How climate change could affect death investigations

Forensic investigations rely on intel about the natural world that climate change is disrupting.

The Wow! Signal Deciphered

It Was Hydrogen All Along.

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Brazil’s Grid Caps Power From Wind and Solar, Threatening Renewable Projects

Estimated the sector had lost some 700 million reais ($128 million) in the past year.

Promising lung cancer vaccine trial begins in UK

It contains information about several markers found on the surface of lung cancer cells to teach the patient’s immune system what to find and fight.

Hydrogels Can Learn To Play Pong

Work could lead to new “smart” materials that can learn and adapt to their environment.

Humans To Push Further Into Wildlife Habitats Across More Than 50% of Land by 2070, Study Says

Sharing increasingly crowded spaces could result in greater risk of pandemics, human and animal conflicts and loss of nature.

World’s most effective climate policies identified in new study

Mix of carrots and sticks tends to work better than single policies, research finds.

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6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

A moray eel, a robber fly and an ice-topped slime mould appear in winning images from the Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition

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World’s second-largest diamond found in Botswana

Botswana is one of the world’s leading diamond producers.

Ancient ocean of magma found on Moon south pole

India’s lunar mission found remnants of a magma ocean on the south pole.

Microplastics Are Infiltrating Brain Tissue, Studies Show

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight.

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Lego’s first Mario Kart sets start throwing out shells on January 1

There are also some Animal Crossing kits releasing on the same day.

Can we grow veggies designed to combat diabetes? Manitoba researchers hope so

U of M scientists team with remote First Nation to grow more nutritious vegetables, teach locals to love them.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Ban On Worker ‘Noncompete’ Agreements

he commission and supporters of the rule say the agreements are an unfair restraint on competition that violate U.S. antitrust law and suppress workers’ wages and mobility.

Giant scorpions once ruled seas — and may have traversed entire oceans

Fossils found in Australia suggest extinct apex predators made long-distance migrations.

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Inside the ‘suitably opaque’ response to a toxic sewage spill at Chalk River nuclear lab

Internal communications raise questions about transparency at nuclear organizations amid pollution incident.

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North America Added a Whole Silicon Valley’s Worth of Data Center Inventory This Year

Four-year delays aren’t dampening demand.

This coral reef has given scientists hope for years. Now they’re worried.

An island in the south Caribbean has shown a unique resilience to climate change, but now it faces the ultimate test.

Teen Builds His Own Nuclear Fusion Reactor At College

The reactor achieved plasma in June.

This 1mm ‘fan on a chip’ could put active cooling inside ultra-thin gadgets

The xMEMS’ XMC-2400 µCooling chip will go where no fan can.

The phageome

Human innards are teeming with viruses that infect bacteria. What are they up to?

Superconducting Wire Sets New Current Capacity Record

And it doesn’t require additional cost or complexity to manufacture.

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Montreal’s recent floods reveal the locations of hidden rivers

Old rivers were confined to tunnels and culverts. Could they have helped prevent more flooding last week?

Queen star’s bovine TB research against badger cull

Sir Brian May, a long-time animal campaigner, says speaking out against badger culling is “as important to me as music”

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Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk

There are more than 50 data centers in the city of Santa Clara that consume 60% of the power from the municipal utility.

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Virginia’s datacenters guzzle water like there’s no tomorrow

AI’s thirst for power is only making things worse.

Is urban flooding becoming a more pressing threat as Canada’s infrastructure ages?

Montreal’s water main break is the latest in a series of flood events this summer

Deep in the Amazon rainforest lives a community whose hearts age more slowly

They are one of the last peoples on the planet to live a fully subsistence lifestyle of hunting, foraging and farming.

Space Telescope Data Reignites Debate Over How Fast Our Universe Is Expanding

UChicago-led analysis measures universe expansion rate, finds there may not be a ‘Hubble tension’

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour

They have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into intergalactic space.

US Presses the ‘Reset Button’ On Technology That Lets Cars Talk To Each Other

Safety advocates have long touted the potential of technology that lets vehicles communicate wirelessly. Now the Transportation Department is releasing a new plan that aims to speed up the rollout.

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Neolithic site to be covered over as Orkney dig ends

The Ness of Brodgar lies on a narrow isthmus between two lochs.

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Girl discovers dinosaur footprints on beach walk

The schoolgirl spotted five enormous footprints that dinosaur experts believe are the mark of a camelotia.