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Mount Vesuvius victims died just moments away from rescue

A skeleton unearthed at the site may belong to a high-ranking naval officer. armi del soldato When Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 CE, the eruption also killed hundreds of people huddled on the shores of nearby Hercul.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaMay 14th, 2021

Law fails victims of financial abuse from their partner, research warns

Victims of financial abuse from their partner in England and Wales are being failed by an "inadequate" legal response, new research warns......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

Recycling does not necessarily prevent an item from eventually ending up in a landfill, according to Enrique Gomez, interim associate dean for equity and inclusion and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Instea.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Lahar detection system upgraded for Mount Rainier

In the shadow of Washington State's Mount Rainier, about 90,000 people live in the path of a potential large lahar—a destructive, fluid and fast-moving debris flow associated with volcanic slopes......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

LLM copyright and IP theft "de facto endorsed" by UK government

UK legislators are criticizing the government for failing to protect victims from copyright infringements, thanks to AI......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

TwelveSouth’s adjustable iPad mount is secretly a versatile iPhone accessory

TwelveSouth recently sent me their l to test with FaceTime on Apple TV 4K. HoverBar Duo is primarily marketed as an adjustable iPad mount for using the tablet hands-free. However, the arrival of FaceTime for Apple TV 4K makes HoverBar Duo a versatile.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

Delivery van safety features could mitigate 4 in 10 fatal crashes, study says

Larger vehicles are more likely to cause injuries in crashes because of their greater mass, and the victims are often outside the vehicle......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows

The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats—half of them on one farm—had died suddenly......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

More than half of cats on farm died after drinking milk from cows infected with bird flu

In yet another sign that bird flu is spreading widely among mammals, a new report finds more than half of cats at the first Texas dairy farm to have cows test positive for bird flu this spring died after drinking raw milk......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Young people in Philly"s toughest neighborhoods explain how violence disrupts their physical and mental health

In 2023, 410 people were murdered in Philadelphia—more than a quarter of them under age 25. In addition to the people who died, countless others lost loved ones and people they relied on......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heat wave roasts Southeast Asia

Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting a brutal heat wave and the lake's management are to blame......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

How the plant world shapes the climate cycle

In order to understand the Earth's resilience, researchers at ETH Zurich are modeling climate changes from times long past. And they show that plants are not simply victims of circumstances, but have helped to shape climate conditions on Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024

Alpacas found to be the only mammal to directly inseminate the uterus

A pair of biologists from Mount Holyoke College, working with a colleague from North American Camelid Studies Program, the Nunoa Project, has found that the male alpaca thrusts his penis all the way into the uterus of the female during mating, making.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024

Study says California"s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don"t get used to it

Last year's snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Reforestation study finds only a few tree species can survive a century of rapid climate change

Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Technical University of Munich TUM have now inv.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?

A group of archaeologists, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, announce the discovery of a part of a Roman villa built before the middle of the first century. This villa, near the town of Nola in southwestern Italy's Campania region, was.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Enhancing memory technology: Multiferroic nanodots for low-power magnetic storage

Traditional memory devices are volatile and the current non-volatile ones rely on either ferromagnetic or ferroelectric materials for data storage. In ferromagnetic devices, data is written or stored by aligning magnetic moments, while in ferroelectr.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

5 defining moments from Tesla"s Q1 earnings

Industry analysts expected bad news from Tesla's first-quarter earnings report after weak sales. But CEO Elon Musk provided an upbeat narrative by announcing new affordable models for next year......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

How marketing classes can rescue "ugly produce" from becoming food waste

At a time of rising food costs and growing food insecurity, a large percentage of food grown for consumption never reaches our tables......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, researcher says

More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

Applying DevSecOps principles to machine learning workloads

Protecting data and other enterprise assets is an increasingly challenging task, and one that touches nearly every corner of an organization. As the complexity of digital systems grows, the challenges mount. One method that helps reign in the chaos i.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024