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10 of the World’s Deadliest Dam Failures
listverse   13 January 2023   World  
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<p>Living in the shadow of a large dam means you have placed your trust in the engineers who designed it. Because if there were any errors in their calculations, the result could be a deadly catastrophe. When a dam breaches, the consequent water surge can ...
Five Inspiring Scientific Breakthroughs From 2022
Greater Good Magazine   27 December 2022   World  
The Carina Nebula, as captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
<p>Here at Greater Good, we tend to focus on the psychology, neuroscience, and (to a lesser degree) sociology of a meaningful life—that’s our bread and butter, which we highlight in our annual roundup of the year’s top scientific insights.<br>The Carina Nebula, ...
Here Are 2022’s 12 Most Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries, From Ancient Lice Combs to the World’s Oldest Mummies
Artnet News   21 December 2022   World  
Photo by Valerie Gache/AFP via Getty Images
<p>It&rsquo;s perhaps our favorite time of year at Artnet News, when we look back through 12 months of coverage to revisit the best, most exciting stories that have graced our pages. As always, we especially like to revisit our archaeology archives to identify ...
The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022
Smithsonian magazine   16 December 2022   World  
Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Larry Felder / Charles R. Knight / Carlos Papolio / Yusik Choi / Natee Puttapipat / Julius Csotonyi
<p>The flood of dinosaur discoveries this year was hard to keep up with. New species crammed scientific journal pages as experts published study after study that provided new insights into the biology, behavior and extinction of the “terrible lizards.” We ...
Scientist: Climate Change Will Impact Mountains on a Global Scale
Sci Tech Daily   15 December 2022   World  
Credit: Wits University
<p>According to research, climate change will have a severe effect on mountain landscapes and human activities, increasing the likelihood of avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris flows, and lake outburst floods.<br />Mountain landscapes all over the ...
Climate change: Melting glaciers could release tonnes of bacteria
BBC NEWS   17 November 2022   World  
Scientists are concerned thousands of tonnes of harmful bacteria could be released into rivers and lakes
<p>Vast amounts of bacteria could be released as the world's glaciers melt due to climate change, scientists have warned.<br />Potentially harmful pathogens are among the thousands of microbes that could leak into rivers and lakes.<br />Researchers at Aberystwyth ...
Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as Earth spins faster
The Guardian   01 August 2022   World  
A single spin of the Earth marks out a day and drives the cycle of sunrise and sunset. Photograph: Janez Volmajer/Alamy
<p>If time feels tighter than ever of late, blame it on the revolution. On 29 June this year, Earth racked up an unusual record: its shortest day since the 1960s, when scientists began measuring the planet&rsquo;s rotation with high-precision atomic clocks.<br ...
There Were Billions of T-rexes, and 9 Other Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs
lifehacker   24 November 2021   World  
Photo: Daniel Eskridge (Shutterstock)
<p>Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years, but scientists just can&rsquo;t let them rest in their colossal graves. Instead, they&rsquo;re digging up fossils, conducting research, and otherwise changing our understanding of dinosaur biology and ...
Weather helps form these 10 amazing geological sites
clickorlando.com   09 September 2021   World  
Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images - 2011 Athit Perawongmetha
<p>Weather: We see and live through the changes every day.<br />The state of the atmosphere at a place and time is weather. There&rsquo;s the heat and rain, which we are familiar with here in Florida as well as dryness, sunshine, wind and -- well, you get ...
The Earth Has a Pulse: 27.5-Million-Year Cycle of Geological Activity Discovered
Sci Tech Daily   21 June 2021   World  
<p>Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a &ldquo;pulse,&rdquo; according to a new study published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers.<br />&ldquo;Many geologists believe that geological events are random ...