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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When record-breaking heat waves cause train tracks to bend, airport runways to buckle, and roads to melt, as happened in the United Kingdom last month, it is likely that business performance will suffer. …

Active for at least the last 700,000 years, and dominating the landscape of Hawaii, Mauna Loa is the largest shield volcano on Earth (above water, at least) – and scientific data reveals more about what might be enough to set off future eruptions.  Looking at shifts in the ground tracked by GPS and satellite data, researchers in 2021 were able to model the flow of magma on the inside of the volcano, as well as figuring out what would and wouldn't be likely to trigger the next major eruption from Mauna Loa.In the 'would…

With an aim to improve aircraft jet engine designs and bolster aviation safety, NASA is studying the formation of ice crystals at high altitudes through its DC-8 airborne laboratory. The study is part of NASA's High Ice Water Content (HIWC) research activity. The team of researchers is conducting a flight campaign where they flew through the heart of large thunderstorms to understand how ice crystals affect the performance of aircraft engines. They flew off the southeast coasts of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico…

Good news for fans of writer Ryan North and artist Erica Henderson’s beloved run on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: the quirky creators have been cooking up something new, this time for Penguin Random House’s YA imprint Penguin Teen. It’s a “dystopian fantasy” graphic novel called Danger and Other Unknown Risks, and it’s set for an April 4th, 2023 release. AHHH I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE THE DYSTOPIAN FANTASY BOOK THAT @ryanqnorth AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH @penguinteen. It comes out 4/4/2023 but it’s available for…

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday described cryptocurrencies as "clear danger" and said that anything that derives value based on make believe, without any underlying, is just speculation under a sophisticated name.The government is in the process of finalising a consultation paper on cryptocurrencies after gathering inputs from various stakeholders and institutions.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been flagging concerns about cryptocurrencies, which are seen as a highly speculative asset.In the foreword to…

The new foreboding name for summer was coined by Erika Spanger-Siegfried, an analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The organization introduced the phrase in a pair of blog posts and on social media last week, and the team plans to keep using the expression as warm-season disasters descend. All 50 states are expected to experience unusually high temperatures this summer, and with extended drought across much of the West, these threats could strain the electric grid and lead to blackouts.Of course, danger season…

| At Lake Comic Comic Art Festival, I got to hear Frank Cho, Klaus Janson and Alan Davis talk about Neal Adams, and especially the treatment he gave to Frank Miller, ripping apart his portfolio, but that Frank kept coming back for more. On Facebook, Image Comics CFO, co-founder of Image Comics and creator of Savage Dragon, Erik Larsen gave his experience of conducting portfolio reviews. Portfolio review screencap Portfolio review is the most thankless task a person can engage in at a comic book convention.If you manage…

via Marvel Studios We’ve seen plenty of franchises carry on for way too long, but as of yet, we haven’t seen one become so large and all-encompassing that it collapses in on itself. If it’s going to happen to any property in the industry, then it’ll happen to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Obviously, Kevin Feige’s baby is the highest-grossing and most popular ongoing film and television saga on the planet, but can it continue to sustain itself in perpetuity? Some fans have already been critical of Phase Four,…

You can deliver a tight slap across face of hackers who are running this dangerous malware. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an extremely dangerous malware that is immune to most cybersecurity measures that are on your devices! The most interesting fact is that the attackers have apparently mastered the man-on-the-side attack method which makes it helpful to deliver malware as well as to control already infected computers. That means this horrific…

There is a great number of memorable songs we still jam out to today that we associate from very specific films of the 1980s. Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” for The Breakfast Club, Michael Sembello's "Maniac" from Flashdance, and Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Power of Love” for Back to the Future are just a few examples. Very notable among this group is Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” for Top Gun – which makes a standout comeback in the new sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. With the Tom Cruise movie already a hit,…