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The week in wildlife – in pictures
31 Jan 15:06 • 2 articles
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a plea for a crocodile trapped in a tyre
31 Jan 15:06 • the Guardian • 1491978795050189764.htmlThe week in wildlife – in pictures
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a plea for a crocodile trapped in a tyre
31 Jan 15:06 • the Guardian • 1491978796441365878.htmlScientists make alarming discovery under Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’
31 Jan 15:20 • 1 article
Scientists make alarming discovery under Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’
Scientists have detected unusually warm water underneath Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier.” The team from Georgia Tech was able capture new images and first-of-its-kind data from deep
31 Jan 15:20 • New York Post • 7654946768933502699.htmlUnderwater Robot Makes Alarming Find Below Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'
31 Jan 13:40 • 1 article
Underwater Robot Makes Alarming Find Below Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'
The glacier in question is roughly the size of Florida and is melting at a fast pace, making a sizeable contribution to the global sea rise.
31 Jan 13:40 • Sputniknews • 967333869120444959.htmlNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Mission Comes to End After 16 Years in Space
31 Jan 08:32 • 1 article
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Mission Comes to End After 16 Years in Space
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's mission has come to an end after 16 years of studying the universe, the US space agency said on Friday.
31 Jan 08:32 • Sputniknews • 967333867649097286.htmlAll Humans Are a Little Bit Neanderthal, According to New Research
31 Jan 08:00 • 1 article
All Humans Are a Little Bit Neanderthal, According to New Research
We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise estimates of the degree to which modern humans have retained Neanderthal DNA. The research suggests that even people of African descent have Neanderthal heritage, something that was previously in doubt.
31 Jan 08:00 • Gizmodo UK • 8363059001335870416.htmlSamples From HMS Challenger’s 1870s Expedition Reveal How Carbon Emissions Are Changing The Ocean
31 Jan 17:29 • 1 article
Samples From HMS Challenger’s 1870s Expedition Reveal How Carbon Emissions Are Changing The Ocean
Samples from one of history's greatest scientific expeditions are being used to see how plankton are responding to human-induced changes in ocean chemistry
31 Jan 17:29 • IFLScience • 242791748222258850.htmlBanned Chemical Pollution Threatens Dolphins In Great Barrier Reef
31 Jan 16:56 • 1 article
Banned Chemical Pollution Threatens Dolphins In Great Barrier Reef
Land-based chemicals in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef threaten the health and survival of vulnerable dolphin species, including the rare snubfin dol
31 Jan 16:56 • IFLScience • 242791749391036370.htmlNew footage shows war-wrecked Maarat Al-Numan Museum
31 Jan 11:32 • 1 article
New footage shows war-wrecked Maarat Al-Numan Museum
Footage filmed on Thursday shows the extent of the damage inflicted on the Mosaics Museum of the Syrian town of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, also known as Khan Murad Basha, after it was recaptured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). READ ALSO: Syrian Army keeps rolling in Idlib as new town captured south of Saraqib According to the director of antiquities and museums of Idlib, Ghazi Alloulo, the outer facade of the museum sustained great damage, however, most of the mosaic artifacts were saved by the protective sandbags that were placed over and around the artifacts after the start of the war. Maarat al-Numan mosaics museum is nestled in a UNESCO-listed region of ancient villages. It was built in the 16th century, as a khan (Caravanserai) and was later converted into a museum. Among the museum’s most prized works is a depiction of the birth and life of Hercules and a mosaic artifact depicting Romeo and Romulus.
31 Jan 11:32 • AMN • 4125648318043945855.html“Dragging Spacetime” –Neutron Star Orbiting a Massive Object Predicted By Einstein
31 Jan 17:46 • 1 article
“Dragging Spacetime” –Neutron Star Orbiting a Massive Object Predicted By Einstein
“After ruling out a range of potential experimental errors, we started to suspect that the interaction between the white dwarf and neutron star was not as simple as had been assumed to date,” concluded Willem van Straten (AUT) about the detection of the effects of Lense-Thirring precession – an effect of relativistic frame-dragging – …
31 Jan 17:46 • The Daily Galaxy • 1567111749540866748.htmlScientists make cosmic dust in a MICROWAVE to study the chemical origins of stars, planets and life itself
31 Jan 17:24 • 1 article
Scientists make cosmic dust in a MICROWAVE to study the chemical origins of stars, planets and life itself
Creating our very own 'cosmic dust' to study on the Earth had been an expensive, complicated and time-consuming process - but a method from British scientists is set to change that.
