Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington coast
Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for celebration and ceremony......»»
TCL’s TAB 10 NXTPAPER 5G is now Available via Verizon
It's designed with unique screen technology. The post TCL’s TAB 10 NXTPAPER 5G is now Available via Verizon appeared first on Phandroid. If’ you’ve been on the hunt for a unique take on Android tablet hardware, then you m.....»»
Why some plant diseases thrive in urban environments
Rachel Penczykowski, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and five WashU graduate and undergraduate students tracked infestations of powdery mildew on common broadleaf weeds. Their study, publish.....»»
Genomic insights into the tea gray geometrid"s survival strategy
A study has shed light on the genetic makeup of the tea gray geometrid, Ectropis grisescens. Through the re-sequencing of 43 genomes, scientists have mapped out the pest's population structure and its remarkable adaptation to tea crops, offering new.....»»
Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington coast
Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for celebration and ceremony......»»
Shackleton died on board the Quest; ship’s wreckage has just been found
"His final voyage kind of ended that Heroic Age of Exploration." Enlarge / Ernest Shackleton died on board the Quest in 1922. Forty years later, the ship sank off Canada's Atlantic Coast. (credit: Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geograp.....»»
NASA satellite returns image of sea ice swirls
NASA's Terra satellite captured floating fragments of sea ice as ocean currents carried them south along Greenland's east coast on June 4, 2024......»»
Large number of whale sightings off New England, including dozens of endangered sei whales
A large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an unusually high number of an endangered species, said scientists who study the animals......»»
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada
The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by.....»»
Pacific coast gray whales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20–30 years, study finds
Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length since around the year 2000, a new Oregon State University study has found......»»
Inside the Titan submersible disaster
OceanGate CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and flat-out lied, leaving five dead. Enlarge / A logo on equipment stored near the OceanGate Inc. offices in Everett, Washington, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. (credit: Bloomberg vi.....»»
Open-source security in AI
New AI products are coming onto the market faster than we have seen in any previous technology revolution. Companies’ free access and right to use open source in AI software models has allowed them to prototype an AI product to market cheaper than.....»»
Elephants may refer to each other by name
The animals seem to respond more actively to calls that include their "name." Enlarge (credit: Buena Vista Images) Lots of animals communicate with each other, from tiny mice to enormous whales. But none of those forms o.....»»
Study finds ocean warming pushes giant Atlantic bluefin northwards
A new study led by Irish scientists has found giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are moving further north in response to marine heat waves off the Irish coast......»»
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season
Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice......»»
New tool developed to improve deadly superbug treatment
World-leading software that can both detect and predict antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in one of nature's toughest and deadliest superbugs has been developed by a University of the Sunshine Coast-led research team. The work is published in the journa.....»»
Astronomers observe giant outburst of a distant X-ray binary
Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station, astronomers have observed a distant X-ray binary known as EXO 2030+375. The observational campaign allowed them to explore a giant outburst that occ.....»»
Apple has drawn a fuzzy line about what counts as console emulation on iPhone
Apple's App Store app review team has rejected PC emulator UTM SE, spawning questions about what might be allowed, and from whom.Now-abandoned UTM multi-platform emulator for iOS."After almost two month long review process, Apple has rejected UTM SE.....»»
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Isl.....»»
Cascadia Subduction Zone, one of Earth"s top hazards, comes into sharper focus
Off the coasts of southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific Ocean floor is slowly diving eastward under North America. This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a me.....»»
Rare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon"s coast garners worldwide attention
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast, drawing crowds of curious onlookers intrigued by the unusual sight......»»