The “bomb cyclone” dominated headlines last week, but the flooding  it caused in the U.S. Great Plains did not initially. Many communities, homes, and businesses in Nebraska and other parts of the Great Plains were literally underwater. Levees were breached causing some rural towns to be completely isolated. Flooding was so bad that the National Weather

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Miyake died in 1982, just as his invention was gaining global traction.Google Today’s Google Doodle honors inventor Seiichi Miyake, who developed the tactile pavement that helps visually impaired people navigate street crossings and transit stations. If you’ve walked around a city lately, you may have noticed

The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. Not graphs, but close.NASA For most of us, the word graph brings back memories (not always pleasant) of pencils and rulers and quadrille ruled paper, though a more recent generation may think instead of pie and bar charts produced in Excel from spreadsheets. However, in the last

An artist’s impression of the Space Launch System (SLS)Getty Last week, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine made an announcement that shocked the space world. He said the first mission for NASA’s new flagship mega-rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), might be given to private companies instead. And if this comes to pass, it could signal a

cheerful elderly coupleGetty How lifelong inequalities add up is one of the hottest issues in academic gerontology. A new book from Boston University professor Deborah Carr, the editor-in-chief of Journal of Gerontology, provides a much-needed reality check on the nation’s plans for dealing with retirement. Titled Golden Years? Social Inequalities In Later Life, Carr’s book brings home a

Patrick Pichette, chief financial officer of Google Inc., speaks during an Economic Club of Canada event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, said increased queries for cars and travel and fewer coupon searches suggest the U.S. economy is improving. Photographer: Norm

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Humans developed tool use some 2.5 million years ago in Africa. The first tools were made from chipped cobbles or larger flakes that had been carefully selected for size and weight. Simple stone tools persisted almost unchanged until about 250,000 years ago, only then more elaborate

This remarkable ‘Dust devil frenzy’ image was taken in the Terra Sabaea region of Mars, west of Augakuh Vallis. This mysterious pattern sits on the crest of a ridge and is thought to be the result of dust devil activity – essentially the convergence of hundreds or maybe even thousands of smaller Martian tornadoes.ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC

It has been quite a stressful week for me, I am quite new to research and I got my first chance to help write an experimental proposal this week. Having read many scientific papers, I realised how important the language I use is and that certain words that mean something to me, a laser physicist,

If the Moon is gradually moving farther away from us, will it eventually go away altogether, and when is that likely to happen? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Robert Frost, Aerospace engineer, on Quora: The Moon

Dance can communicate complex and abstract topics.Pixabay February was a good month for Pramodh Senarath Yapa. He had a paper published in the journal Physical Review Applied and his work was even featured in Science. But Science didn’t highlight his latest article – it was a video of him dancing a research project he completed

Smartphones, smart-meters and smart-cars – premised on digital tools making communication, monitoring energy consumption and driving more efficient – are among us. It seems oil and gas explorers have their own nifty kit – the ‘smart’ rig! It’s been around for a while, in use offshore and is getting smarter as data analytics, robotics and artificial

As a teacher, what was the most effective lesson plan you ever taught? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Dave Consiglio, Chemistry and Physics High School Teacher, on Quora: Every year I begin my chemistry classes with

Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer and cofounder of DeepMind Technologies Ltd. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg© 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP DeepMind’s ethics board has been a closely guarded secret ever since the artificial intelligence company was acquired by Google in 2014. But a new report from Hal Hodson at The Economist sheds some light on how the ethics board came

What does paranormal mean? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Luis Elizondo, Director of Special Programs at To The Stars Academy, on Quora: When you think about the word “paranormal,” what comes to mind? Probably poltergeists, ghost

Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) next mission, Aleksey Ovchinin of Russia, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of the U.S., pose for a picture during a news conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two astronauts who survived a dramatic launch mishap in October said on Wednesday they

Unless you live under a rock, you are aware of the tremendous storm system affecting the Great Plains region of the United States right now. Jonathan Erdman wrote in weather.com that unofficial low pressure records have already been tied or broken in Pueblo, Colorado, Alamosa, Colorado, and Clayton, New Mexico because of the storm some have named

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Top scientists and ethicists from seven countries on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on gene editing of human eggs, sperm or embryos that would result in genetically-altered babies after a rogue Chinese researcher last year announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited twins. FILE PHOTO: Scientist He Jiankui attends the

Deposit Photos Enhanced By CogWorld Introduction Even though neuroscience has made amazing advances, the origin of consciousness in humans — and its nature and processes — still remain largely unknown; the underlying physiological mechanisms of generating conscious beings are still not clearly understood. However, with the advances in brain mapping and neuroscience, we are perhaps

While on the surface of the Earth, society still struggles to adopt solar energy solutions, many scientists maintain that giant, space-based solar farms could provide an environmentally-friendly answer to the world’s energy crisis. Only last week, we reported that China was planning to build the world’s first solar power station to be positioned in Earth’s orbit. Because the sun always shines