As per an updated outlook from The Weather Company, an IBM Business, there is a possibility summer could round off on a hot note in the western U.S, and a warm fall is likely in much of the mid-section of the nation. (Photo : Getty Images) Hottest June in the Nation As per an outlook
After a week-long hold, Tesla has restarted Model S deliveries, but the automaker never ended up explaining the reason behind the hold to customers buying the new electric vehicle. As we reported last week, many Tesla Model S buyers reported that their vehicles arrived from Fremont factory to their local delivery center, but their local
Article courtesy of RMI.By Katie Siegnerm, Mark Dyson, & Gabriella Tosado Despite serving only 13 percent of US electricity load, electric cooperatives loom large in conversations about the US energy system’s past, present, and future. The initial vision for nonprofit electric co-ops dates back to the New Deal, when the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 authorized
NEWS 23 July 2021 Bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy, poll suggests Nearly half of researchers surveyed in the United Kingdom and elsewhere reported problems, with people from marginalized groups most likely to be mistreated. Philip Ball 0 Philip Ball Philip Ball is a science writer and author; his latest book is How To
This June was the hottest in American history. The 116-degree heat melted power cables in Portland, Oregon, and smashed previous temperature records. Seattle recorded an all-time high of 108 degrees, as did the Canadian province of British Columbia, at a whopping 121 degrees. As the world warms, more people are installing air conditioning. Global energy
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is all set to make its tenth flight on Mars and officials said that it could happen on July 24. Ingenuity, which arrived on the Red Planet aboard the Mars Perseverance rover on February 18, is the first to have flown on a terrestrial planet other than Earth. The space agency said
CAREER COLUMN 23 July 2021 The lessons I learnt supervising master’s students for the first time PhD student Emilio Dorigatti supported three junior colleagues during their degrees. Emilio Dorigatti 0 Emilio Dorigatti Emilio Dorigatti is a PhD student in data science and bioinformatics at the Munich School for Data Science in Germany, working on new
China is beating the U.S. when it comes to innovation in online money, posing challenges to the U.S. dollar’s status as the de facto monetary reserve. Nearly 80 countries — including China and the U.S. — are in the process of developing a CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency. It’s a form of money that’s
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Earth is our spherical abode. But think of the Earth being flat. After all, some individuals actually believe in this idea which is retrograde. How would the day-to-day life function? Would it even function at all? Let’s explore how strange the Earth would have been if it were flat and whether humans would have been
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A campaign to increase philanthropic funding of environmental groups led by people of color is gaining momentum, but the vast majority of major donors still decline to make hard commitments, the AP reports. Donors of Color Network, the group leading the campaign, is pushing major funders to commit to releasing funding data and direct 30% of their
NEWS 23 July 2021 China’s space station is preparing to host 1,000 scientific experiments Researchers around the world are eagerly awaiting the completion of Tiangong, to study topics from dark matter and gravitational waves to the growth of cancer and pathogenic bacteria. Smriti Mallapaty Smriti Mallapaty View author publications You can also search for this
In this article 6694.T-JP Zoom founder Eric Yuan poses in front of the Nasdaq building as the screen shows the logo of the video-conferencing software company Zoom after the opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York City. The video-conferencing software company announced it’s IPO priced at $36 per share, at an estimated
TAMPA, Fla. — NorthStar Earth & Space, a startup developing a constellation for tracking other satellites, has secured Canadian government funding for a prototype Earth observation monitoring system to combat climate change. Montréal-based NorthStar said July 22 it is working with the Canadian Coast Guard on the project, using an airborne hyperspectral sensor system to
Typhoon In-fa was making a continuous deep, resonant sound toward the eastern coast of China in the middle of the day on Saturday, local time, and while the storm may make efforts to gain more strength, this typhoon could possibly bring catastrophic impacts to the area, and also to the major port city of Shanghai.
Nat King Cole may have wooed Daisy with a tandem ride in On a Bicycle Built for Two, but I wonder if he would have won her over quite as easily if he had propositioned her with this funny little three-seater electric bike. It may be odd-looking, but I love the weird combination of utility
A coalition composed of the Institute For Local Self-Reliance, Solar United Neighbors Action, the Initiative For Energy Justice, and Solar United Neighbors has created a white paper urging the federal government to create policy and funding initiatives that would support the addition of rooftop solar to 30 million US homes. The proposal claims the 30
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NATURE PODCAST 24 July 2021 Coronapod: the latest on COVID and sporting events As the Olympics kick off, data on the impact of large sporting events is still limited, despite large research efforts Noah Baker & Holly Else Noah Baker View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Holly
In this article AMZN AAPL FB GOOGL San Francisco Compassandcamera | Getty Images Many lawmakers are eager to rein in the power of the largest tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. But some of their proposals could actually hurt the smaller companies they’re meant to protect, venture capitalists warned CNBC. VCs are particularly concerned
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch its Europa Clipper mission to a potentially habitable moon of Jupiter, a choice that appeared inevitable once NASA was no longer required to use the Space Launch System. NASA announced July 23 that it awarded a launch services contract to SpaceX for the October 2024
DeepMind, an artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, said it has been successful in predicting the shape of nearly every protein in the human body as well as thousands of other proteins found in 20 additional organisms that scientists rely on for their research, including yeast, fruit flies, and mice. This breakthrough is
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NEWS 23 July 2021 Single chip tests thousands of enzyme mutations at once The technique vastly speeds up understanding of how the proteins function and how to target drugs. Sara Reardon 0 Sara Reardon Sara Reardon is a freelance journalist based in Bozeman, Montana. She is a former staff reporter at Nature, New Scientist and
Photo illustration of Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) logo, a Chinese company that develops music streaming services. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images China’s antitrust regulator ordered Tencent to give up its exclusive music licensing rights with international record labels and slapped a fine on the company, as Beijing continues to crack
WASHINGTON — NASA approved plans July 22 for the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a second uncrewed test flight that seeks to demonstrate that the company has corrected the problems seen on the first. At the conclusion of the flight readiness review, NASA gave the go-ahead for a July 30 launch of Starliner
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Despite spending almost the same amount of money on products, men’s purchasing produces 16 percent more climate-warming emissions than women’s, according to research. (Photo : Getty Images) The most significant difference was in men’s spending on gasoline and diesel for their automobiles. According to the researchers, gender variations in emissions have been poorly researched and
Rivian announced that it closed a $2.5 billion investment round with investments from Amazon, Ford, and others. The automaker also confirmed that it’s looking for a location for a second electric vehicle factory in the US after the media reported on the project. As we have often reported in the past, Rivian has been quite
Sunseap Group is a solar energy system developer, owner, and operator in Singapore, with over 2000 megawatts (peak) of solar energy projects contracted across Asia. This week, Frank Phuan, co-founder and chief executive of Sunseap, told Reuters his company plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farm near the city of Batam in Indonesia,
The Ganges River is one of the biggest contributors of mercury into coastal oceans. Credit: ESA/Shutterstock Geochemistry 23 July 2021 Toxic mercury rides rivers into the sea Research suggests that rivers are a bigger source of mercury in coastal waters than is the atmosphere — a finding that contradicts some global models. Share on Twitter
RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., unveils the R1T electric pickup truck, left, and R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a reveal event at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle start-up Rivian on Friday
WASHINGTON — Members of a Senate space subcommittee argued that the Commerce Department was not doing enough to implement policies on space traffic management (STM) or staffing the office responsible for it. At the July 22 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee’s space subcommittee, senators said they were worried that slow action by the Commerce
As Arizona gets ready for a potentially consequential flooding event this weekend, flash flooding and dust storms threaten the region in the middle of exceptional drought. (Photo : Getty Images) Authorities Issue Flash Flood Watches Totals of forecasted rainfall across the United States have a targeted spot with the maximum amounts directly over Arizona in
AC Cars, one of the oldest independent automakers out of the UK, is on the verge of delivering the first electric version of its classic Series 1 Cobra to customers. The AC Cobra was a legendary two-seater sports car in the 1960s that has found new life with an electric powertrain. AC Cars has now
The Australian government is keen on an economic recovery from covid that is led by gas — used domestically and also sold to our Asian trading partners. Gas, they say, is the bridge to a cleaner future. They promote and fund gas over any form of renewable energy. Australian conservative politicians at the federal level
NEWS 23 July 2021 NASA investigates renaming James Webb telescope after anti-LGBT+ claims Some astronomers argue the flagship observatory — successor to the Hubble Space Telescope — will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence. Alexandra Witze Alexandra Witze View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Share
By: Hannah Pell Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. In early May 2021, a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline caused massive disruption to the East Coast’s fuel supply. Pictures of cars lined up at gas stations and warnings not to “panic buy” gasoline evoked memories of the 1973 oil crisis. Colonial Pipeline Co. paid a $4.4
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners Robert F. Smith. Phot credit: Getty; Photo Illustration: Elham Ataeiazar for CNBC Make It Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is exploring a sale of Tibco Software, the cloud computing data analytics company, according to people familiar with the matter. Vista hasn’t hired a financial adviser yet,
TAMPA, Fla. — A federal appeals court denied a motion from satellite operator Viasat to stop SpaceX from enlarging its Starlink megaconstellation. Viasat had requested a stay on a SpaceX license modification that allows it to continue building out the low-Earth-orbit constellation, while legal action seeking to compel a thorough environmental review of the broadband
Drazen_ | E+ | Getty Images Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build a project in the Netherlands that plans to combine solar power with farming, in the latest example of how renewables and agriculture can potentially dovetail with one another. In a statement earlier this week Annemarie Schouten, Vattenfall’s head
NASA has shared a stunning photograph on Instagram of a galaxy called M77, and has offered a brief explanation of how it has been “shaped.” For a long time, the shapes of many galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have puzzled many scientists. The Milky Way is spiral-shaped and has arms full of stars. However,
NEWS 22 July 2021 COVID vaccines have higher approval in less affluent countries Surveys show that people in ten low- and middle-income nations are generally more eager to receive the COVID-19 jab than people in two wealthier nations where vaccine is plentiful. Max Kozlov Max Kozlov View author publications You can also search for this
In this article INTC Intel shares fell 2% after CEO Pat Gelsinger’s second earnings report at the helm of the American chip giant as investors assessed cautionary guidance on margins in the current quarter. Intel reported revenue and earnings per share that beat both the company’s own forecast as well as Wall Street expectations, attributing
The Space Force plans to build a network of 24/7, all-weather ground-based radar sites for space domain awareness. WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force officials have begun discussions with the U.K. government about the possibility of building a deep-space radar site in the United Kingdom, a spokesman confirmed July 22. The Space Force plans to develop
Date/Time: August 12, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) With buildings accounting for 36 percent of emissions globally, there is no path to achieve climate goals without addressing energy consumption in buildings. The good news is tools are emerging to support organizations slash emissions through digitization and automation within their commercial and industrial spaces. These
California’s policymakers rely on forests and shrublands to remove CO2 from the atmosphere in part to meet an ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. Still, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, warn that future climate change may hinder the ecosystem’s ability to perform this service. The UCI Earth system scientists wrote in a
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