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The emergence of new technologies in this digital era has led to a massive shift in our day-to-day operations. One of the most important has been the innovation and introduction of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency has significantly been impactful in several industries, such as the mobile gambling industry, as the use of smartphones has also been on the rise. The use of cryptocurrency has grown significantly in recent years, with broad applications ranging from investments to making payments in the iGaming industry.…

This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Vancouver, British Columbia, is nothing short of a seafood paradise. Situated at the mouth of the formerly salmon-rich Fraser River, the city overlooks Vancouver Island to the west, and beyond that, the open Pacific Ocean. Long before it had a skyline or a deepwater port, this was a bountiful fishing ground for the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, who still depend on its waters for cultural and spiritual…

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that vacuum up personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance. One fear is that law enforcement or vigilantes could use those data troves against people seeking ways to end unwanted pregnancies.History has repeatedly demonstrated that whenever people's personal data is tracked and stored, there's always a risk that it could be misused or abused. With the…

Climate change affects the likelihood of armed conflict. Credit: UPV Climate change influences the likelihood and duration of armed conflicts in Africa. This is the finding of a study carried out by a team from the INGENIO Institute, a joint center of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), together with the University of Rome III and the University of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have significant implications for the well-being of mothers and children during separation and divorce. Yet IPV is often not included in custody cases or factored into court decisions, a new University of Illinois study shows. …

Depending on how coarse-grained the rocks in the upper mantle are, they deform quite differently under stress. The picture shows two microscopic thin sections of mantle rocks. Credit: Jonas Ruh / ETH Zurich The planet is shaped by forces deep within its interior. These push the plates of the Earth's crust against each other, causing mountains and volcanoes to form along the collision zones. But when reconstructing what…

NASA astronauts (from left) Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines are pictured inside the International Space Station’s seven-windowed cupola monitoring the approach and rendezvous of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Credit: NASAThe Expedition 67 crew continued its ongoing human research on Friday, May 27, 2022, with ultrasound eye exams and blood flow measurements in the brain. The orbital residents also explored robotics and space navigation techniques.The four astronauts…

In order to understand the impacts of adopting rooftop solar in the United States, customer review and consumer news platform ConsumerAffairs polled 1,000 US homeowners about their views on and overall experience with solar panels. Here’s what the homeowners said. Reasons for – and against – adopting rooftop solar Homeowners who have installed solar panels explained their top reasons for doing so, as well as how much they spent: To benefit the environment: 60% Energy security: 54% To reduce energy bill: 52% To…

Historic forest on Telegrafenberg in Potsdam as part of a heritage site and scientific campus. The study shows that large-scale afforestation has implications beyond country borders and even continents. Credit: Josef Zens/GFZ How would afforestation and restoration of large areas worldwide affect water-fluxes world wide? A new study led by Wageningen University researcher Anne Hoek van Dijke with contributions from Martin…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe damage to progress in access to these services in developing countries.…