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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When climate scientists look to the future to determine what the effects of climate change may be, they use computer models to simulate potential outcomes such as how precipitation will change in a warming world. But University of Michigan scientists are looking at something a little more tangible: coral. Examining…

Becky with the good hair, meet Jolene. A cover or sample of “Jolene” may be on the way from Beyoncé, at least according to Dolly Parton. During a recent interview with Tennessee outlet Knox News, Parton revealed that Queen Bey had recorded a rendition of her iconic song — and it might even be featured on Beyoncé’s Act II. “I think she’s recorded ‘Jolene’ and I think it’s probably gonna be on her country album, which I’m very excited about that,” Parton said. “I love her!” she added. “She’s a beautiful…

When Jules McCusker came across a bald eagle nest near his Toronto home in December, he could hardly believe his eyes."The first thing I thought was that it was impossible," said McCusker.The reason for his astonishment, he says, is that he hadn't heard of there being a bald eagle nest in Toronto in the last century.While spotting one of the iconic birds of prey in the city is itself quite rare, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) confirmed in an email to CBC Toronto that this is the first ever documented…

For now, you can shoot spatial videos on iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Vision Pro. AppleTo help you experience spatial video -- and I'd highly recommend that you try it -- I'm making available for download some spatial video clips that I shot with an iPhone 15 Pro Max at CES 2024 and MIT Reality Hack, an XR hackathon at MIT Media Lab in January. Arguably, spatial videos and spatial photos are the best and most innovative feature of the Apple Vision Pro and could start a revolution in photography and videography. As I've said…

Astronomers think a long GRB (gamma-ray burst) arises from a massive, rapidly rotating star when its core runs out of fuel and collapses, forming a black hole in the star’s center. In this artist’s concept, two jets emerge from the dying star and interact with surrounding gas and dust. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image LabAstronomers witnessed the BOAT, the brightest cosmic event ever recorded, demonstrating the power of Time-Domain and Multimessenger Astronomy. This event and others like it…

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will not feature late actor Kevin Conroy’s final performance as Batman, according to a new report. IGN has reported that while Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is specifically the voice actors final performance as the character in a video game and as the Arkham version of the hero, Conroy previously recorded two other DC projects that are due for release in the future. According to IGN, one of these projects is the upcoming Amazon Prime Video animated series Batman: Caped…

Occurrences of the Archaeos Tuff. IODP drill sites are shown as red dots and onland sites as yellow dots. The drill sites are labeled with their IODP site numbers. No Archaeos Tuff was in fact recovered at Site U1590, but its presence is seen on seismic profiles. The inset shows the location on the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. See Methods for sources of bathymetric data. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI:…

Climate scientists don't like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isn't quite as complete as we need.But unfortunately, as climate change worsens, surprises and unprecedented events keep happening.In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave. Large swathes of East Antarctica experienced temperatures up to 40°C (72°F) above normal, shattering temperature records. It was the most intense heatwave ever recorded anywhere in the world.So shocking and rare was the event, it…

A small fishing vessel navigates turbulent waves in Sri Lanka. Ocean warming intensifies weather patterns. Credit: Jiang Zhu A multi-national team of scientists (China, U.S., New Zealand, Italy, and France) analyzes the temperature of the Earth annually. These scientists have found a fever that increases every year: For the past decade, each year has been hotter than the prior year in the ocean, and there are other changes in…

Climate scientists are ringing in the new year with alarming data: 2023 was the hottest year ever on record, and not by a slim margin.  A new report published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a component of the European Union’s climate change observation program, found that “2023 is confirmed as the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records going back to 1850.”  According to the report, “2023 marks the first time on record that every day within a year has exceeded 1°C above the…