“What this shows is that in addition to flood risks being amplified by sea level rise, it can also be amplified by the fact that waves are increasing,” said Patrick Barnard, a research geologist with the United States Geological Survey. “That’s a factor that we have to consider as well as we plan to create
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Sports fans love team trivia, but what do you know about the big events that set the stage for your favorite showdowns? View Entire Post › Source link
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The last time Frances Tiafoe was playing a match inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, it was under the lights last year in front of a teeming crowd of 23,000, roaring with every point, as he tried to topple Carlos Alcaraz, the eventual U.S. Open champion and No. 1, in the semifinals. Michelle Obama was sitting in
Read MoreLegislation to ban Nazi salute and symbols being introduced today in Victoria Benita Kolovos Victoria’s attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, has arrived at parliament, where she will be introducing legislation to ban the Nazi salute. Asked why the government fast-tracked this bill but is yet to introduce stronger legal protections for LGBTQIA+ community, she said: In
Read MorePlaying music such as a Mozart lullaby to babies may help reduce their suffering during painful procedures, research suggests. Minor medical procedures such as injections or heel-prick blood tests are commonly performed on newborn infants, and while some people have argued that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really feel pain, recent
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This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Around the world, leaves play a critical central role in staving off the worst impacts of climate change. Their ability trap CO2 and combine it with water and sunlight to make food
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A new crew recently arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), ready to begin a six-month stint of life in orbit. During its stay, Crew-7 will work on scientific research, including a new suite of experiments into the effects of spaceflight on the human body over time — information that could be crucial to future
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Any home baker will confirm that, even if you have all the right ingredients and follow the recipe, things don’t always turn out the way you envisioned. Such was the life of inventor extraordinaire Granville T. Woods. Who was Granville T. Woods? Woods was endowed with intellectual gifts that allowed him, despite no formal engineering
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Dr. Edward Barksdale needed answers and he turned to Cleveland’s SWAT team, the county juvenile detention center and the local police to get them. Barksdale, a pediatric trauma surgeon and the surgeon-in-chief at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals, wanted to know exactly what it was that was sending the same kids to his
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Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a mere 300 million years of
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