Topline People who reported using cannabis within the last year had much greater odds of being admitted to hospital or visiting the emergency room than people who did not use the drug, according to a study published Monday in BMJ Open Respiratory Research, suggesting recreational weed might not be as harmless as many think amid […]
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Topline The World Health Organization announced Saturday the spread of monkeypox does not yet constitute a public health emergency, but WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “serious concerns about the scale and speed of the current outbreak” remain. Digitally-colorized electron microscopic (EM) image depicting a monkeypox virion (virus particle), … [+] obtained from a clinical […]
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Así se ven a sí mismos los animales (Sally Deng/The New York Times) LOS AMBIENTES MÁS FAMILIARES PUEDEN SENTIRSE DESCONOCIDOS SI SE PERCIBEN A TRAVÉS DE LOS SENTIDOS DE OTRAS CRIATURAS. Todo un espectáculo fluye por mis ojos cuando veo un documental sobre la vida silvestre. Olas de depredadores oceánicos recogen gradualmente un remolino de […]
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There is no doubt about it. Much of the United States is going to experience sweltering heat in the coming days as we transition to the summer season. NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center discussion said, “Expect daily record max or min temperatures (to) be set within this area (Great Plains to South), including highs exceeding 100F […]
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EFE Latam Guevara suma y sigue, tercera e inapelable victoria Sachsenring (Alemania), 19 jun (EFE).- El español Izan Guevara (GasGas) sumó su tercera victoria de la temporada, la segunda consecutiva e inapelable por su superioridad, al vencer con autoridad y en solitario el Gran Premio de Alemania de Moto3 en el circuito de Sachsenring, que […]
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París, 18 jun (EFE).- Francia vive este sábado el día más cálido de un mes de junio, con temperaturas de hasta 42 grados centígrados en el suroeste. Un total de 14 departamentos del sur y suroeste del país están en alerta roja, donde amplias zonas tendrán temperaturas entre 38 y 41 grados, con picos de […]
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SHANGHÁI, 17 jun (Reuters) – China prohibirá la construcción de nuevos proyectos de acero, coque, refinado de petróleo, cemento y vidrio en zonas clave, anunció el viernes el Gobierno en un documento político destinado a combatir la contaminación y cumplir los objetivos climáticos del país. En él se afirma que China intensificará sus esfuerzos para […]
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I have been quietly excited about today. The TROPICS-1 Cubesat mission was set to launch this weekend. This is a mission that was leveraging the cost and flexibility of small cubesats to provide nearly-hourly observations of precipitation, humidity, and temperature within hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. The first of three launches, at Cape Canaveral Space […]
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Topline From California to South Texas, Southwestern states are expecting a major heat wave this weekend, according to the National Weather Service, an unusually early start to high temperatures in some areas as scientists continue to warn about the effects of climate change. TOPSHOT – Signage warns of extreme heat danger at the salt flats […]
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Recreación artística del telescopio James Webb Un pequeño fragmento de roca ha golpeado el espejo principal del nuevo telescopio espacial James Webb. El daño infligido por el micrometeorito del tamaño del polvo está produciendo un efecto perceptible en los datos del instrumento, pero no se espera que limite el rendimiento general de la misión. El […]
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Miami, 9 jun (EFE).- La misión de carga CRS-25 a la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI) que iba a iniciarse este viernes desde Cabo Cañaveral (Florida) quedó aplazada sin fecha debido a un problema técnico hallado en la nave Dragon. Hasta que no se determine la razón de los niveles elevados de vapor de monometilhidracina (MMH) […]
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‘environmental nuclear bomb’ 12:55 AM June 8, 2022 Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up, there are no easy solutions, and the costs of doing nothing are very steep. “We have this potential environmental nuclear bomb that’s going to go off if we don’t take some pretty dramatic action,” Joel Ferry, a Republican state lawmaker […]
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Scientists are asking hunters in Nunavut to report any sick birds they see after hundreds of snow geese who had avian flu symptoms were found dead last month in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The birds are known to fly and nest in the territory. (Maryse Zeidler/CBC – image credit) The current strain of avian flu that’s […]
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Katya Echazarreta “Este vuelo te lo dedico a ti, México”. Esa es la frase que escribió Katya Echazarreta antes de abordar este sábado la cápsula que la llevaría a convertirse en la primera mujer mexicana en llegar al espacio. Con 26 años y doble nacionalidad, también es la estadounidense más joven en superar la atmósfera […]
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La perspectiva del estado de Colorado para una temporada activa de huracanes se volvió un poco más activa con la actualización del jueves, que pronosticó 20 tormentas con nombre, 10 huracanes y cinco huracanes importantes este año. Pero otra nota de su actualización suena siniestra para los floridanos. “Anticipamos una probabilidad por encima de lo […]
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Topline Pfizer has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its three-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5, the company announced Wednesday evening, a move that could extend protection against the coronavirus to the U.S.’s 18 million young children. A child receives vaccination against influenza. BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images Key Facts The request came […]
