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A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an SUV has been lowered into the sea north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and is already streaming open-source data for anyone wanting to monitor the Southern Ocean's health.Scientists say the underwater observatory collects measurements, including temperature, oxygen concentration and chlorophyll levels, and will fill a gap in data to help understand the impact of climate change in the waters around Antarctica.The project is being jointly run by Ocean Networks…

The Department of Justice is recommending the adoption of “national standards” to confront active shooters — with the aim of empowering local law enforcement to “rapidly stop the killing and the dying.” This “critical” recommendation is a top takeaway from the federal government’s new incident review, which was made public on Thursday morning. It goes into detail about the horrific May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which was likely made deadlier by what the report blasts as “cascading…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests the UK prison system should learn lessons from Icelandic prisons to transform the lives of foreign national prisoners. The work was published in the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. The research was carried out by Professor Francis Pakes from the University of Portsmouth, and helps…

The average litre of bottled water has nearly a quarter million pieces of ever-so-tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers.Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind.Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per litre,…

Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that stretches from coast to coast.But a major new study examining nearly a half century of logging in Ontario and Quebec warns that clear-cutting has left forests in the provinces severely depleted — and puts woodland caribou at risk.The peer-reviewed research, published in the academic journal Land, found that logging practices between 1976 and 2020 have resulted in the loss of more than 14 million hectares of…

Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — the gym is the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive in, which is why wiping equipment down is a normal part of gym etiquette. But does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC's Marketplace swabbed equipment at several popular national gym chains to find out which surface harbours the most bacteria. With training and supplies from an accredited laboratory in Mississauga, Ont., Marketplace visited some of the largest for-profit gym chains: three…

Updated Jan. 12, 2024 7:11 am ETBERLIN—Tesla plans to halt production at its biggest factory in Europe for two weeks as the conflict in the Red Sea continues to disrupt transport ships, raising the specter of a new supply-chain crisis for European manufacturers dependent on parts from China and other Asian countries.Tesla said in a statement Friday that it would stop nearly all production at its factory near Berlin from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 because of a lack of components.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All…

Posted in: Comics, Current News, Manga | Tagged: china, wechatChina's Ministry of National Security is now publishing manga-style comic books about, what else, national security, and foreign spies.China's Ministry of National Security is now publishing manga-style comic books about, what else, national security. And adapted from what they claim are "real cases of counter-espionage operations cracked down upon by frontline officers." China's Ministry of National Security Turns To Propaganda Manga The People's Daily states…

In 1993, after the release of Happy Mondays’ fourth album, Yes Please!, a commercial car crash that helped bankrupt Manchester’s Factory Records, the band disintegrated. Their drug-fuelled antics during the recording in Barbados were the final straw.However, lead singer Shaun Ryder wasted no time in spawning his next musical project, Black Grape, that same year, along with Mondays maracas man Bez and Paul Leveridge, AKA Kermit, of Ruthless Rap Assassins.An inspired mix of dance-rock, acid house and rap, Black Grape’s 1995…

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint Wednesday accusing SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, of unlawfully firing eight former employees who drafted and circulated an open letter detailing workplace concerns. The letter, circulated in 2022, criticized Musk’s actions and the allegations of sexual harassment against him, claiming they were negatively contributing to the company’s reputation. The letter also said the company was failing to live up to its “No Asshole” policy and its policy…