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Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: March 15, 2024, 11:07 ISTKochi Water Metro: CM Inaugurates 4 New Terminals, Enhancing Island-Mainland Connectivity. (Photo: Geopatial World)Kerala CM inaugurates 4 new terminals for Kochi Water Metro, benefiting 1 lakh people. Project aims to enhance island-mainland connectivity in Kochi.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan inaugurated four new terminals of the Kochi Water Metro service on Thursday.The terminals are Mulavukad North, South Chittoor, Eloor and Cheranellur.Speaking…

Seven European organisations have teamed up to build a prototype ocean energy device that could power tropical islands with virtually limitless, consistent, renewable energy.    The technology is called Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). It generates electricity by harnessing the temperature difference between sun-warmed surface water and the cold depths of the ocean. OTEC systems transfer heat from warm surface waters to evaporate a low-boiling point fluid like ammonia, creating steam…

The island of Dhigelaabadhoo in the Maldives is the main field site of the ARISE programme, through which a series of extensive field tests—using state-of-the art coastal process research instrumentation and autonomous survey equipment—will be conducted between now and 2027. Credit: University of Plymouth Scientists have produced the first detailed estimates of how much sediment is transported onto the shores of coral reef…

Why isn't Washington cleaning up Big Tech? 'Takedown with Chris Hansen' host Chris Hansen and 'The Comfort Crisis' author Michael Easter discuss the dangers of social media and Washington's failure to act on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' In the high-stakes world of tech billionaires, the pursuit for private islands has become the ultimate symbol of opulence and seclusion.Larry Page, Google's co-founder and the world's eighth-richest person with a net worth of $132 billion, is at the forefront of this trend. Island in…

“Islands of Insight is the modern reinvention the puzzle genre needs.” Pros Tons of fun puzzles Near infinite challenges Smart progression hooks Great co-op integration Cons Some dud formats Repetitive grid puzzles Meandering lore When I was a kid, my most…

With 61 GPS-based (GNSS) measuring stations in Greenland, it is possible to measure how the country rises when the ice cap above melts and release pressure on the bedrock beneath. The scientists are able to distinguish between movements from contemporary climate changes and ancient movements from the last ice age. Credit: DTU Space While much of the world is grappling with rising sea levels due to the melting of Greenland's ice…

This story was generously supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. TRANSCRIPT Gustavo Viera Ruiz: The foggy areas of the Canaries support a very special forest, which is Laurisilva. I mean, we’re talking about a forest that the dinosaurs saw in their day. Here we have firetree. Thanks to its roots and the symbiosis it has with a fungus, it enriches the soil where it’s planted. Here we have another type, heather. It makes needle-like leaves. Look, you can see these lichens. And what this does is increase the…

An artist’s rendition of Titan’s landscape features a hazy atmosphere, dark dunes, and mirror-smooth lakes and seas that resemble Earth’s. On these bodies of liquid hydrocarbons, new research suggests that the appearance of “magic islands” may be caused by floating organic solids. Credit: NASA/JPL Saturn’s largest moon rains and snows ethane, methane, and fancier organic compounds. On the ground, accumulated chunks may calve like glaciers at the edges of the moon’s methane lakes, forming ephemeral, floating “magic…

Future Islands are best in yearning banger mode. Although their 2020 album, As Long As You Are, brought instant classic For Sure, it was often dismayingly downbeat – melancholy unrelieved by the consolation of rhythm. Luckily, People Who Aren’t There Anymore is better at dragging its tears to the dancefloor.Here are grownup, weighty ruminations on devotion, sacrifice, separation and Covid, but The Tower and King of Sweden are also perfectly constructed pop. Iris smartly repurposes a 70s Nigerien funk beat, while Deep in…

Behaviour Interactive Islands of Insight, an open-world puzzle game by Behvaiour Interactive and Lunarch Studios, will launch on February 13. It’s coming exclusively to PC and will retail for $30. A public demo for it will be available from February 5 to February 12 on Steam. Ahead of its release date reveal, I went hands-on with a build of the upcoming game. I’d be dropped into its sprawling sky islands and given free rein to solve puzzles around a walled-off space. Based on the 90 minutes I’ve spent with it so far,…