Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2024
Next month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin must justify to Congress a 37% cost overrun in the Pentagon’s project to replace every nuclear missile in the land-based leg of the nuclear triad. He should make us all safer – and save the US public upwards of $100 billion – by cancelling the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. What cost overrun?
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old, adding to evidence that these extinct humans cared for members of their community
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2024
This June, I had the opportunity to testify at the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee’s hearing on “Hydrogen Hubs and Climate Change.” With both Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) and Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2) located in state, Pennsylvania is home to two out of seven total selections for the nation’s $7 billion Hydrogen Hubs Program.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
A technique to charge a battery inside a quantum computer relies on sorting qubits in an imitation of Maxwell’s demon, a 19th-century thought experiment once thought to break the laws of physics
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 26, 2024
I’m honored to announce the winners of Ocean Conservancy’s 2024 Photo Contest. This year we received hundreds of beautiful, inspiring and heartbreaking photo submissions. And I’m so grateful for every photographer who sent in their images and the record-breaking number of voters like you who helped pick our category winners. This year, we decided to let the Ocean Conservancy team get in on the fun, too.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us completely reshape genomes
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New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
See the circle of galaxy clusters and voids that surround us in this map of the nearby cosmos, extending 200 million light years in each direction
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
Extreme wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity globally, data show for the first time
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker's Love Triangle is fast-paced, with nuggets about everything from impossible soccer balls to duck wakes.
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
On its first crewed flight, troubling technical glitches with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft have left two astronauts in limbo onboard the International Space Station
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Warm retreats made using bricks in greenhouses give frogs a place to keep toasty in winter, which helps protect them from deadly chytrid fungal infections
Earth 911
JUNE 26, 2024
Most people recognize that wine corks are special. You pop them from the bottle, and. The post Guest Opinion: Recycle Cork To Replace Petroleum-Based Polymers and Foams appeared first on Earth911.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Almost all the stars that will ever exist have already been born, and they have been around long enough for life to evolve on planets that orbit them
The Applied Ecologist
JUNE 26, 2024
Happy Pride Month! Join the British Ecological Society in this annual, global celebration as we share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. This post is by Dr Numair Masud (he/him), Bioscience Research Associate at Cardiff University. Pride in a conflicted world Dr Numair Masud (he/him) is a Bioscience Research Associate at Cardiff University, investigating how anthropogenic stressors impact freshwater organisms.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
An artificial intelligence could gauge what characters and locations people were viewing in the film (500) Days of Summer based on the activity of their neurons
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
Politicians and nonprofit groups have blamed offshore wind turbines for whale deaths, but the science doesn’t support those claims—at all
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
ChatGPT-written exam submissions for a psychology degree mostly went undetected and tended to get better marks than real students’ work
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
Despite an eye-watering price tag, bringing pieces of Mars back to Earth promises to revolutionize our understanding of life’s place in the early solar system
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Financial incentives have helped people with obesity lose weight in trials, but whether the approach is sustainable or cost-effective remains to be seen
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 26, 2024
The Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council will hold a July 30 pasture walk on grazing practices and a new temporary fencing program at the Voight Family Farms in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Del Voight and his family raise Angus seedstock on approximately 13 acres of pasture and hay land and started grazing in 2000.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Feedback delves into a new study about snotty-nose prevention in children, and is intrigued to discover that hardening, rubbing and water procedures are the cutting edge of cold science these days
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
Wind shear and atmospheric instability have combined to create a brutal tornado season this year
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New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
So bright you'll be able to see it without a telescope, a “new” star system, T Coronae Borealis, will become visible for the first time in 80 years between now and September.
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2024
Climate-related highway fixes and electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses are among the projects getting federal help in a new round of funding
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
A "new" star system, T Coronae Borealis, will become visible to the naked eye between now and September.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 26, 2024
The Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards will host a July 15 webinar providing an overview and Q/A on the Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale species starting at 1:00 p.m. Planting native trees and shrubs is a powerful way to turn your landscape into a wildlife wonderland while also improving local stream health and water quality. But choosing the best species for your specific landscape conditions can be a challenge.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Photographer Ignacio Evangelista's stark shots shine a light on the little-known VOR beacons, once key to aviation navigation but now being replaced by GPS
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 26, 2024
On June 26, the Independent Fiscal Office issued a report on the latest projections of revenue from the Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee showing another drop in calendar 2024 revenue to from $165 million to $170 million-- a nearly $114 million decrease from 2023. The least revenue collected from this fee was $146.3 million for calendar 2020. The IFO reported calendar 2023 revenue was $179.1 million, down over $100 million from the record revenue in 2022 of $278.9 million.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
Meet Craig Foster, from the Oscar-winning documentary MY Octopus Teacher, who thinks we should reconnect with nature by plunging into icy waters or scanning remote landscapes
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 26, 2024
by Jakob Weis, University of Tasmania; Andrew Bowie, University of Tasmania; Christina Schallenberg, CSIRO; Peter Strutton, University of Tasmania, and Zanna Chase, University of Tasmania The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?
Nanotech
JUNE 26, 2024
During the June 26, 2024, “TSCA Reform — Eight Years Later” conference, presented by Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), the Environmental Law Institute, (ELI), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S.
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