Exposure

Water tender crews monitor a backfire during the Mosquito fire in Foresthill, an unincorporated area of Placer County, California on September 13, 2022.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesAs a massive wildfire chewed through tens of thousands of acres in California over the past week, smoke and ash billowed into nearby towns including Sparks — home to Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada.Tesla is taking steps to shield employees from exposure to the smoke from the wildfire — known as the Mosquito Fire — as much as possible but the…

You don’t have to buy the latest iPhone to take amazing photos, although the newest camera hardware will undoubtedly come in handy. But the iPhone has plenty of software features to help you improve your photography game, including a Long Exposure mode hiding in plain sight. The feature turns Live Photos into long exposure photos that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to take. What are Live Photos? Live Photos is a camera mode Apple launched in 2015 alongside the iPhone 6s series. The mode lets you record 1.5…

The study found that sun exposure activates a protein that stimulates the appetite.Visiting the beach? Going on a hike? Be ready: Men will be hungrier!According to recent research from Tel Aviv University, exposure to the sun makes men more hungry but not women. The research, which was conducted using lab models, reveals how the metabolic mechanism is activated differently in men and women. According to the researchers, sun exposure in males of both animal species and humans triggers a protein called p53 to repair any…

(A) Map of the SGR (yellow boundary) and surroundings. Background image is true-color satellite imagery from 10 and 28 January 2021. Dark rectangular areas within the SGR are recently burned sugarcane fields. (B) Locations of sugarcane fires and major cities (yellow circles, labeled with names) in peninsular Florida. The SGR is shown in black and colors show population density by ZIP code. Also shown are the U.S. EPA monitoring sites used in analysis…

Remaining sensitivity of forest productivity after accounting for contemporary climate variability, leaf shape and habit, and biome. Credit: Environmental Research: Ecology (2022). DOI: 10.1088/2752-664X/ac6e4a A new study out today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Ecology assessed effects of past and current climate variability on global forest productivity. The work highlights sensitive regions where forests…

Rapamycin is currently the most promising anti-aging drug. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Biology of AgingBrief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-aging effects as lifelong treatment.Imagine being able to take a medicine that prevents the decline that comes with age and keeps you healthy. Scientists are searching for drugs that have these effects. The current most promising anti-aging drug is Rapamycin. It is known for its positive effects on life and health span in experimental studies with laboratory animals. It…

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An elephant tosses up a cloud of dust, a grizzly bear leans into the camera lens, and a moth leaves a ghostly trail across the night sky. These are some of the finalists the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest, showcasing our planet’s dazzling residents and the places they call home. Over 8,000 images were…Read more... An elephant tosses up a cloud of dust, a grizzly bear leans into the camera lens, and a moth leaves a ghostly trail across the night sky. These are some of the finalists the Nature TTL…

Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., gestures while speaking at the Handelsblatt Banking Summit in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBlackRock has launched a private trust offering institutional clients in the U.S. direct exposure to bitcoin.The largest asset manager in the world revealed the new product in a blog post Thursday, though it was light on detail."Despite the steep downturn in the digital asset market, we are still seeing substantial interest…

A common 'forever chemical' known as PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) has been linked to liver cancer in humans in a worrying new study.Once a key ingredient in the water-repelling product commercially known as Scotchguard, PFOS was finally phased out soon after the turn of the century following concerns over its toxicity and environmental impact.  Still, it didn't earn its label of 'forever chemical' for nothing, with environmental levels of this and closely related substances remaining alarmingly high around the…