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TESS discovers a rocky planet that glows with molten lava as it"s squeezed by its neighbors

UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double-check his calculations. He wasn't sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagMay 9th, 2024

GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy. It doesn"t reflect the health of people or the planet

Economics and economic policy need a rethink. This is clear from the scale of inequality, joblessness, insecurity and environmental disasters we see in the world......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Why We All Need a U.N. Study of the Effects of Nuclear War

A new United Nations expert study of the effects of nuclear war would spur informed and inclusive global debate on what nuclear war means for people and the planet today.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

19 Neighbors Who Got Wayyyyyyyy Too Into Other People"s Business

19 Neighbors Who Got Wayyyyyyyy Too Into Other People"s Business.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

COVID lessons learned? UN summit mulls plan for healthy planet, and humans

The COVID-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 26th, 2024

Did some of Earth"s water come from the solar wind?

The source of Earth's water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, Earth's water was either part of the planet from the beginning of its formation in the solar nebula or delivered later, mayb.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

How Helene and a locked gate escalated Rep. Virginia Foxx’s feud with her NC neighbors

How Helene and a locked gate escalated Rep. Virginia Foxx’s feud with her NC neighbors.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Tesla makes $2.2 billion in profit during Q3 2024

Tesla's profit margin is looking healthier than it has in a while. After a rocky first half of the year, Tesla enjoyed a much healthier third quarter in 2024. As we learned earlie.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Why Trump"s messaging is becoming more extreme: A mathematician explains

"Talk about extreme." That was the response of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at September's televised debate, after her rival, Donald Trump, made the baseless claim that migrants had been eating the dogs and cats of their neighbors in.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Structural biology analysis of a Pseudomonas bacterial virus reveals a genome ejection motor

The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American bathrooms found more than 600 types of bacterial viruses, commonly called.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life

Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it's revealing secrets about Earth's past......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Could injecting diamond dust into the atmosphere help cool the planet?

A multi-institutional team of climatologists, meteorologists and Earth scientists has found evidence that dropping diamond dust from an airplane into the atmosphere could cool the planet. In their study published in the journal Geophysical Research L.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Forest fires are shifting north and intensifying—here"s what that means for the planet

Fires have long been a natural part of forest ecosystems, but something is changing. Our new study shows that forest fires have become more widespread and severe amid global heating, particularly in the high northern latitudes such as Canada and Sibe.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Scientists identify potential deep-ocean greenhouse gas storage solution

As the planet continues to warm and the ramifications of human-driven climate change continue to amplify, the need to find ways to mitigate climate change is growing. In Nature Communications, University of California, Irvine scientists describe a ne.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Scientists create new overwintering sites for monarch butterflies on a warming planet

The migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the wonders of the natural world. Each autumn, a new generation of monarch butterflies is born in the northern United States and southern Canada. Hundreds of millions of these butterflies then fly to t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Study of wild type mosquitoes in Burkina Faso discovers new signs of insecticide resistance

One of the main discoveries of a new study is the identification of new variants in genes associated with insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes, the primary vectors of malaria in West Africa, and potential novel resistance mechanisms, emphas.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

We splashed around for 250+ hours to find the best waterproof Bluetooth speakers

Bluetooth speakers are as popular now as they have ever been, and it seems like every tech company on the planet sells a wide range … The post We splashed around for 250+ hours to find the best waterproof Bluetooth speakers appeared first on BG.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Identifying the genes that viruses "steal" from ocean microbes

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don't do the work on their own—the viruses that infect them also influence the process. It's a vital job for the rest of the planet, enabling oceans to absorb half of the human-generated carbon in the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Could life exist below Mars ice? Study proposes possibilities

While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Book Review: The Big Costs of Mining the Planet for Electric Power

Vince Beiser’s tour of the “Electro-Digital Age” puts resource extraction at the center.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 16th, 2024

Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

Winamp wanted to engage coders, but not like this. Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its "Legacy Player Code" on September 24 so that developers.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 16th, 2024