Credit: CC0 Public Domain People all around the world traditionally use their new year to embark on a change in lifestyle. The People’s Climate Vote, a UN survey of public opinion on climate change, highlights that citizens around the world recognize climate change as a global emergency and agree that we should do everything necessary … Read more
Scientists conduct grassland sampling surveys in Xilingol. Credit: AIR In a study published in Remote Sensing, scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed a Desertification Difference Index (DDI) model to better understand and combat global grassland desertification. The study focused on extracting desertification information using … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The idea that we can comfortably manage all the different facets of life—work, family, other responsibilities—is certainly appealing. But in reality, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to work-life balance—especially for older workers. Making up a third of the New Zealand workforce, older workers (aged 55 and older) are a growing cohort … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the hit dystopian TV series “Severance,” employees at biotech corporation Lumon Industries find it easy to separate work and home life. A computer chip is inserted in their brains to act as a “mindwipe.” They leave all thoughts of home behind while at work, and completely forget about their work … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spices and other plant-derived products contain many active components, such as polyphenols and flavonoids. However, even the slightest variations in conditions can considerably affect the extraction efficiency of these active components, posing challenges in determining the exact quantity of active components in the extract solution. In a new study published in … Read more
If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. Prime will include ads beginning on Jan. 29, the company said in an email to U.S. members this week, setting a date for an announcement it made back in September. Prime members who want … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As each day passes, the need to protect Australia’s environment grows more urgent. As noted in the most recent State of Environment Report in 2021, we are increasingly turning to “measures of last resort” to prevent species extinctions and the collapse of ecosystems. In legal theory, the “rights of nature” acknowledges … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Christmas, we’re told, is the most wonderful time of the year. For many of us, however, it is preceded by one of the least wonderful times: the awkward social spectacle of the office Secret Santa or Kris Kringle, where employees agree to purchase a gift for a randomly allocated colleague. As … Read more
Depiction of the different signals and the telescopes that would detect them. Credit: Palmar et al One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects placed into orbit is the size of the fairing used to put them there. Large telescopes must be stuffed into a relatively small fairing housing and deployed to … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Finding dead seals along California’s coast is not novel in and of itself. The marine mammals get sick, are stillborn or even wash ashore after being fatally struck by a boat. But decapitated seals? That was something new for North Coast ecologists—even ones who study stranded marine life. Again and again … Read more
