What causes pools below waterfalls to periodically fill with sediment?
Deep pools below waterfalls are popular recreational swimming spots, but sometimes they can be partially or completely filled with sediment. New research showed how and why pools at the base of waterfalls, known as plunge pools, go through natural cy.....»»
Floods fill some of California"s summer strawberry fields
As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed......»»
Review: Moshi iVisor tames glossy iPad + MacBook with outdoor-friendly matte screen protectors
Years ago, Apple offered the MacBook Pro with an anti-glare display, but save for the nano-texture Pro Display XDR, matte screens are nowhere to be found in Apple’s lineup today. Moshi aims to fill , which I’ve been using on both my MacBook Pro.....»»
Topological charges of periodically kicked molecules
The peculiar topological properties of some forms of matter have been researched for decades. Now, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have discovered topological properties of simple diatomic molecules driven to rot.....»»
The retention problem: Women are going into tech but are also being driven out
By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the U.S., but there will only be enough college graduates with computing degrees to fill 24% of these jobs. For decades, the U.S. has poured resources into improving gender representation in the te.....»»
Finding adaptive employees important to organizations, says study
As more employers nationwide seek to fill vacancies, potential applicants will need to show they have the skills to adapt to the company's needs......»»
How advancing cyber education can help fill workforce gaps
The ongoing cybersecurity skills shortage is a critical issue plaguing organizations and causing serious problems. The lack of trained and qualified professionals in the field has resulted in numerous security breaches, leading to the loss of large a.....»»
Overwatch 2 update: Season 3, new map, events, and long-awaited changes
Blizzard finally enacts some long-awaited changes to map pools, hero reworks, and challenges for its third season......»»
Face-on view of galaxy NGC 4303 reveals its arms are filled with active star formation
Galaxies fill a lot of roles in the universe. The most obvious one is star formation factories. Without that activity, the cosmos would be a very different place. The European Southern Observatory and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array recently zeroe.....»»
Sedimentation threatens to steal capacity from nearly 50,000 dams
Study shows the world’s dams could lose up to 28 percent of storage by 2050. Enlarge (credit: Jose Luis Stephens / EyeEm) Slowly but surely, the world’s reservoirs are getting gunked up with sediment. In an unblocked.....»»
Trapped sediment in dams "endangers" water supplies: UN
Thousands of the world's large dams are so clogged with sediment that they risk losing more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050, UN researchers said Wednesday, warning of the threat to water security......»»
Simeio acquires PMG to protect digital identities
Simeio’s acquisition of PathMaker Group (PMG) is a key strategic move that complements Simeio’s organic strategy of expanding into new industries and talent pools and adding new capabilities around identity orchestration and automation. The acqui.....»»
Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them. Four ways to close the gap
To meet today's global sustainability challenges, the corporate world needs more than a few chief sustainability officers—it needs an army of employees, in all areas of business, thinking about sustainability in their decisions every day......»»
Microwave imaging of quasi-periodic pulsations at flare current sheet
Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs; also known as quasi-periodic oscillations, i.e., QPOs) are electromagnetic emission phenomena that vary quasi-periodically with time. They appear in celestial transient events with different temporal/spatial scales, s.....»»
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
One of my life's aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and oceans as I possibly can, to use my liberty and swimming skills as freely as I can. I love the feeling of being in a large, fresh body of water, its soft immersive, vast or deep buo.....»»
Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas
Oregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any previously found in the Americas, helping to fill in the history of how early humans crafted and used stone weapons......»»
Best Apple HomePod alternatives for winter 2022
Apple's larger HomePod has been gone for over a year. For folks that need more power than the HomePod mini, here are our favorite AirPlay-compatible smart speakers that will fill your space with as much sound as the original HomePod did.Our favorite.....»»
How to EV train in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
This can get very complicated, so we'll fill out your Pokédex entry for you with everything you need to know about EV training in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. .....»»
Ulysses 29 now lets users organize their writings into Projects
Ulysses, the popular Markdown editor and writing app, is getting an important update this week with version 29. The update now lets users organize their writing into Projects with dedicated sections, Keyword Pools, and more. Read on as we detail eve.....»»
Repairing gullies: The quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality
Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of gullies pumping out about half the sediment that is polluting reef water quality and th.....»»
The oldest DNA ever found reveals a snapshot of a vanished world
At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of sediment beneath the mouth of a fjord has lain frozen and undisturbed for 2 million years......»»