Hazardous

The Gulf and Southeastare in for some intense weather today. Counties across Alabama and Texas have been lashed by storms this week and nearby Georgia has seen multiple tornado warnings, USA Today reported. This week’s storms have shut off power, and have dropped torrential rain across multiple states, and it’s looking like that region is in for another round this afternoon. Another Vortex Hits Texas | Extreme Earth“A few storms throughout the central and eastern Gulf Coast may also be capable of containing damaging wind…

Severe wildfires in Quebec have led to “hazardous” and “very unhealthy” air quality levels in the northeastern U.S. and caused flight delays due to poor visibility. NASA data shows the movement of harmful black carbon particles, and shifting winds are expected to push the worst pollution further west.Smoke originating from Canadian wildfires caused historically poor air quality.The northeastern U.S. experienced another day with some of the worst air quality recorded in the region, caused by particularly severe wildfire…

NASA uses telescopes, such as Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, and Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, to detect near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets. To collect accurate information about an asteroid's trajectory and attributes, it employs its ground-based radar. While these space rocks are far-off in space, NASA tech helps to observe and track them for any potential danger. NASA's space-based observatory, NEOWISE, has also identified hundreds of asteroids by scanning the skies with near-infrared wavelengths…

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a new public advisory warning that “there are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.” Although the report says social media can provide benefits to younger users and cautions that more research is needed to fully understand its impact, it says America needs to “urgently take action to create safe and healthy digital environments that minimize harm and safeguard children’s and…

David Gewirtz/ZDNETIn medicine, the term "off-label" is used when a doctor prescribes a drug for a reason or in a manner not specifically intended by the manufacturer nor appoved by the FDA. When doctors prescribe something off-label, it's usually because they think the drug will be successful in treating a condition that doesn't already have a good solution with a different drug. Also: How I used ChatGPT and AI art tools to launch my Etsy business fastI'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one on TV. But as a…

It is as inevitable as the rising of the Sun and the turning of the tides. Someday another large rock from space will crash into the Earth. It has happened for billions of years in the past and will continue to happen for billions of years into the future.So far humanity has been lucky, as we have not had to face such a catastrophic threat. But if we are to survive on this planet for the long term, we will have to come to terms with the reality of hazardous asteroids and prepare ourselves.Organizations around the world…

NASA warns of massive potentially hazardous 1000-foot asteroid approaching Earth todayA massive asteroid, dubbed Asteroid 2006 HV5, is hurtling towards Earth at breakneck speed and will make its closest approach on April 26, NASA has warned. While it is not expected to cause a catastrophic event, the 1000-foot asteroid is almost the size of the Empire State Building and can cause regional damage if it were to hit a crowded city. The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is home to most of the asteroids in the solar…

A recent study reveals that supposedly safe replacement PFAS used in food packaging break down into toxic compounds, contaminating food and the environment. This challenges the PFAS industry’s claims about the safety of polymeric PFAS, suggesting that the best course of action is to eliminate the entire class of PFAS from non-essential uses.A study recently published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters suggests that the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) once considered safe for use in food packaging…

Back in 2021, the New York Police Department (NYPD) cancelled a planned deployment of the Spot robot dog following a public backlash. Now, New York City's current law and order mayor Eric Adams has brought the robot dog back for use in "hazardous situations," The New York Times has reported. "Digidog is out of the pound," Adams said at a press conference yesterday in Times Square. The NYPD will acquire two of the robots for $750,000 and only use them in hostage and other critical situations. "I believe that technology is…

The findings indicate the need for further research to fully comprehend the dangers faced by hairdressers and to determine the most effective ways to minimize these risks.According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mix of chemicals, many of which are unknown, potentially harmful, and not disclosed on product labels.The new study, recently published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, is the first to utilize a sophisticated…