Turkish hilltop where civilisation began
On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets......»»
An unexpected gap year: Study examines disparity in state revenue collection between the West and the rest of the world
In 2015, two political scientists at the University of Rochester began assembling data to study the effects of colonialism on the ability of newly liberated states to collect revenues after independence......»»
Threads added a Following feed, so you can finally delete Twitter
As Twitter (or X?) goes through its eighth midlife crisis of 2023, Meta’s rival app Threads began rolling out a Following feed. As the name … The post Threads added a Following feed, so you can finally delete Twitter appeared first on BGR.....»»
Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below thresholds set by the EPA
Since de-icing with road salt began in the 1930s, the salinity of lakes across much of the US has been steadily increasing, posing a potential threat to aquatic life and drinking water supplies......»»
What it really takes to turn all those empty office buildings into homes
According to engineers, office spaces can be converted to residential buildings—but it won’t be cheap. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more companies have offered remote work options for their employees, or have even switched to wor.....»»
California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
A highly technical process began Thursday in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters......»»
TSMC delays Arizona plant, blames US labor shortage
Apple's processor manufacturer TSMC says that it can't find enough skilled workers to open its Arizona facility on time, and mass chip production will have to wait until 2025.The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) began work on a first.....»»
Lessons from the sun: How studying solar cycles can create a safer future on Earth
In 1859, the Carrington Event, the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, created spectacular auroral displays around the globe, illuminating the night skies so brightly that birds began singing and laborers set off for work, mistakenly.....»»
Bosch launches production of fuel cell power modules for Nikola trucks
Bosch began production of fuel cell power modules for Nikola and plans to generate $5.5 billion from hydrogen technology by 2030......»»
Humans" impact on Earth began a new epoch in the 1950s called the Anthropocene, scientists say
From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists says a new geologic epoch began then......»»
Volcano begins erupting in an uninhabited valley in southwest Iceland
A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting Monday, the country's meteorological authorities said, 11 months after its last eruption officially ended......»»
Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform, there weren't many viable alternatives for frustrated users. Now, there may be too many......»»
Webb detects most distant active supermassive black hole to date
It's a bonanza: The universe is absolutely teeming with black holes. Researchers have long known this, but less massive black holes that existed in the early universe were too dim to detect—that is until the James Webb Space Telescope began taking.....»»
Study examines centuries of identity lost because of slavery
Many Americans can trace some lines of their family tree back to the 1600s. However, African Americans descended from enslaved Africans, who began arriving in North America in 1619, lack ancestral information spanning several centuries......»»
Christiaan Huygens and the Pendulum Clock
The Scientific Revolution was a momentous time. Most historians of science agree that during this era — 1500 to 1700 CE — people started thinking differently, more scientifically, about the way the world worked. Many began to think of the w.....»»
States are weakening child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce
A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced sim.....»»
The bad blood between Musk and Zuckerberg began with a bang
"I'm deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX's launch failure destroyed our satellite." Enlarge / Musk versus Zuckerberg in a cage match? Probably not. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images ( David Paul Morris | Nathan Laine)).....»»
Beijing temperatures near record as extreme heat sweeps northern China
Beijing on Thursday appeared to log its hottest June temperature since reliable records began, according to weather data and local media reports, as swathes of northern China sweltered in 40-degree heat......»»
Why are killer whales going "Moby-Dick" on yachts lately? Experts doubt it"s revenge
The attacks started suddenly and inexplicably in the spring of 2020—pods of endangered killer whales began ramming yachts and fishing boats in European waters, pushing some off course and imperiling others......»»
Cybercriminals return to business as usual in a post-pandemic world
After two years of pandemic-induced disruption, 2022 was a return to business as usual for the world’s cybercriminals, according to Proofpoint. As COVID-19 medical and economic programs began to wind down, attackers had to find new ways to make a l.....»»
"Disaster" Cyclone Biparjoy weakens after ramming India"s coast
Cyclone Biparjoy slammed into the Indian coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north......»»