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by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Transport & Infrastructure
Topic: Transport and Infrastructure Disasters
Replies: 87
Views: 100439

Re: Infrastructure collapsing and manmade disasters news and discussions

28 feared dead in plane crash in Russia's Far East Source: AP By DARIA LITVINOVA MOSCOW (AP) — A plane carrying 28 people crashed Tuesday, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather in Russia’s Far East, and everyone aboard was feared dead. Wreckage from the An-26 was found on a coastal ...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:58 am
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions
Replies: 624
Views: 487872

Re: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions

Student designs device to save stabbing victims' lives By Ben Coxworth July 05, 2021 https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/react-stabbing-victims-device/ When someone is suffering from a deep stab wound, it's important to apply pressure within that wound, not just down onto it. A new student-designed d...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:54 am
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions
Replies: 624
Views: 487872

Re: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions

Building a better biosensor polymer by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology https://phys.org/news/2021-07-biosensor-polymer.html A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for building the next generation of biosensors. An ...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:52 am
Forum: Military & War
Topic: Hacking & Cyberwarfare News and Discussions
Replies: 73
Views: 129358

Re: Hacking & Cyberwarfare News and Discussions

Hackers demand $70 mn after Kaseya ransomware attack https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-hackers-demand-mn-kaseya-ransomware.html by Katy Lee With Nioucha Zakavati In Stockholm A Coop supermarket in Sweden has a sign reading "Temporarliy closed - We have an IT-disturbance and our systems are no...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:51 am
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: Drones & UAVs News & Discussions
Replies: 115
Views: 133512

Re: Drones & UAVs News & Discussions

Manufacturing drone wings with locust wing capabilities https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-drone-wings-locust-wing-capabilities.html by Bob Yirka , Tech Xplore A team of researchers from the University of Lincoln in the U.S. and Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Guangzhou University...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:48 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions
Replies: 676
Views: 916896

Re: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions

A 30% reduction in Wisconsin's wolf population https://phys.org/news/2021-07-reduction-wisconsin-wolf-population.html About 100 additional wolves died over the winter in Wisconsin as a result of the delisting of grey wolves under the Endangered Species Act, alongside the 218 wolves killed by license...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:46 am
Forum: The History Forum
Topic: Human Prehistory (3.3 million years BC – 3500 BC)
Replies: 155
Views: 173201

Re: Human Prehistory (3.3 million years BC – 3500 BC)

Ancient bone carving could change the way we think about Neanderthals Archaeologists determined the artifact to be at least 51,000 years old—before the arrival of Homo Sapiens in central Europe. The design may be simple, but a chevron pattern etched onto a deer bone more than 50,000 years ago sugges...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:16 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: Geology, Earthquakes & Volcanism News and Discussions
Replies: 254
Views: 225162

Re: Geology, Earthquakes & Volcanism News and Discussions

5.2 quake on Hawaii's Big Island felt as far away as Kauai Source: AP By CALEB JONES HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has hit off Hawaii’s Big Island. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake hit less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) offshore of the northwest coast of the Big Island M...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:44 am
Forum: Physics
Topic: Physics News and Discussions
Replies: 335
Views: 284287

Re: Physics News and Discussions

Physicists take the most detailed image of atoms to date https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/physicists-take-most-detailed-image-atoms-date?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Facebook By Anil OzaJun. 30, 2021 , 12:20 PM Physicists just put Apple’s latest iPhone to shame, t...
by weatheriscool
Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: Culture, Economics & Politics of the Future
Topic: How do you think the general public wants us to evolve in terms of TV/movies?
Replies: 14
Views: 22233

Re: How do you think the general public wants us to evolve in terms of tv/movies?

I think politics should be kept out of entertainment. Unless it happens to be politics I agree with, of course. Which is none, as all politicians are bad people and the only problems that politics/politicians solve are the ones they create to justify their own existence. I agree. Hollywood is full ...