Sheets

A guide to creating spreadsheets and saving data to Google Sheets with Python.Image via Shutterstock under license to Frank AndradeDid you know Google Sheets can be used as a lightweight database?Google Sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet application that can store data in a structured way just like most database management systems. You can also edit and delete data with a couple of clicks and, on top of that, access your data online.Although Google Sheets has limitations such as the numbers of cells you can use (up to 10…

New research findings answer long-standing question over the importance of summertime warmth in melting ice sheets.Researchers have finally answered a long-standing question over the role of Earth’s orbit in driving global ice age cycles.Scientists have been able to decipher the exact role in driving the cycles of global ice ages played by the Earth’s tilting and wobbling as it orbits around the sun. Their shine new light on the influence of obliquity and precession on the melting of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new study published today in the journal Science, the team from Cardiff University has been able to pinpoint exactly how the tilting and wobbling of the Earth as it orbits around the Sun has influenced the melting of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 2 million years or so.…

The coast of Antarctica’s Princess Elizabeth, near where the ice sheet meets the sea. Newly discovered Lake Snow Eagle lies a few hundred miles inland, under the same ice sheet. Credit: Shuai Yan/UT Jackson School of Geosciences Scientists investigating the underside of the world's largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest…

If you have two or more cells in Google Sheets that you want to combine into one, you can merge the cells with a built-in tool. This lets you merge cells horizontally, vertically, or both. Maybe you’re worried about losing data when you merge cells in your spreadsheet. This is a legitimate concern because of the way the merge tool works. Fortunately, once you know the right way to merge cells in Google Sheets, you won't need to be concerned anymore. Let’s look at how to merge cells in Google Sheets and options for…

Graphs and charts are fantastic tools for displaying data in an attractive visual format. This can make seeing data at a glance easy, which allows you to spot patterns or anomalies quickly. With the graph options available in Google Sheets, you can make a line, bar, column, pie, or other type of chart in just minutes. Then, tailor the graph to your liking with colors, a legend, gridlines, and more. Here’s how to make a graph in Google Sheets and customize it. Make a graph in Google SheetsCreating a chart in…

To prevent cells from being edited, you can lock them in Google Sheets. This is especially convenient if you’re working on a spreadsheet with others. You may have formulas or functions that you want to make sure no one can change. What’s nice about the ability to lock cells in Google Sheets is that you have flexibility. You can lock a single cell, a range, column, row, or the entire sheet. In addition, you can choose the permissions for the locked cells. This lets you allow certain people the ability to change them.…

Google is expanding its warning banners for potentially malicious Google Drive files. While previously it displayed the banners when users were attempting to open such a file within a Google Drive account, or from within a Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings file, Google has now brought the feature to the file-level - which means that if a user tries to open such a potentially malicious or dangerous Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file on the Web, they will be served a warning of the dangers ahead.As per a Workspace…