John Milton’s handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587), a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost poet. The discovery, made in the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, Arizona, makes this one of only three known books to preserve Milton’s handwritten reading notes, and one of only … Read more
Georgia Tech researchers surveying field sites in the salt marshes of Sapelo Island, Georgia. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia’s saltwater marshes—living where the land meets the ocean—stretch along the state’s entire 100-mile coastline. These rich ecosystems are largely dominated by just one plant: grass. Known as cordgrass, the plant is an ecosystem engineer, providing … Read more
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AST SpaceMobile has ramped up demonstrations of voice calls, texts, and video calls via satellite over the last year, using 4G LTE and 5G connections with download bandwidth reaching 14Mbps. Now the company says that a previous memorandum of understanding with AT&T to work on a space-based broadband network for phones has become a “definitive … Read more
Exterior view of the Microsoft Times Square building in New York City on Jan. 29, 2023. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images Microsoft‘s total carbon emissions have risen nearly 30% since 2020 primarily due to the construction of data centers, the company said in its annual sustainability report Wednesday. Microsoft’s Scope 1 and … Read more
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Lennox Lewis is ready pass on his mantle as the last undisputed world heavyweight champion when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash in Riyadh on … Read more
‘Dust clouds’ at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. That is shown by PhD research of NIOZ marine geologist Sabine Haalboom, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Yet, a small portion of the stirred-up bottom material remains … Read more
Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges, and bands that crisscross the moon’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0) Images from the JunoCam visible-light camera aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft supports … Read more
Britain has a long tradition of volunteer naturalists dating back 250 years to the Rev Gilbert White in Selborne, Hampshire, best known for his classic book The Natural History of Selborne (1789). In recent times, Rosemary Parslow has detailed the plants of the Isles of Scilly, many found nowhere else in Britain thanks to the … Read more
“The premise of this is great,” says Earric Lee, a physiologist with the Montreal Heart Institute, who was not involved in the study but has led sauna studies since completing his doctoral research in Finland. “Trying to move away from pharmacology is a good thing.” More than 250 million people worldwide have major depressive disorder, … Read more
Aerial view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images U.S. crude oil held firm on Wednesday after domestic stockpiles declined more than expected. In the U.S., commercial crude oil inventories, which exclude the strategic petroleum reserve, fell by 2.5 million barrels last week, according to data released by the Energy … Read more
