The supervolcano quietly bubbling away beneath Yellowstone National Park could devastate the western half of the USA if it erupts. Fears are growing a huge eruption is due, 630,000 years after the last blast sent debris flying hundreds of miles across America. A modern eruption of the Yellowstone volcano, however, […]
Daily Archives: October 12, 2017
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Scientists are one step closer to unraveling the mystery of how intrinsically disordered proteins work, according to new research.
Engineers have taken a step forward in developing a saltwater desalination process that is potentially cheaper than reverse osmosis and borrows from battery technology. In their study, the researchers are focusing on new materials that could make desalination of brackish waters economically desirable and energy efficient.
Episode 8 has already promised “the greatest shock” will be revealed of all the fims, according to a Japanese promotional poster. Fans and theorists have beenconsumed with trying to work out who Rey’s parents are. Lucasfilm, and now Disney, have long been the (Jedi) masters of misdirection and mind games. […]
A little magic is all you need to keep your toilet clean. Alina Bradford/CNET If you have a lot of people in your household, or your place is just where everyone likes to hang out, then you probably need to clean your toilet often. With seven teens in and out […]
The Austrian government is taking its case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over Germany‘s plans to introduce charges to use its motorways and highways from 2019. Under the plans drivers would be charged up to £117 (€130) per year to use its roads. Vienna believes the move contravenes […]
View photos Fire damage in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, California (AFP Photo/Elijah Nouvelage) More Santa Rosa (United States) (AFP) – Body recovery teams with cadaver dogs were searching Thursday for victims of California’s wildfires as reinforcements arrived to help exhausted firefighters battle some of the worst infernos […]
View photos Listen carefully and you can make out slight undulations in a high-pitched whine, like the output of of a swarm of electronic crickets, perhaps. Believe it or not this is the sound that some American officials believe is to blame for the mysterious illness striking down US diplomats […]
Xbox’s Larry Hryb has announced a new batch of Xbox One Backwards Compatibility games are being launched today. A total of three will be made available today via both disc install and digital library. Child of Eden, Goat Simulator & KOF SKY STAGE are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility […]
Pogba has been out of action for Manchester United since injuring his hamstring against FC Basel on September 12. Reports have suggested the France international is set for a long time out with the Red Devils mulling over whether to have the player undergo surgery. However, the Independent say United […]
Musonda is viewed as one of the best young talents at Chelsea but has been unable to break into the first-team. This season he’s made one appearance for the Blues, scoring in the 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup last month. Earlier this week, Musonda wrote a […]
Fans have been waiting a long time for this trailer. Not just the two years since Avengers Age of Ultron hit movie theatres in the summer of 2015, but the many months since it was reported that a lucky few has already seen the new footage earlier this year. Avengers […]
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump rocked the Granite State when he trashed New Hampshire as a “drug-infested den,” but federal figures released Thursday reveal that the places he calls home have seen some of the most dramatic increases in deadly drug overdoses — Washington D.C., New York City and […]
The separatist leader, who said last week Catalonia would move to split from Spain after more than 90 per cent of Catalans voted in favour of independence in a banned referendum, put the declaration on hold on Tuesday, making only a “symbolic” declaration of independence. Mr Puigdemont told the Barcelona […]
The government of Lower Saxony, in northwest Germany, has claime the imposed immigration restrictions on migrants in Salzgitter is due to the city’s “exceptionally high immigration” and “for reasons of integration”. The mandate stated: “This is an exceptional measure aimed at preventing the social and societal exclusion of immigrant refugees.” […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the new Grow with Google program. Andrew Federman Google says it doesn’t want to leave anyone behind as technology changes the way people live and work. The search giant on Thursday introduced $1 billion in new initiatives aimed at training and educating workers to help […]
Key algorithms have been developed which helped scientists achieve a goal first proposed more than 40 years ago — using angular correlations of X-ray snapshots from non-crystalline molecules to determine the 3-D structure of important biological objects.
LONDON — Eutelsat’s newest satellite reached its target position in the geostationary orbit this week only four months after its launch, setting an industry record for the fastest all electric orbit-raising. Eutelsat-172b was launched June 1 along with Viast-2 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite’s builder Airbus said the […]
Adult Swim A recurring argument has raged for as long as I’ve lived: How much should we blame creators for how their work influences people? Not much, I’ve always thought. We’ve just seen why. Between charges of widespread sexual harassment in Hollywood and Eminem in parking garages, you may not […]