31 Jan 17:24 • Mail Online • 124328111146424742.htmlWreckage of ship tied to Bermuda Triangle found off Florida
31 Jan 16:12 • 1 article
Wreckage of ship tied to Bermuda Triangle found off Florida
Scientists have found the wreckage of a cargo steamship that became associated with the Bermuda Triangle when it disappeared in 1925 off the Atlantic Coast of Florida. The 250-foot (76-meters) SS Cotopaxi was sailing from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana when it disappeared along with its 32-person crew. But a…
31 Jan 16:12 • Japan Today • 8582716285283309506.htmlDNA extracted in museum samples can reveal genetic secrets
31 Jan 15:24 • 1 article
DNA extracted in museum samples can reveal genetic secrets
DNA in preserved museum specimens can allow scientists to explore the history of species and humanities impact on the ecosystem, but samples are typically preserved in formaldehyde which can damage DNA ...
31 Jan 15:24 • phys.org • 3476726123880667943.htmlChemists simplify the synthesis of antitumor compounds
31 Jan 15:20 • 1 article
Chemists simplify the synthesis of antitumor compounds
A RUDN chemist in collaboration with colleagues from N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry and N.K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology (IDB), RAS have developed a new method for the synthesis ...
31 Jan 15:20 • phys.org • 3476726124723406890.htmlExploring strangeness and the primordial Universe
31 Jan 15:05 • 1 article
Exploring strangeness and the primordial Universe
Physicists believe that in the Universe's first ten microseconds free quarks and gluons filled all of spacetime, forming a new phase of matter named 'quark-gluon plasma' (QGP). Experimental and theoretical ...
31 Jan 15:05 • phys.org • 3476726123799249870.htmlStudy identifies the first potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae
31 Jan 15:00 • 1 article
Study identifies the first potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae
Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The new study describes the first scientific evidence ...
31 Jan 15:00 • phys.org • 3476726123730680700.htmlMaking simulated cosmic dust—in the microwave
31 Jan 15:00 • 1 article
Making simulated cosmic dust—in the microwave
Cosmic dust is the key to the chemical evolution of stars, planets, and life itself, but its composition is not well understood, and we can't currently collect samples for analysis. A few examples have ...
31 Jan 15:00 • phys.org • 3476726124682464581.htmlCalculating Hawking radiation at the event horizon of a black hole
31 Jan 15:00 • 1 article
Calculating Hawking radiation at the event horizon of a black hole
A RUDN University physicist has developed a formula for calculating Hawking radiation on the event horizon of a black hole, which allows physicists to determine how this radiation would be changed with ...
31 Jan 15:00 • phys.org • 3476726123137870866.htmlImage: Lake George, Uganda
31 Jan 14:59 • 1 article
Image: Lake George, Uganda
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, known as the Ramsar Convention, ...
31 Jan 14:59 • phys.org • 3476726124326209550.htmlRivers are warming at the same rate as the atmosphere
31 Jan 14:41 • 1 article
Rivers are warming at the same rate as the atmosphere
Researchers at EPFL and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have found that the temperature of Swiss rivers is rising steadily. This situation is straining ecosystems ...
31 Jan 14:41 • phys.org • 3476726123972294170.htmlRobotic submarine snaps first-ever images at foundation of notorious Antarctic glacier
31 Jan 08:25 • 1 article
Robotic submarine snaps first-ever images at foundation of notorious Antarctic glacier
During an unprecedented scientific campaign on an Antarctic glacier notorious for contributions to sea-level, researchers took first-ever images at the glacier's foundations on the ocean floor. The area ...
31 Jan 08:25 • phys.org • 3476726123425781853.html