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Humans are pumping out so much groundwater that it’s changing Earth’s tilt

Humans are pumping out so much groundwater that it’s changing Earth’s tilt

Home News Science & Astronomy Scientists discovered that Earth’s tilt has changed because of the amount of ground water pumped by humans. (Image credit: Seo et al.) Earth’s tilt has changed by 31.5 inches (80 centimeters) between 1993 and 2010 because of the amount of  groundwater humans have pumped from the planet’s interior.  In that...

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Where did Earth get its water? It was sucked up from space, new theory says

Where did Earth get its water? It was sucked up from space, new theory says

Earth may have formed much more rapidly than previously believed after born as tiny millimeter-sized pebbles that accumulated over a period of just a few million years. The new theory also implies that rather than water being delivered to Earth by icy comets, this vital ingredient for life is present on our planet due to...

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The Who, Where, and How of Regulating AI

The Who, Where, and How of Regulating AI

During the past year, perhaps the only thing that has advanced as quickly as artificial intelligence is worry about artificial intelligence. In the near term, many fear that chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will flood the world with toxic language and disinformation, that automated decision-making systems will discriminate against certain groups, and that the lack...

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Was a small-brained human relative the world’s first gravedigger—and artist?

Was a small-brained human relative the world’s first gravedigger—and artist?

A trio of papers posted online and presented at a meeting today lays out an astonishing scenario. Roughly 240,000 years ago, they suggest, small-brained human relatives carried their dead through a labyrinth of tight passageways into the dark depths of a vast limestone cave system in South Africa. Working by firelight, these diminutive cave explorers...

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Do children have a right to a healthy climate? Montana case is a test.

Do children have a right to a healthy climate? Montana case is a test.

Ever since she was a freshman at Colorado College, Rikki Held has been waiting for today.  It’s not her graduation; that happened a few weeks ago. This is something else – the day when the lawsuit that bears her name, Held v. Montana, goes to trial, marking the first time that young people in the...

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Your SD Card Might Slow Down Your Nintendo Switch

Your SD Card Might Slow Down Your Nintendo Switch

Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek The only way to add more storage to the Nintendo Switch is with a microSD card. However, not all SD cards are created equal, and using some types of cards could slow down your games. Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles have 32 GB of internal storage, with the OLED...

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Google Chrome Now Has More Password Manager Features

Google Chrome Now Has More Password Manager Features

Google’s feeble password manager, integrated into Chrome, has evolved a lot by virtue of it having to compete with actual password managers. It’s still no substitute for a dedicated password manager, but Google is rolling out a few improvements. Google has unveiled a significant update to its popular password management tool, introducing biometric authentication in...

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Canadian wildfire smoke dims the vision of Earth-observing satellites (photos)

Canadian wildfire smoke dims the vision of Earth-observing satellites (photos)

Home News Science & Astronomy Providence, Rhode Island is blanketed by smoke from Canadian wildfires in this photo snapped on Jun 6, 2023 by a satellite operated by California company Planet. (Image credit: Planet Labs PBC) A smoky haze from over 400 wildfires currently burning in Canada is obscuring the view of numerous Earth-observing satellites....

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James Webb Space Telescope spots faintest galaxy yet in the infant universe (photo)

James Webb Space Telescope spots faintest galaxy yet in the infant universe (photo)

Home News Science & Astronomy A projected image of the galaxy JD1 (inset), which is located behind a bright cluster galaxy called Abell2744. JD1, which lies 13.3 billion light-years from Earth, is the faintest galaxy known in the early universe. (Image credit: Guido Roberts-Borsani/UCLA); original images: NASA, ESA, CSA, Swinburne University of Technology, University of...