Stark’s new satellite data reveal that the Colorado River Basin has lost large amounts of groundwater in recent decades, and some investigations suggest that this groundwater could be exhausted at the end of the century. But is that really the case? And if so, what could be done to prevent that from happening? While the…
Shields talking to Kristensen and his family. Photo courtesy of Anders Graver- © Humbug Films / Underground Channel (CC By-C) Anders Graver had been invited by the University of Copenhagen to create a short film for COP 27 that would follow a project of Geological Service of Denmark and Greenland (Geus) Scientists William hang and…
The earth revolves on its axis and revolves around the sun, which in turn orbit around the galactic center at speeds of hundreds of km/s. In our neighborhood, the speed of the sun and the other stars around the galactic center has an uncertainty of about about ~ 10%, or ~ 20 km/s, which is…
CVILL6 and CVILL7: Powerful and selective peptide blockers Abstract Scorpion poisons are a rich source of peptides that modulate the activity of ionic channels and can serve as a new drug for canalopathies. CVILL6 and CVILL7 are two new peptides isolated from the poison of Villegasi centuroids With MW of 4277 DA and 4287 gives…
A domestic dog or a wolf? The difference seems quite easy to detect today, but the distinction was not always so obvious. For years, scientists fought to determine whether a couple of frozen puppies about 14,000 years ago were early domestic dogs or wolves. Now, a new analysis could close this debate, confirming that frozen…
Father’s Day is a special occasion in the calendar of a family. It is also one of the many events in which the big retailers, such as Amazon, have excellent sales. From the best telescopes to the best star projectors and more, there are many offers that can be found in Amazon. Most agreements in…
Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their highly valued horns. Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate compared with other tactics, researchers report June 5 in Science. The researchers suggest that no other anti-poaching intervention — such as protective fencing or higher…
In 2012, NASA sneaked a morgue in orbit. No press statement. There is no fanfare. Only a sealed bag of soft sides hidden in a cargo shipment to the International Space Station (ISS) along with lyophilized meals and scientific equipment. Officially, the human remains containment unit (HRCU) was called. For the not trained eye, it…
As children grow in adulthood and then continue to get older, what happens to their imagination? Do we all gradually lose our innate ability to conjure the novelty with the heavy work of life, or the experience teaches us to adjust it? Paul Harris, Harvard University Development Psychologist, has argued that imagination improves with age,…
When science is part of the conversation Obtain correct zero: what really “real” means Ma Rodger says May 30, 2025 at 4:37 amhttps://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2025/05/unforced-variations-may-2025/comment-page-2/#comment-833899Talking with and about William, Ma Rodger says: However, allow me to be useful and provide some learning.Among the “layoffs, insults, (and) false accusations” of your recent portion of comments here in RC,…