Showing posts with label #Wired. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Wired. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change

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The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infra...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

A Huge Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface

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Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering vast volcanic activity. Source: https:...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Dogs, Unlike Wolves, Are Born to Communicate With People

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Wolf puppies can’t understand human gestures as well as their dog cousins. The difference could help explain what makes dogs so special. ...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

El Salvador’s Race to Be the Bitcoin Capital of the World

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After China’s crackdown, the cryptocurrency crowd is looking for a new haven. The Central American nation thinks it’s the answer. Source...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras

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Video from the cameras is often used in facial-recognition searches. A report finds they are most common in neighborhoods with large nonwh...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in Alaska and Canada

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“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a war...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Satellites Can Help Detect When a Volcano’s About to Blow

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Researchers used thermal radiation data to find patterns in recent eruptions—providing another metric to help get ahead of a potentially d...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990

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A global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/a...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Scientists Have Sequenced Dire Wolf DNA. Thanks, Science!

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The creatures made famous by Game of Thrones went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now geneticists know a little more about where they come ...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins

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A small group of king penguins have appeared on Martillo Island in Argentina. How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown. ...
Friday, December 4, 2020

For the Second Time Ever, an Asteroid Sample Returns to Earth

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The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu marks a major milestone this weekend with the return of pristine space rock. Source: ht...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

The Quest to Unearth One of America’s Oldest Black Churches

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First Baptist Church was founded in secret in 1776. It’s been hidden under a parking lot in Colonial Williamsburg for decades—a metaphor f...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

What Is a Super Typhoon, and Why Are They So Dangerous?

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Massive storms like Goni, which hit the Philippine islands on Sunday, could be a glimpse of our future. Source: https://www.wired.com/st...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Russia’s Laptev Sea Should Have Started to Freeze by Now

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Normally, the ‘birthplace of ice’ freezes by late October. For the first time in recorded history, it hasn’t. That could have knock-on eff...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Australia’s Koalas Are ‘Sliding Towards Extinction’

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The species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status as their numbers plummet following sweeping bu...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

If You’ve Just Had Covid, Exercise Can Cause Serious Complications, Including Heart Disease

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A growing number of studies are raising concerns about the coronavirus’ long-term effects on the heart. Athletes especially need to heed t...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Antarctic Glaciers Are Growing Unstable Above and Below Water

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New studies show fractures on surface ice and warm seawater melting the ice from underneath. That’s a harbinger of a coming collapse—and s...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time

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Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims. Sour...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election

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Human rights organizations have blamed the Belarusian government for widespread outages. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/belarus-int...
Sunday, August 9, 2020

What If the Big Bang Was Actually a Big Bounce?

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New computer simulations model an alternate way of thinking about the cosmos: as a cyclic universe that has no beginning or end. Source:...