A new study from the University of Portsmouth looked at how wildlife in the area had coped over the past 29 years. The team found that a huge range of plants and animals weren’t just surviving, but actually thriving. The research was published in the journal Current Biology.
Ok?
By putting them into the reactor and activating certain metals, we could identify the metals and trace the trade routes that the vases went on thousands of years ago.”
Exomedicine refers to the research and development of medical solutions in the microgravity environment of space for applications on Earth, Kimel said.
He said that one major revelation from space travel is that humans know relatively little about living systems and disease processes outside of Earth. But the thing is, microgravity presents a great potential to uncover insights into better ways to treat and prevent disease.
The series of paintings, made by Jean-Marc Côté and other French artists in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910, shows artist depictions of what life might look like in the year 2000. The first series of images were printed and enclosed in cigarette and cigar boxes around the time of the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris, according to the Public Domain Review, then later turned into postcards.
After 30 years of “Super Mario” games, Super Mario Maker gives us a rare opportunity to survey what kinds of Mario levels are generally most loved by the public… or at least the portion of the public that gives “stars” to its favorite levels.
The results produced an interesting picture: face recognition could be explained in large part by genes, but for the most part, they weren’t the same genes as the ones affecting general object recognition or the ones that influence general cognitive ability.
…just a few months after releasing my map, Russia decided to change the time in most of the country. Since Russia extends to about 3.5% of the world’s area and 11.5% of the emerged lands area, the issue was too obvious to ignore.
Apart from this big change, the new map reflects that some territories in Ukraine and Georgiafollow Moscow time instead of their countries’ timezone, and the introduction of the “Southeast” timezone (permanent UTC-05:00) in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Continental Mexico is about 30 degrees of longitude wide, from Tijuana to Cancun, so two timezones would make sense, instead it has four!
The problem is most acute in cities that do not practise grave recycling. Countries such as Singapore, Germany and Belgium offer public graves for free – but only for the first 20 or so years. Thereafter, families can either pay to keep them (often on a rental basis) or the graves are recycled, with the most recent residents moved further into the ground or to another site, often a mass grave.
As the AGI news agency reports, multi-layer CT scans conducted on 18 plaster cast human remains show that inhabitants of the city had “perfect teeth,” and that those examined likely died from head injuries rather than asphyxiation following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Hopes&Fears ventures into New York City’s underground to find out how subway buskers are faring in the age of playlists, piracy, and in-transit selfies.