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Why Hurricane Milton Turned the Sky Purple

The strange, apocalyptic skies during the storm reveal how light behaves in the atmosphere when it’s filled with an unusual amount of water vapor, dust, and debris......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredOct 11th, 2024

Indonesia volcano catapults vast ash tower into sky

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Saturday, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometers (more than five miles) into the sky, days after it killed nine people and forced thousands of locals to evacuate......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 9th, 2024

How to build a home radio telescope to detect clouds of hydrogen in the Milky Way

If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or even an array of dish antennas such as the Very Large Array. What you likely don't imagine is something that resembles a TV dish in your neighbor's b.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

Cracked earth in Greece"s saffron heartland as drought takes toll

At a field outside Kozani, northern Greece, the strikingly blue-and-purple petals of saffron give off an intoxicating scent that underscores the value of one of the country's most lucrative crops......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

25 years ago, the greatest corporate thriller you’ve never seen hit theaters

25 years ago, Michael Mann turned a movie that should have never worked into one of the most riveting and powerful thrillers of his entire storied career......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

I tried to beat UFO 50’s hardest game. It turned into a fight for my soul

A quest to defeat UFO 50's hardest game became an existential battle to keep fighting in the face of real world hopelessness......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Wind-fanned wildfire burning out of control near Los Angeles

A "dangerously fast" wildfire fanned by hurricane-strength winds was burning out of control near Los Angeles on Wednesday, with thousands of residents ordered to evacuate and some taken to the hospital......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Hurricane Rafael triggers nationwide blackout in Cuba

Hurricane Rafael knocked out power to all of Cuba on Wednesday as it slammed through the cash-strapped island, which was still reeling from a recent blackout and a previous deadly storm......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Mighty radio bursts linked to massive galaxies: New clues about how magnetars form

Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky repeatedly, leading astronomers on a chase to uncover their origins. Currently, confirmed fast radio bursts, or FRBs, number.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

More families purchased school meals after federal nutrition policies enacted, research suggests

Families purchased more school lunches and breakfasts the year after the federal government toughened nutritional standards for school meals. A new University of California, Davis, study suggests that families turned to school lunches after the Obama.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Cuba on alert as Hurricane Rafael approaches

Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Rafael, which is expected to make landfall Wednesday and compound the misery wrought by a recent power blackout and Hurricane Oscar......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Age-gap relationships—psychologist discusses different ideals between men and women

This summer, Leonardo DiCaprio made celebrity news when his current girlfriend, an Italian model, turned 26 years old—marking the first time the 49-year-old actor, who is known for dating younger women, has been in a relationship with someone older.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Professor-turned-welder shares her experience in the trade

Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I've daydreamed about learning a trade—something that required both my mind and my hands......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Indonesia volcano erupts again after killing nine day earlier

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, blowing an ash column into the sky a day after it spewed fireballs on nearby villages that killed nine people......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Another way to extract energy from black holes?

The gravitational field of a rotating black hole is powerful and strange. It is so powerful that it warps space and time back upon itself, and it is so strange that even simple concepts such as motion and rotation are turned on their heads. Understan.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Observations detect hundreds of possible supergiant stars in two nearby galaxies

Using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), Chinese astronomers have identified nearly 300 candidate supergiant stars in the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies. The finding was reported in a research paper published O.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

How to sign up for Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1

Apple Intelligence is finally here for eligible iPhones. But it's not turned on by default and you need to set it up. Here's how to enable it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 2nd, 2024

Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial

As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less than two weeks earlier by Hurricane Helene watched anxiously. Hurricane Milton wa.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

There Are Three Types of Twilight

At dusk and dawn, the sky dances with three phases of in-between light.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Apple is buying a treasure in Pixelmator, and we hope it won"t get destroyed

If Apple's surprise acquisition of Mac developer Pixelmator passes the regulators, the future of its beloved apps may be bright — or there could be dark skies ahead.Dark Sky (left) was shut down, Apple Music Classical (right) came from an acquisiti.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Hurricanes: Unprecedented extremes or the new normal?

When Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast in late September, it quickly became one of the deadliest U.S. hurricanes of the last 50 years, second only to Hurricane Katrina. At least 228 people died as a result of the storm. Helene was also one of the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024