Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The US developers of a 300-ft glowing orb, set to be built in the middle of Stratford, east London, and accommodate upwards of 21,500 concert goers, have withdrawn their planning application. Las Vegas, in the US, already boasts one such venue, known as Sphere. Citing its “extreme” disappointment at London residents … Read more
People stand outside their offices building after an earthquake was felt in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and part of neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and especially frightening people in remote villages across the country, Pakistani officials and the … Read more
Twenty year light curve of NGC 2403 XMM4 obtained from Swift (blue boxes), Chandra (magenta diamonds), XMM-Newton (green circles) and NuSTAR (red triangles) observations. The observed luminosity is reported in the 0.3–10 keV energy band, with Chandra and NuSTAR values extrapolated to that band from their best-fitting parameters. Credit: Luangtip and Roberts, 2023. By analyzing … Read more
Multidisciplinary approaches to urban archaeology provide a wealth of information about how cities shape, and are shaped by, their environment. Credit: Michelle O’Reilly Cities play a key role in climate change and biodiversity and are one of the most recognizable features of the Anthropocene. They also accelerate innovation and shape social networks, while perpetuating and … Read more
Working picture of the excavation of a skeleton on the Lincoln Eastern Bypass site (Network Archaeology). Credit: Network Archaeology Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with University of Oxford, University of York and Oxford Archaeology, have developed a new technique to measure the number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more precisely, using it to … Read more
A small fishing vessel navigates turbulent waves in Sri Lanka. Ocean warming intensifies weather patterns. Credit: Jiang Zhu A multi-national team of scientists (China, U.S., New Zealand, Italy, and France) analyzes the temperature of the Earth annually. These scientists have found a fever that increases every year: For the past decade, each year has been … Read more
Composite image illustrating 51 Pegasi system and its measured magnetic field. The detected “Weak Magnetic Braking” of 51 Peg represents a relatively sudden change that makes the magnetic environment more stable. Credit: AIP/J. Fohlmeister Once upon a cosmic time, scientists assumed that stars apply an eternal magnetic brake, causing an endless slowdown of their rotation. … Read more
DVR involvement at enrollment and during the 24 months after enrollment. This figure shows the proportion of treatment (N = 413) and control (N = 390) youth according to their DVR service involvement at enrollment and 24 months after enrollment. Credit: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (2023). DOI: 10.3233/JVR-230055 A new study published in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation evaluates … Read more
Peat being tested at Radboud University. Credit: Bjorn Robroek, Radboud University Peatlands are affected more by drought than expected. This is concerning, as these ecosystems are an important ally in the fight against climate change. Following long periods of drought, peat is able to absorb little to no extra carbon (CO2). Increasing biodiversity also does … Read more
Mean (±95 % CIs) of preference for cartoon ‘A’ over cartoon ‘B’ within decadal age classes as a function of the difference in mentalizing level between the two cartoons (‘A’ minus ‘B’). Dashed line indicates random choice. Sample sizes at each level are, L to R: 73, 71, 71, 12. Number of participants is the same … Read more
