The Winter Olympics Are Sadder, Quieter, Scarier.
Isolation rooms, fears of positive Covid-19 tests and the absence of cheering crowds are squeezing all the joy from the Beijing Games. From a report: On the day Team USA flag bearer Elana Meyers Taylor was supposed to march her country into the Olymp.....»»
Alienware celebrates 25 years with new Aurora, finally adding clear side panel
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Alienware announced the new Aurora, which said to be 16% quieter and 5% faster -- even using the same hardware......»»
Q&A: La Nina"s back and it"s not good for parts of dry West
For the second straight year, the world heads into fall and winter with a La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West and boost an already busy Atlantic hurricane season......»»
Ted Cruz Says Bitcoin Mining Can Fix Texas" Crumbling Electric Grid
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Texas' energy grid has problems. Those issues were laid bare this past winter when a storm put the state in a deep freeze, causing blackouts for millions and killing hundreds of people. Sen. Ted C.....»»
The Southern Ocean"s role in driving global carbon cycle stronger than expected
The Southern Ocean's role in driving the global carbon cycle may be stronger than expected as the biological carbon pump is not "switched off" in winter as previously thought......»»
Winter to be test for BEV sales
Power outages and power restrictions might hinder the development and popularization of battery electric vehicle (BEV) in 2022......»»
During WWII, getting the flu vaccine was patriotic. Some no longer view science that way
The world had lurched into a dark and uncertain winter. Americans were dying by the thousands, and the rhythms of everyday life seemed to carry only mournful notes of loss and deprivation......»»
First European map of the insulating effect of forests
To cool off in summer, there's nothing better than a walk in the woods. Trees act as a buffer that cools the air beneath their foliage in summer and warms it in winter. This phenomenon is caused not only by the protection that the forest canopy provi.....»»
Marine heatwaves during winter could have dire impacts on New Zealand fisheries and herald more summer storms
The ocean around New Zealand is getting warmer, and extreme warming events have become more frequent over the past years......»»
Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the Southeast
On a cold winter's day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south of Knoxville, Tennessee. They navigated a slippery mud slope and a tight keyhole through the cave wall, trudged through the stream itself, ducke.....»»
How much carbon dioxide snow falls every winter on Mars?
Like Earth, Mars experiences climatic variations during the course of a year because of the tilted nature of its orbit (aka. seasonal change). Similarly, these variations in temperature result in interaction between the atmosphere and the polar ice c.....»»
Amazon Halo View tracks your health on an OLED screen
Monitor your heart rate and other fitness metrics. The Halo View will cost $79.99. (credit: Amazon)Amazon continued its reach into health and fitness hardware today by announcing a health tracker coming out this winter. With a color displ.....»»
Deepwater renewal in Lake Geneva in light of climate change
EPFL scientists have studied two mechanisms that can help bring oxygen to the depths of a lake—essential for preserving the lake's ecosystem. The classical deepwater renewal caused by surface cooling during winter is becoming less efficient due to.....»»
As autumn approaches here"s why we see more spiders in our houses and why wasps are desperate for sugar
The tell-tale signs that autumn is here are clear to us; the days are getting shorter and the temperature is decreasing. We take this as a sign to pull out our winter woolies and think about turning on the radiators. But how do insects know that wint.....»»
Hoverflies navigate using sun and body clock
Hoverflies use a combination of the sun and their body clock to navigate when they fly south for the winter, new research shows......»»
Appropriate preconditioning and testing could reduce winter damage to seedlings
The growth of the trees in the boreal zone is based on the acclimation and adaptation of their annual cycle with the changes of the weather conditions during the four seasons. Winter damage would be one of the most difficult challenge for many differ.....»»
A warm Indian Ocean drives anomalous weather events in East Asia
An unusually warm winter in 2019/20 in central China and Japan was followed by a summer that saw record-breaking rainfall in the region, triggering severe flooding and landslides. A research team from the University of Tsukuba has now examined the co.....»»
Does sunshine affect the decision making of top corporate executives?
Would you feel depressed if it has rained for several days? Sunshine affects our mood. The medical sector generally believes that seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is related to shorter sunshine duration in autumn and winter, as sunlight affects the.....»»
Cyclones starve North Atlantic seabirds
Every winter, thousands of emaciated seabird carcasses are found on North American and European shores......»»
Intel is experimenting with new stock cooler designs for Alder Lake
Intel’s Rocket Lake cooler, pictured above, has existed in various iterations for about a decade. Intel has occasionally varied the color and made it a bit taller to perform a little better, or a smidgen wider to be a fraction quieter, but it’s n.....»»
The next big startup may just help venture back more startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Oper8r, built by Winter Mead and Welly Sculley, wants to help new entrants in the VC world scale. The accelera.....»»