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Charlotte Honiat and Tanguy Racine from the Department of Geology pack ice samples in the Tyrolean Guffert Eisschacht for further analysis in the laboratory. Credit: University of Innsbruck Analyzing eight ice caves in four Austrian federal states, a team of geologists from the University of Innsbruck has comprehensively documented the loss and gain of ice in Alpine ice caves over the last 2,000 years for the first time. The…

Tech giant Sony is removing access to hundreds of movies and TV shows on its PlayStation Store service next month, meaning users that previously paid for titles such as Paddington and The Hunger Games will no longer be able to watch them.The shutdown affects users in Germany and Austria, according to legal notices posted on the two regional sites, and covers films produced by StudioCanal, reports The Verge.The shutdown will come into force on August 31, exactly one year after Sony discontinued movie and TV show purchases…

Dear Reader, There was a phone call earlier this week, that got the worlds attention. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Dalai Lama to wish him on his 87th birthday. And like everything about the Dalai Lama, this call too, was much debated. It added spark to the festivities; in Dharamshala where the Dalai Lama lives, here in Manali, and all over the valleys of the Himalayas, where prayers were offered for the long life of the spiritual leader and former head of the state of Tibet. Traditional Tibetan Prayer…

An illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Illustration: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)The rise of super gonorrhea continues unabated. Scientists in Europe say they’ve recently discovered a new strain of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea—the second such strain to be found worldwide in recent years. The bacteria was detected in April in a man from Austria, who likely caught it while traveling in Cambodia.Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the namesake cause of gonorrhea, is an especially hardy bacteria. Over the decades, it’s learned…

In remarks delivered to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna via video, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the planet's prospects. "Most national climate pledges are simply not good enough," he said.Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.N. Secretary General has slammed new funding for fossil fuel exploration, describing it as "delusional" and calling for an abandonment of fossil fuel finance.In remarks delivered via video to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Antonio Guterres issued a…

Tesla is expanding its open Supercharger pilot program in Europe that lets owners of non-Tesla EVs take advantage of the company’s extensive charging network. Previously, the pilot consisted of select stations in The Netherlands, Norway, and France, but now it’s also available in the UK, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, and Austria. Non-Tesla owners in both Belgium and Germany originally could only take advantage of Tesla’s network if traveling to a country that has the open Superchargers. With Belgium now added to the program,…