As Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences and the Environment at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Caroline Jureg is currently investigating how the climate affects forest fires in the west of the United States, pressing in front of the recent fires of Angels and catastrophic. She uses satellite data, large data sets and statistical…
The egg nebula, as it has been photographed here by Hubble, is a preplanetary nebula, since its external layers have not yet heated at sufficient temperatures by the central and contracting star to completely ionize. Many of the giant stars visible today will evolve towards a nebula such as it is before throwing their external…
You can only appreciate the benefits of the Apple ecosystem replacing almost all its devices with those of Apple. Those who have an iPhone, a MacBook, an iPad, etc., unanimously comment on the perfect integration between their devices. However, for excellent as it is, Apple’s ecosystem has its weaknesses. Let’s find out what those are…
When the classic prisoner dilemma game (PD) is played repeatedly in many rounds, is cooperation maintained? And male couples cooperate almost double female pairs? Both findings were reported in a great American experiment published more than half a century ago. Now, an experimental study that uses more rigorous methodological and statistical techniques and much larger…
A new species, Otacilia Tongbershan Liu, sp. nov. It is described in the National Natural Reserve of Tongeboshan, province of Jiangxi, China. There are morphological illustrations, semi and living photos and a distribution map. Jiang Z, Lin C, Wang Z, Yao and, Liu K (2025) a new species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) of…
One would expect a mummy to smell like a moldy, young and moldy. But the first study that systematically smells the human remains wrapped report much more pleasant aromas, describing the smell of smell as “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to a report inside Journal of the American Chemical Society. “The smell of mummified bodies…
In just one month, Skywatchers in North America will receive a surprising total lunar eclipse. He The lunar eclipse will occur during the night between March 13 and 142025, and will be the first total lunar eclipse visible anywhere in the world Since November 2022. It will also be the first of the three that…
Just like reaching a service station during a road trip, whale sharks use oil and gas platforms such as a boxes during their migrations of thousands of kilometers in the oceans. Human manufacturing structures attract marine life, including the favorite shark snacks: plankton. But experts are concerned that this lure can put giants in danger…
Whether you’re an aspiring meteorologist, a storm chaser, or the most casual of weather nerds, a DIY home weather station delivers the a great way to track Mother Nature. Smartphone weather apps often report outdated–or worse, inaccurate–data. And while your local forecaster is a better source, even their report is little more than a best…
In 1974, science fiction author Larry Niven wrote a mystery of murder with an interesting premise: could you kill a man with a small black hole? I am not going to spoil the story, although I am willing to bet that most people would argue that the answer is clearly that. The intense severity, the…