amid a changing climate
As the climate changes, many species are expected to adjust where and how they live. Some are expected to seek cooler elevations as it warms, but what happens to species already at the top of a mountain? A study of squirrels living in California's hi.....»»
T-Mobile and MLB renew official partnership, customers get free MLB.TV through 2028
T-Mobile has been on a roll with its partnerships this year. Following up on becoming the official mobile carrier for Vail Mountain Resorts and AAA, the Un-carrier has announced that it has renewed its MLB partnership in a new six-year deal. The new.....»»
The latest ‘Alto’s Adventure’ soundtrack is now available on Apple Music and Spotify
The hit game Alto’s Adventure saw a remaster/expansion launch on Apple Arcade last year – “The Spirit of the Mountain” which came with a new soundtrack. Now the music from the latest Alto game has arrived on Apple Music, Spotify, and more so.....»»