Iraq"s marshes are dying, and a civilization with them
Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes......»»
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson. Enlarge / Hard drives, unfortunately, tend to die not with a spectacular and sparkly bang, but with a head-is-stuck whimper. (credit: Getty Images).....»»
With the right plants, wetlands can recover, says researcher
Wetlands, such as bogs and marshes, have largely disappeared in the Netherlands. With humidification and the growth of the right plants, wetlands can be restored. This is evident from research by Renske Vroom, who will receive her doctorate on this s.....»»
Tidal wetlands study offers improved predictions of methane gas emissions
An international study led by UAB researcher Ariane Arias-Ortiz, and published in Global Change Biology, has analyzed methane gas fluxes in more than 100 tidal wetlands and marshes in the U.S......»»
"Civilization VI" finally has native Apple Silicon support
Armchair generals can now conquer the world even faster on their Mac, with "Civilization VI" now supporting Apple Silicon.Civilization VISid Meier's Civilization VI, also known as Civ VI has been a long-time mainstay of strategy gaming on the Mac, ha.....»»
Minnesota, US are losing valuable wetlands at an increasing rate
Marshes were drained and replaced by shallow, lifeless ponds. Old floodplain forests were cut down with no plan for them to grow back. Swamps and bogs were permanently drowned by open water......»»
Researchers study carbon capture in Upper Newport Bay salt marshes
Despite covering just 2% of the ocean, coastal wetlands—such as tidal salt marshes, mangrove forests and seagrass beds—are responsible for storing nearly half of all carbon found in ocean sediment. These "blue carbon" ecosystems naturally absorb.....»»
Firaxis wants to make sure you actually finish a Civilization 7 game
Apparently, players weren't finishing games in Civilization 6; Firaxis Games had to fix that for Civilization 7......»»
Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”
Pitchford's prediction that Steam could be "a dying store" have not come to pass. Enlarge / Artist's conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after Borderlands 3's exclusive launch there. (cred.....»»
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization
In 1971, English mathematical physicist and Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose proposed how energy could be extracted from a rotating black hole. He argued that this could be done by building a harness around the black hole's accretion disk, where infa.....»»
Civilization 7: release date, trailers, and more
Sid Meier's landmark series is back once again with Civilization 7. Before you can build your own utopia, you first need to learn when and where you can play......»»
The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It
With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever......»»
Surprising mechanism for removing dead cells identified
Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes—mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances. But some dying or dead cells are consumed.....»»
Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq"s Kurdistan
In a plant nursery in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, hundreds of pine, eucalyptus, olive and pomegranate saplings grow under awnings protecting them from the fierce summer sun......»»
Civilization VII hands-on: This strategy sequel rethinks the long game
Classic turn-based gameplay meets a radical rethink of the overall structure. Enlarge / Firaxis has upped the ante on presentation for the cities. It's still a bit abstract and removed, but they have more vibrancy, detail, and mo.....»»
Dying Light: The Beast brings back Kyle Crane in a new open-world title
A brand new dyling light game was revealed at Opening Night Live called Dying Light: The Beast. It currently has no release date......»»
Start scheduling time off: Civilization 7 is releasing in February
2K Games revealed at Gamescom that the highly anticipated Civilization 7 is hitting all platforms in February......»»
Civilization VII is coming to Mac in early 2025
The next entry into Sid Meier's Civilization franchise will make its way to macOS in February 2025, bringing another turn-based strategy title to the Mac.Civ VII coming to macOS in 2025Civilization VII, or Civ VII for short, is a turn-based strategy.....»»
Dying Light: The Beast debuts at Gamescom 2024"s Opening Night Live show
A brand new Dying Light spin-off is coming soon......»»
Why not knowing what to do isn"t always a bad thing for leaders
In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about knowledge. Discussing the issue of whether Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction to terrorists, he said, "A.....»»
Surf spots are global ally in climate fight, study finds
A first-of-its-kind study, published today in Conservation Science and Practice, has found that the forests, mangroves and marshes surrounding surf breaks store almost 90 Mt (million metric tons) of climate-stabilizing "irrecoverable carbon," making.....»»