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......»»
Hunter-gatherer genes helped early European farmers survive disease, reveals study
When early Stone Age farmers first moved into Europe from the Near East about 8,000 years ago, they met and began mixing with the existing hunter-gatherer populations. Now genome-wide studies of hundreds of ancient genomes from this period show more.....»»
EV push could spur more supplier mergers and acquisitions
The pace of supplier mergers and acquisitions could soon pick up as companies look to reposition themselves for the EV era and as private equity firms seek to put hundreds of billions of dollars in outstanding capital to work......»»
OWC"s 14-port Thunderbolt 3 dock is on sale for $199.99 today
The OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock, which is $80 off this weekend, has hundreds of 5-star ratings on Amazon.Get the OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock for $199.99.You can snap up OWC's Thunderbolt 3 dock for $199.99 at the company's MacSales.com store. This handy dock i.....»»
Using rock images to study cult of the gods in pre-Egyptian society
The desert in southern Egypt is filled with hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period. The oldest date from the fifth millennium B.C., and few have been studied. Egyptologists at the University of Bonn and.....»»
Rapid surge in highly contagious killer fungus poses new threat to amphibians across Africa
Mass fungus infections that drive populations worldwide to near-collapse don't just occur in science fiction. Chytridiomycosis, the worst vertebrate disease in recorded history, has already wiped out hundreds of species of amphibians around the world.....»»
Humans are leaving behind a "frozen signature" of microbes on Mount Everest
Almost 5 miles above sea level in the Himalayan mountains, the rocky dip between Mount Everest and its sister peak, Lhotse, lies windswept, free of snow. It is here at the South Col where hundreds of adventurers pitch their final camp each year befor.....»»
You"re stuck with your same old genome, but corals aren"t
Some corals live to be hundreds, and even thousands, of years old. They were born with genes that were successful back in their parent's generation, so how can these old corals still be successful now? Especially in a changing climate? It's possible.....»»
Places of worship linked with more neighborhood crime in Washington, D.C
A new analysis of crime statistics near hundreds of places of worship in Washington, D.C., shows that these sites are associated with higher levels of violent and property crime—even after accounting for other factors commonly linked with crime. Ja.....»»
To help dry forests, fire needs to be just the right intensity, and happen more than once
Oregon State University research into the ability of a wildfire to improve the health of a forest uncovered a Goldilocks effect—unless a blaze falls in a narrow severity range, neither too hot nor too cold, it isn't very good at helping forest land.....»»
The haters and conspiracy theorists back on Twitter
A BBC Monitoring investigation has found hundreds of reinstated accounts on Twitter promoting abuse and misinformation......»»
New method to synthesize menthol
Menthol is a substance that exists naturally in various mint plants. For hundreds of years, humans have recognized it as useful, causing an immense demand for menthol worldwide. Moreover, extraction from the plants itself is costly. So each year, tho.....»»
Two strong earthquakes rock southern Philippines
Two strong earthquakes jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, with the second damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers from their homes......»»
DNA from fossil eggshells reveals how extinct elephant birds lived
Madagascar's extinct elephant birds—the largest birds ever to have lived—have captured public interest for hundreds of years. Little is known about them due to large gaps in the skeletal fossil record......»»
At least four dead, thousands evacuated in Malaysia floods
At least four people have died and nearly 41,000 evacuated in Malaysia after floodwaters caused by "unusual" torrential rains lasting days swept through several states, officials said Saturday......»»
Financial challenges shutter self-driving truck company Embark Technology
Self-driving truck company Embark Technology closes and lays off hundreds of workers after it runs out of capital to fund continued development......»»
Broken fire suppression system made blaze at Apple cable supplier worse
After a recent fire critically damaged and shut down an Apple cable supplier's facility in India, an investigation revealed faulty fire safety equipment.Faulty equipment at FoxlinkOn Monday, Foxlink stopped production at its India cable production fa.....»»
La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle. How it affected weather around the world
It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events in the tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. Their catches would fluctuate and the largest declines were seen near Christmas when the ocean was at its warmest—they calle.....»»
Apple supplier unlikely to resume full India operations for two months after massive fire
Most of the fire safety equipment at Apple supplier Foxlink's facility in southern India was not functional, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday, a day after a massive blaze forced production to be halted......»»
Security teams have no control over risky SaaS-to-SaaS connections
Employees are providing hundreds to thousands of third-party apps with access to the two most dominant workspaces, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, according to Adaptive Shield. With no oversight or control from security teams, companies have no w.....»»
Hundreds of Washington state plants, animals at risk of extinction
Over a third of species and ecosystems in the United States are at risk of disappearing, including hundreds of plants and animals in Washington......»»