Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After several highly publicized alleged murders of women in Australia, the Albanese government this week pledged more than A$925 million over five years to address men’s violence towards women. This includes up to $5,000 to support those escaping violent relationships. However, to reduce and prevent gender-based and intimate partner violence we … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The exponential growth of artificial intelligence over the past year has sparked discussions about whether the era of human domination of our planet is drawing to a close. The most dire predictions claim that the machines will take over within five to 10 years. Fears of AI are not the only … Read more
Male and female rats underwent endurance training during an experiment to identify the effects of exercise at the molecular level. PNNL scientists are part of a national consortium creating the first molecular map of such effects. Credit: Nathan Johnson I Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research definitively confirms that muscle-moving, calorie-burning activity slows the advance of … Read more
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. The $5 billion mission is designed to find out if Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, can support life. But because Europa is constantly bombarded by intense … Read more
Both SpaceX and Boeing have adopted the classic gumdrop-shaped capsule design, but with modern twists: sleek displays, autonomous flight, and full reusability. Throughout the annals of American space exploration, a select few spacecraft have had the distinction of carrying human beings beyond Earth. Next week, Boeing is poised to join this elite group with the … Read more
NASA astronauts Suni Williams (L) and Butch Wilmore (R) will be the first humans to travel aboard the Boeing Starliner into space. Launch day is finally here: Boeing’s Starliner capsule blasts off Monday to the International Space Station on its first crewed mission—several years after SpaceX first achieved the same milestone. The flight, a final … Read more
More than 350,000 people have suffered some form of property damage, according to authorities. The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come. As the rain kept beating down, rescuers in boats and planes searched for … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reforestation efforts to restock depleted forests are important for addressing climate change and for both capturing and restoring carbon from the Earth’s atmosphere. These types of solutions to mitigate carbon emissions are critical after 2023 proved to be the warmest year on record. However, some models have been found to be … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Record-setting storms in 2023 filled California’s major reservoirs to the brim, providing some relief in a decades-long drought, but how much of that record rain trickled underground? Shujuan Mao of Stanford University and her colleagues used a surprising technique to answer this question for the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. They … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Would you rather find yourself alone in the woods with a bear or a man? This is the question currently dividing social media. Based on the responses online, it looks like most women answering the question say they would choose the bear, a decision that is shocking many men. The reactions … Read more
