Dying

Forests sit below Tahquitz Peak in Southern California's San Jacinto mountain range. In new research from scientists in the UCI Department of Earth System Science, the number of trees in Southern California's mountains decreased by as much as 14 percent. Credit: Lucas Van Wyk Joel / UCI The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that element of the…

When Aesop Aquarian returned from acting class to discover an acquaintance dead of a gunshot wound in his spare room, he let it go. Perhaps it had been a game of Russian roulette, or a suicide. At least these were the theories offered to him by his new Venice Beach housemates, members of what the public would in time call the Manson Family. Later, when Aesop’s beloved custom Volkswagen camper van was mysteriously torched after he resettled with the group on their compound 30 miles north at the Spahn Movie Ranch, he…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb's First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScIThe image first revealed by the president, shown above, is known as Webb's First Deep Field. It's an image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and it is overflowing with detail. It is teeming with galaxies, revealing them as they appeared around the time the sun and the…

Lukę Skywalker made good on Anakin’s dying words. Screenshot: Disney+/Lucasfilm“You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right.” Those were the last words Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, ever said while he was alive. In his last moments, the former Padawan turned Jedi turned child murdering Lord of the Sith admits to his son, Luke, that there was good in him, as Luke had hoped—and wants to make sure his daughter, Leia, knows that too.And now we know that Luke granted his father’s dying wish. Upcoming Star…

Three-dimensional models of astronomical objects can be ridiculously complex. They can range from black holes that light doesn't even escape to the literal size of the Universe and everything in between.  But not every object has received the attention needed to develop a complete model of it, but we can officially add another highly complex model to our lists.Astronomers at the University of Arizona have developed a model of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant that is quite possibly the largest star in the Milky Way. And…

It often feels like when people die, they leave a void behind. In the case of massive stars, that happens to be physically true.A new analysis of the tenuous gas that drifts between the stars in the Milky Way galaxy has revealed the imprint of bubbles that expand into space when a massive star goes supernova at the end of its life. These ghostly traces, scientists say, record a history of star death and the rotation of the Milky Way.  The space between the stars is not entirely empty. In those gaps in space drifts gas,…

A new published and incredibly thorough study of ectothermic tetrapods – reptiles and amphibians – gives experts a fresh insight into the reasons why cold-blooded animals tend to have such long lifespans in relation to their size.  It's the most comprehensive study of longevity and aging ever published: 114 different scientists looking at 107 different wild populations that cover 77 different species. Decades' worth of data on animals' mode of temperature regulation, environmental temperature, distinctive characteristics…

André (André Dussollier) is not a man who is accustomed to having his wishes thwarted. So when, after a debilitating stroke, he decides that he wants to end his life, he is not open to a debate on the matter. This places his two adult daughters, Emmanuelle (Sophie Marceau) and Pascale (Géraldine Pailhas), in a tricky position. In Paris, where they live, assisted suicide is illegal. His only option is to travel to Switzerland. But if they are suspected of helping him, his daughters might face prosecution. Not to mention…

According to a new study, trees are living about half as long as they formerly did. This trend was discovered to be widespread throughout species and locations across the region.According to new research, climate change may have caused rainforest trees to die more quickly starting in the 1980sThe results of a long-term international study published in Nature on May 18th, 2022 show that tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at a rate twice as high as before since the 1980s, presumably due to climate…

Dying Light 2‘s first major update has been released with patch 1.4 which introduces new story content and a photo mode. Chapter One: In the Footsteps of a Nightrunner is now live across PC and consoles and is the biggest free content update since the release of Dying Light 2. In this patch, players will meet the chapter’s new agent Harper, a Nightrunner of old, and will aid him in his effort to combat the Special Infected that are endangering the people of Villedor. You can check out the launch trailer below:…