Geoscientists reveal icy crystal structures of hailstones
Hailstone from the French Quarter in Tübingen - the automated ice texture analyzer shows the internal crystal structure. The colors show the orientation of the…
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The Pandemic Changed Sleep Habits. Maybe That’s a Good Thing
A person’s genetic sleep traits combine to create a chronotype. An “early chronotype” is essentially a morning person, eager to wake up with the sun and head to bed early, while a “late chronotype” wants to stay up into the night and wake…
Pop Smoke offers advice to fans on posthumous second album
Pop Smoke offered special advice to his fans in his second posthumous album, it has emerged.The late rapper’s self-titled second posthumous record is scheduled to be released on 16 July, with a track, “Outro”, released to mark the…
Research team investigates influence of different mass-flowering crops on pollinators —…
Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba bean (also known as broad bean) provide valuable sources of food for bees, which, in turn, contribute to the pollination of both the crops and nearby wild plants when they visit. But not…
Study proves cost-effective polymer sealant could significantly reduce irrigation water loss…
Scientists from the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology apply LAPAM to an irrigation canal in Pakistan. Credit: Rehman Lund…
Saudi Arabia, UAE in focus over oil output policy
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi…
Top Covid expert hits out at unvaccinated people as ‘variant factories’
Unvaccinated individuals are not just risking their own health but are “factories” of potential coronavirus variants, an infectious diseases expert has told CNN. Dr William Schaffner, a professor in the division of infectious diseases at…
Researchers urge high-risk patients to get COVID-19 vaccine — ScienceDaily
New research published today in the journal Blood Advances finds that certain factors, such as a history of severe pain episodes and coexisting organ conditions, increase the risk of severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization, in…
Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases while they can
Kyle Lester, a rafting guide for Rocky Mountain Adventures, teaches a group basic safety measures and rowing techniques before floating down the Cache la Poudre River…
Antarctic expedition to renew search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance | Antarctica
The location of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been one of the great maritime mysteries since the ship became trapped in ice and sank in 1915. Finding this symbol of the “heroic age” of polar exploration at the bottom of the Weddell…