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Hundreds evacuated as blaze engulfs Athens suburbs

Hundreds of people were evacuated early Wednesday as firefighters deployed planes and helicopters to fight a surging wildfire in mountainside suburbs north of Athens for a second day......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 20th, 2022

Tourists evacuated from Mexico"s hurricane-hit Acapulco

Airlines began to evacuate tourists from Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco on Friday after a scale-topping Category 5 hurricane left a trail of destruction and at least 27 people dead, authorities said......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 27th, 2023

Astronomers want JWST to study the Milky Way core for hundreds of hours

To understand the universe, we need to understand the extreme processes that shape it and drive its evolution. Things like supermassive black holes (SMBHs,) supernovae, massive reservoirs of dense gas, and crowds of stars both on and off the main seq.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 26th, 2023

Why NASA"s Roman mission will study Milky Way"s flickering lights

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide one of the deepest-ever views into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The mission will monitor hundreds of millions of stars in search of tell-tale flickers that betray the presence of planets, di.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2023

A layered lake reveals how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago

Little Deming Lake doesn't get much notice from visitors to Itasca State Park in Minnesota. There's better boating on nearby Lake Itasca, the headwaters of the Mississippi River. My colleagues and I need to maneuver hundreds of pounds of equipment do.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2023

Don’t ignore Spider-Man 2’s side missions. They’re the best parts of the game

While you may be tempted to blaze through Marvel's Spider-Man 2, you don't want to miss its fantastic side missions......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 21st, 2023

Sable Island"s shifting landscape offers insights into groundwater loss globally

Almost 200 kilometers off the coast of Nova Scotia sits a slender, crescent-shaped spit of land known for mythic wild horses that roam its dunes, seals that dot its low-slung shores and hundreds of shipwrecks still populating its watery depths......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 20th, 2023

New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can't last forever. But our group of materials scientists has developed a new method for creating and deco.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 20th, 2023

New research finds marine bacteria ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean

Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum Chloroflexota. Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 20th, 2023

Q&A: Scientist helps fish harvesters implement adaptive strategies to climate change

For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey's commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts. Recognizing this resilience, and acknowledging the challenges posed by global climate change.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 19th, 2023

DNA shows where Washington culvert replacements helped spawning salmon

To help struggling salmon populations, the state of Washington is legally required to replace hundreds of culverts that divert streams under roadways. The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete prom.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 19th, 2023

The encounter between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens as told by their genomes

About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in the western part of the Eurasian continent, gave way to Homo sapiens, who had arrived from Africa. This replacement was not sudden, and the two species coexiste.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2023

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Beducated gives pleasure-based sex education to better your sex skills and increase pleasure, through hundreds of courses via this $100 subscription. TL;DR: As of October 14, get a Beducated Lifetime Subscription for just $100 — that's a.....»»

Category: topSource:  mashableRelated NewsOct 16th, 2023

As a pro PC builder, here are 5 building tips no one tells you

You can dig up hundreds of guides on how to build a PC, but they don't cover some minor tips that are critical to keep in mind......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 14th, 2023

NASA’s Psyche Mission Is Off to Test a Space Laser (for Communications)

The Psyche probe is heading to its namesake metal-rich asteroid. Along the way, it will demonstrate a near-infrared laser system to send high-rate data hundreds of millions of miles home......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 13th, 2023

Research shows wildfire smoke may linger in homes long after initial blaze

Newly published research on indoor air quality from Colorado State University shows wildfire smoke may linger in homes long after the initial blaze has been put out or winds have shifted......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 13th, 2023

EU launches probe into disinformation campaigns as X says "hundreds" of Hamas-affiliated accounts removed

X says it has removed "hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts" and taken down thousands of posts since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group, even as the European Commission formally opened an investigation into X after a previous war.....»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsOct 13th, 2023

Elon Musk"s X says it has removed "hundreds" of Hamas-affiliated accounts

X says it has removed "hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts" and taken down thousands of posts since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group......»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsOct 12th, 2023

Study clearly identifies nutrients as a driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) that emerged in 2011 has since then caused unprecedented inundations of this brown s.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 11th, 2023

The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes" way of life

At first, the dead floated downstream a few at a time. Then they came by the hundreds, and then the thousands......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 9th, 2023

Discovery of half-million-year-old wooden structure shows we"re wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives

To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today's fast changing world, older technologies, even those from a few years ago, are oft.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 9th, 2023