NASA’s Psyche spacecraft accomplished yet another historic communications achievement less than a month after successfully firing its “first light” laser data transmission. On December 11, the onboard Deep Space Optical Communications array’s flight laser transceiver sent an “ultra-high definition” video clip approximately 19 million miles back to Earth—a new record not just for transmission, but...
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You might be paying $70 for games on the Nintendo Switch 2
For decades, the average triple-A video game retailed for $60. That finally changed this console generation, as many publishers started bumping the price of their games to $70. One of the few publishers that has resisted this price hike is Nintendo, which has only charged an extra $10 for a single game to date. According...
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Hottest Survivable Temperatures Are Lower Than Expected
December 12, 2023 4 min read Researchers say the primary “wet-bulb temperature” method for measuring dangerous heat underestimates deaths, particularly among elderly and health-compromised individuals By Daniel Cusick & E&E News A man cools off in a public fountain in Colmar, eastern France, on August 21, 2023, as France experiences a late summer heatwave. CLIMATEWIRE...
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800-year-old healing bowl emblazoned with double-headed dragon unearthed in Turkish castle
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered an 800-year-old healing bowl meant to protect against animal bites during excavations in an Artuqid period castle. The bowl was found within a terracotta water pipe at the site of Hasankeyf, an ancient settlement dating back about 12,000 years, Zekai Erdal , an archaeology professor at Mardin Artuklu University in...
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AI study reveals individuality of tongue’s surface
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 3D images of the human tongue have revealed that the surface of our tongues are unique to each of us, new findings suggest. The results offer an unprecedented insight into the biological make-up of our tongue’s surface and how our sense of taste and touch differ from person to person. The...
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Shock election win by the far right worries academics in the Netherlands
If Geert Wilders’s party can form government, it could restrict international students and scrap key climate policies…Read whole article here
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Complexities of plastic cleanup | Science
HomeScienceVol. 382, No. 6675Complexities of plastic cleanupBack To Vol. 382, No. 6675 Full accessLetterOnline Buzz Share on Complexities of plastic cleanupScience7 Dec 2023Vol 382, Issue 6675p. 1131DOI: 10.1126/science.adn2157 PREVIOUS ARTICLESurge in nocturnal ozone pollutionPreviousNEXT ARTICLEIn Science JournalsNext ContentsA selection of your thoughts:Information & AuthorsMetrics & Citatio……Read whole article here
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Peatlands were drained for agriculture. Now researchers are trying to restore them
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With wellies and waterproof clothing, Claudia Nielsen spent time splodging through the Bois-des-Bel peatlands earlier this year. The peatlands, located in Quebec, Canada, had been restored, with conservations working on them for 23 years. Nielsen was there to learn more about the restoration in her capacity as part of the coordination...
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Debris from a near-Earth comet could create new meteor shower this week
Comet 46P/Wirtanen on Dec. 12, 2018. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/Stub Mandrel) Earth may experience an entirely new meteor shower this December when our planet enters a stream of the debris left around the sun by a near-Earth comet. These meteors will appear to stream from the direction of the star Lambda-Sculptoris, meaning a potential name...
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Origin of life on Earth might not have come from the stars after all
The origin of life on Earth has always been a mystery. For many years, scientists have looked to the stars, believing that the building blocks of life that set forth evolution here on our planet came from an asteroid, comet, or meteorite. But now, some scientists say that the true origins of life on Earth...