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Hubble discovers over 1,000 new asteroids thanks to photobombing

Astronomers have used 19 years' worth of Hubble data to detect over 1,000 previously unknown asteroids in our solar system......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsApr 18th, 2024

Artificial intelligence finds previously undetected historical climate extremes

There are over 30,000 weather stations in the world, measuring temperature, precipitation and other indicators often on a daily basis. That's a massive amount of data for climate researchers to compile and analyze to produce the monthly and annual gl.....»»

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You can now buy eight RTX 5090s for over $50,000

Although the RTX 5090 still hasn't been announced in Nvidia, you can already preorder the cards -- but not in the way you'd think......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Thailand to return nearly 1,000 trafficked lemurs, tortoises to Madagascar

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered lemurs and tortoises back to their home in Madagascar, in what both countries called their biggest ever operation against wildlife trafficking......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Study discovers how algae produce a hormone they use to communicate

A study at the University of Cordoba shows how algae produce auxin, a plant hormone, opening a path of communication with bacteria to generate synergies that could benefit agricultural production. The paper is published in the journal iScience......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

OKEANOS—A mission that would have returned samples from the Trojan asteroids

Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't selected for implementation, their ideas, and in some cases, their technologies, can live on in other missions. That was the case for.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Dell just slashed the price of its G16 Gaming Laptop by a third

A quality gaming laptop for $1,000 appears amid early Black Friday deals. Here it is!.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

11,000 US and Canadian Starbucks stores hit by ransomware attack; UK supermarkets too

Some 11,000 Starbucks stores in North America have been hit by a ransomware attack on one of its largest IT providers. Two UK supermarket chains have also been affected by the security breach, and car-maker Ford says it is trying to determine whether.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Oil spill still contaminating sensitive Mauritius mangroves three years on

Three years after the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off Mauritius, spilling around 1,000 tons of a new type of marine fuel oil, Curtin University-led research has confirmed the oil is still present in an environmentally sensiti.....»»

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Earth-bound asteroids "could be tracked more precisely" with new equation

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to track their orbits more precisely......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Focaccia: A Neolithic culinary tradition dating back 9,000 years ago

A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a comple.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Study discovers formation of Criegee intermediates from photochemical oxidation of alkenes

Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) and Criegee intermediates (CI, carbonyl oxides) are key reactive species in atmospheric chemistry and play crucial roles in the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA)......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Around 450,000 children disadvantaged by lack of school support for color blindness

Around 450,000 children are being failed by the UK education system because they have a special educational need and disability (SEND) that is effectively unrecognized by most schools and local education authorities, an author has warned......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Best Black Friday iPad Pro deals: save up to $1,000

Apple's iPad Pro has been heavily discounted as Black Friday deals week is well underway, with discounts of up to $400 off M4 11-inch and 13-inch models — and up to $1,000 off blowout M2 tablets.Black Friday deals are live on Apple's iPad Pro.Black.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Survivors mark 20th anniversary of deadly 2004 tsunami

NatGeo's documentary, Tsunami: Race Against Time, revisits the devastating disaster that killed nearly 230,000 people. In the wee hours of December 26, 2004, a massive 9.2 earthqu.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  dailywirelessRelated NewsNov 24th, 2024

Survivors mark 20th anniversary of deadly 2004 tsunami

NatGeo's documentary, Tsunami: Race Against Time, revisits the devastating disaster that killed nearly 230,000 people. In the wee hours of December 26, 2004, a massive 9.2 earthqu.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  dailywirelessRelated NewsNov 24th, 2024

Niagara fireball event leads to discovery of tiniest known asteroid

In an international study led by Western University and Lowell Observatory, scientists describe a pioneering, integrative approach for studying near-Earth asteroids based largely on a November 2022 fireball event that dropped meteorites in the Niagar.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get started on planets throughout a solar system. The discovery of extraterrestrial life on asteroids or within meteorites would.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

AI and genus-conditioned algorithms create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees

The Irish philosopher George Berkely, best known for his theory of immaterialism, once famously mused, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" What about AI-generated trees? They probably wouldn't make a s.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Save up to $2,000 with exclusive Bluetti portable power station Black Friday deals

Bluetti is offering incredible discounts up to 57% off of essential portable power station models and exclusive coupons during its Black Friday sales event. Don't miss out.Bluetti Black FridayWhether you're looking to upgrade an older home battery ba.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Hubble finds sizzling details about young star FU Orionis

In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our sun. Unlike an exploding.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024