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Miami, 31 may (EFE).- Este miércoles comienza de forma oficial una nueva temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico que, según los pronósticos, por séptimo año consecutivo puede tener una actividad por encima del promedio, por lo que expertos reiteraron su llamado a implementar medidas que reduzcan los efectos del cambio climático. Según la Unión de […]
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DDT was a superchemical in an age of miracle drugs and magic bullets, of penicillin and sulfonamides. So, just as midcentury doctors were excitedly prescribing the wonder drugs in such quantities that we are still dealing with the resulting rise of antibiotic resistance, midcentury farmers coated their fields and orchards and even livestock in astonishing […]
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What do Asian elephants, peacock spiders and a cockatoo named Snowball have in common? All are stars of online videos, collectively amassing tens of millions of views. And the behaviour captured in some of these videos has been deemed scientifically significant. Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel and Nachiketha Sharma, both from the Indian Institute of Science, dedicated […]
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Ciudad de México, 28 may (EFE).- La tormenta tropical Ágatha se ha intensificado en las últimas horas mientras avanza por el sur de México hacia las costas del estado de Oaxaca y puede convertirse en huracán mañana, informó este sábado el Servicio Meteorológico mexicano (SMN). Ágatha, la primera tormenta de la temporada en el Pacífico, […]
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A destroyed tank of the Russian army seen in the village of Mykolaivka in the Kyiv region. (Photo by … [+] Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The weather in Ukraine this summer is forecast to be hotter than normal, according to meteorologists. If so, that could escalate the fighting […]
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Topline Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school—killing 19 children and two adults—followed more than two years of record-setting gun sales across the United States, a trend some researchers attribute to political upheavals and pandemic-related stresses. A man examines a rifle at a gun shop. Nik Wheeler/Corbis via Getty Images Key Facts Annual U.S. […]
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Topline An uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule touched down in the New Mexico desert Wednesday after a trip to the International Space Station, wrapping up its first fully successful test launch, a milestone that will prepare the Starliner to eventually carry NASA astronauts—and reverse the program’s fortunes after years of delays and technical challenges. A United […]
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From climate change to genetically modified organisms to vaccine hesitancy, there has been no shortage of scientific topics in which people fall victim to conspiracy theories, or simply choose not to believe the scientific data. But for many of us, the Covid pandemic has been a real eye-opener. In short order, it forced the general […]
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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The new Boeing Starliner capsule was due to descend back to Earth on Wednesday from its first uncrewed journey to the International Space Station (ISS), completing a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral […]
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Topline An antiviral normally used to treat smallpox may reduce the duration of monkeypox illness, according to a study published Tuesday by the Lancet Infectious Diseases, possibly opening a new avenue to limit the ongoing international monkeypox outbreak. The smallpox antiviral tecovirimat has shown some effectiveness against monkeypox. getty Key Facts The study analyzed all […]
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Scientists have discovered that bottlenose dolphins can recognize each other through taste. Specifically, the taste of their urine. Published this week in the journal Science Advances, the paper, by researchers at Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, and University of St. Andrews, Scotland, found that dolphins can identify other individual dolphins just through the taste of […]
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Greenhouse gases are the “apples” in the climate warming apple pie. That statement is likely causing some puzzled looks. The overly-literal reader will continue to be puzzled, but hopefully, most readers recognize the analogy after reading the essay. This week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that Greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution associated with […]
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Topline The U.S. is releasing vaccines that can prevent monkeypox from its national stockpile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials announced Monday, after at least one U.S. resident tested positive for the rare disease. Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Key Facts Over 1,000 doses of Jynneos, a vaccine for […]
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ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. The two suns that adorn the sky of Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home world, offer one of the most iconic backdrops in the whole Star Wars franchise. But binary star systems are not only a setting in science fiction, they are also an […]
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This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Two digit dates had the potential to cause a lot of havoc when the clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000 getty Stuart Kirk, HSBC Asset Management’s head […]
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