At the turn of the 21st century, as mankind met its ultimate reliance on fossil fuels, researchers found that increased carbon emissions from the burning of these fuels led to not only an increase in the global temperature (courtesy of the greenhouse effect), but also more than doubling of asthma cases and other respiratory diseases. But now, more than ten years later as the world has looked towards a more greener way of living, researchers are saying that the costly transitions towards smaller carbon footprints may in fact pay off in the end… maybe even paying for themselves in the process.
Stuffed koalas and wallabies may not be the only souvenirs you bring back with you from your visit down under, as news from Australia’s Health Department claims the resurgence of highly resistant “sex superbug” running rampant in the general populous.
Fired yesterday afternoon after a 24-hour delay caused by poor weather conditions, two European satellites named Doresa and Milena have now fallen into a lower unanticipated orbit around the Earth, causing major problems for the international European Space Agency (ESA).
After thousands of small earthquakes rattled Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano last week, early this Saturday morning Aug. 23 the Icelandic Meteorological Office issued a red alert closing all airspace above the volcano, due to a significant likelihood that ash emissions would cause dangerous conditions for airlines. The news this morning came after reports from the Icelandic Meteorological Office indicated that a small eruption beneath the Vatnajokull glacier, Europe’s largest glacier, began within the Bardarbunga volcano. Although Icelandic authorities created a no-fly zone of 140 nautical miles by 100 nautical miles surrounding the volcano as a precaution, the air space over most of the nation has been left open.
For those born of the modern age, the knowledge of traffic lights is often acquired in kindergarten. Rhyming idioms tell us “Red on top, and green below; Red says stop and green says go”, but it isn’t until much later, when we’re far more tech-savvy that we realize the assumptions we once learned are not so easily defined. Where there’s a network and an internet signal, there’s an opportunity for hackers to change the rules of the game. And recent research is proving that traffic light hacking is not an unreasonable feat for hackers to conquer.
As international poaching syndicates continue to thrive, illegally hunting animals for bones and meat considered as aphrodisiacs or ornamental, eight species of anteater relatives known as “pangolins” are being driven to extinction. Literally being eaten out of existence, current research shows that these Asian scaled mammals are being decimated, even in spite of recent trade bans and laws that are intended to discourage their deaths under threat of incarceration.
As a part of its interdisciplinary efforts and expansive research funding, NASA has announced that it will be funding 26 proposals for space biology, which will be conducted aboard the International Space Station orbiting the Earth.
Scientists in the state of Sonora, Mexico remain baffled by the mysterious appearance of trench along Highway 26, between the city of Hermosillo and the Pacific coast. Like the introduction to an apocalyptic thriller film, the kilometer-long trench, which extends 26 feet deep into the Earth’s surface, appeared mid last week completely disconnecting major Highway 26 in the farmlands of northwestern Mexico. In some parts up to 16 feet wide, the crevice has caused major concerns for farm workers and other drivers who use the route to get the coast, and they have been forced to navigate around it.
