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......»»
Hundreds of years after the first try, we can finally read a Ptolemy text
The original writing was hidden in part by a 19th century attempt to read it. Enlarge / An artist's conception of Ptolemy using an instrument to observe the night sky. (credit: Getty Images) It was only natural for Alexa.....»»
Bangladeshis pray for rain as temperatures soar
Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims gathered on an open field in Dhaka on Monday to pray for rain after the metropolis of 20 million people recorded its hottest day in almost 60 years......»»
Suppliers are more vulnerable to a UAW strike now than in 2019
The 2019 UAW strike at GM led to hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue. For many suppliers, a strike in 2023 would be worse......»»
Naturally fire-prone ecosystems tend to have more species of birds and mammals, study reveals
Wildfires. Many see them as purely destructive forces, disasters that blaze through a landscape, charring everything in their paths. But a study published in the journal Ecology Letters reminds us that wildfires are also generative forces, spurring b.....»»
Weeds: The good, the bad, and the sometimes beautiful
Spring is here and many fields of crops are dotted with red poppies. Farmers know that this is not a good sign, even if hundreds of people show up, mobile phones in hand, in search of the best photograph......»»
Hundreds of rivers and lakes cross international borders—countries need to commit to sharing the water, says researcher
The Danube River starts in Germany and eventually flows into the Black Sea some 2,850 kilometers and ten countries later. If Germany were to dam or pollute the river, it could potentially affect nine other countries—and four of their capitals......»»
Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm
Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed two people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal......»»
Apple tiger teams reexamining supply chain, down to screws and plastic inserts
A new report says that Apple tiger teams involving hundreds of employees are working on reexamining the company’s supply chain – all the way down to screws and plastic inserts. The goal is to ensure backup suppliers for every component, as well.....»»
Hundreds of very shallow earthquakes detected in California"s Long Beach and Seal Beach
Seismic arrays deployed in California's Long Beach and Seal Beach areas detected more than a thousand tiny earthquakes over eight months, many of them located at surprisingly shallow depths of less than two kilometers below the surface......»»
Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts
Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company's London offices on Tuesday, following a dispute over layoffs......»»
Emissions cuts can slash heat deaths in Mideast, N. Africa: study
Meeting world targets to limit climate change would avert hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, scientists said on Tuesday, urging the region to adapt better......»»
Apple to eliminate roles in its corporate retail teams despite efforts to avoid layoffs
Apple has been putting a lot of effort into avoiding mass layoffs amidst the current macroeconomic scenario. Even so, the company has laid off hundreds of contractors this year. Now for the first time since a “belt-tightening effort” last year,.....»»
NuraTrue Pro Review: Premium Audio Earbuds With A Price Tag To Match
Nura's NuraTrue Pro earbuds aren't subtle. They're large, and they come with tech that'll make it clear why you spent hundreds of dollars on a set of earbuds......»»
Thai firefighters battle forest blaze
Hundreds of Thai firefighters and soldiers battled a forest blaze less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Bangkok on Friday as the kingdom grapples with air pollution that has made more than 1.7 million people ill already this year......»»
Wii U and 3DS eShops close down later today, risking hundreds of unique games
Titles unavailable elsewhere in Nintendo's ecosystem can no longer be purchased. Enlarge / Your last chance to buy individual games for the Wii U and 3DS—assuming you have credits in your wallet account—arrives tonight......»»
The search for the missing gravitational signal
Every year, hundreds of thousands of pairs of black holes merge in a cosmic dance that emits gravitational waves in every direction. Since 2015, the large ground-based LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA interferometers have made it possible to detect these signal.....»»
North Sea shell survey brings out volunteers
Hundreds of volunteers descended on the beaches of the North Sea coast this weekend to collect sea shells as a measure of the sea's biological diversity......»»
Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week
Ars picks out some of its favorites from the 500-computer collection. Enlarge / I mostly recognize this early laptop from its resemblance to a similar-looking computer in the film 2010. It's up for auction along with hundreds of.....»»
U.S. Treasury to release EV battery sourcing rules next week
The auto, battery and clean energy industries have been awaiting guidance on complex questions governing eligibility for hundreds of billions of dollars of incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law last year. .....»»
Capturing a cosmogenic isotope to determine the age of artifacts
You may probably wonder how archaeologists determine the age of ancient artifacts or how long a piece of rock exists above the surface. Isotopic dating can tell the age covering hundreds of thousands of years. For instance, common carbon isotope 14C.....»»