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Will AI Really Kill Us All? The Science Behind the Hype
27 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
Concerns that artificial intelligence might...
Why GLP-1 Drugs Work Like Magic for Some — and Barely Work at All for Others
26 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
The GLP-1 drugs — semaglutide, tirzepatide,...
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The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?
20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For most of the past century, the idea that...
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More than half of the lakes around the world are loosing water
Posted on 26 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A recent study found that 53 percent of the greatest freshwater lakes on earth are in decline and are now retaining less water than they did thirty years ago. The study measured changes in water levels in roughly 2,000 of the largest lakes and reservoirs in the globe using satellite measurements spanning decades. It was discovered that human consumption, sedimentation, and climate change are to blame .
However, the lead author, former CIRES visiting fellow and current climate...
AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species
Posted on 4 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary:To research and mitigate the effects of climate change on flora, scientists from UNSW and the Sydney Botanic Gardens have trained AI to access data from millions of plant specimens maintained in herbaria around the world.
Associate Professor Will Cornwell, the study's principal author, adds that herbarium collections are incredible "time capsules of plant specimens." It's no longer feasible to go through items manually because the National Herbarium of New South Wales alone...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green
Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
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More than half of the world's oceans have become greener over the past 20 years, likely due to global warming. This was determined by analyzing 20 years of data on ocean color from NASA's Aqua satellite.
The greening indicates increased phytoplankton and algae in the surface waters. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll which makes the ocean appear greener.
The tropical and subtropical waters between 40°S and 40°N latitude changed the most in color. These areas...
The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?
Posted on 20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For most of the past century, the idea that hydrogen gas could be sitting underground in commercially viable deposits simply did not register as a possibility worth entertaining. Geologists knew the Earth produces hydrogen constantly through reactions between iron-rich rock and water, and through the splitting of water molecules by radioactive decay. They also knew that microbes eat it, that geochemical reactions consume it, and that its molecules are small enough to slip through rock...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 28 September.
- William the Conqueror landed in England
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California at San Diego Bay
- Siege of Yorktown begins last battle of the the Revolutionary War
- Donati's comet becomes the 1st to be photographed
- US troops reoccupy Cuba stay until 1909
- Baseball's biggest scandal grand jury indicts 8 White Sox for throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
- Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
- End of 1st around-the-world flight Seattle to Seattle 57 stops
- 2 US Army planes completed 1st around the world flight
- Yanks clinch pennant #6
- Lou Gehrig'error ends his errorless streak at 885 consecutive games The winning pitcher was Babe Ruth beating the Red Sox 9-3
- Ted Williams assures his 400 avg on last day with 6 hits
- NY Americans NHL team folded
- 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
- Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
- Allie Reynolds 2nd no hitter of 1951 Yanks clinch pennant #18
- Edwin Hubble dies
- Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
- Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates a record 41.5 kph for 440 yds
- Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
- Sadat replaces Egyptian Pres Nassar who died of a heart attack at 52
- 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
- Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack at 65
- 1st reports appeared of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules