Dave Levitan, Splinter
How would you describe your resting climate change mindset? As the heat waves continue to scorch the country, early-season hurricanes leave swathes of flooding and...
Matthew R. Francis, EOS
The giant radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory was destroyed twice: the first time deliberately to save the planet, the second time as a result of natural...
Corey S. Powell, IEEE Spect
On 29 October 2020, astronomer Przemek Mróz from the University...
Danielle Gerhard, The Sci
Like the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair...
Eric Berger, Ars Technica
There is an emerging truth about NASA's push toward commercial contracts that is increasingly difficult to escape: Companies not named SpaceX are struggling with...
Dan Baumgardt, Conv
In the first Harry Potter novel, Professor Severus Snape hopes to embarrass Harry by quizzing him on the topic of bezoars. According to Snape, they are stony masses found...
John Horgan, Cross-Check
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Roughly $7,617 was stolen during the armed robbery spree, which mostly targeted 7-Eleven stores in South Los Angeles.
Colin Cowherd unveiled his Top 10 most valuable NFL QBs, including Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Matthew Stafford.
The total bill for food and alcohol at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Conference networking event last year was $64.620.94
Over 700 consultants have been accredited by the Federal Government to conduct environmental audits and ensure compliance with environmental regulations nationwide. A report by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, an agency of the Federal Government, stated that the consultants assist various companies in Nigeria in addressing environmental concerns. The report, titled, ‘NESREA
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US President Joe Biden was seen in public for the first time since he dropped out of the Presidential race and tested positive for COVID-19. His absence sparked rumours on social media claiming the...
PARIS: Simone Biles will lead a US gymnastics squad eager to reclaim their team title at the Paris Olympics and put the memory of the tumultuous Tokyo Games behind them, coach Chellsie Memmel told reporters on Tuesday.
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University of Rochester
Since the laser was invented in the 1960s, scientists have been working to increase lasers' peak power and to design machines producing coherent light at...
Large parts of the island remain very dry for this time of year and the forecast is for unseasonably warm weather and high winds on Thursday and Friday. Mid-South Canterbury District Manager Rob Hands says this is a recipe for burns to get out ...
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers incubated some of rock's biggest talents, including Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood. He was 90.
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Two law enforcement officers left their station inside a building that overlooked a rooftop near a Donald Trump rally just minutes before a gunman climbed onto it and attempted to assassinate the former president, the head of the Pennsylvania State Police said on Tuesday.
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UC-San Francisco
In the crowded urban landscape, where small electric vehicles - primarily scooters and bicycles - have transformed short distance travel, UC San Francisco researchers are...
EurekAlert!
A study of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by new cars on hot summer days finds concerning levels of formaldehyde and other aldehydes. Consumers are familiar with—and...
The fight over the accounts, which had roughly $95 million in the bank at the end of June, is part of a multi-pronged effort by Republicans to stymie Kamala Harris' bid to lead the Democratic ticket
A necropsy has shown that a polar bear who died after rough play with a fellow bear in a zoo in western Canada drowned after his throat was crushed. The male bears Baffin and Siku were roughhousing in a pond in front of visitors to the Calgary Zoo on Friday morning when Baffin submerged and didn’t resurface. An examination revealed Siku’s bite didn’t pierce Baffin’s skin but was hard enough and in just the right place to crush his trachea. The zoo's senior veterinarian said the roughhousing was typically... Читать дальше...
Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning.
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John Mayall, the British blues musician whose band was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died aged 90.
Home prices hit a new high in June for the second straight month, the latest sign that the housing market is unaffordable to millions of Americans. The spring home-buying season, usually the busiest time of year for the housing market, was a dud this year. Home sales declined in June for the fourth straight time on a monthly basis. The combination of high prices and elevated mortgage rates has made homeownership less attractive to renters and deterred current homeowners from moving.
