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Record-breaking temperatures during the heatwave on 6 February 2020. Credit: González-Herrero et al. (2022) In recent years, Antarctica has experienced a series of unprecedented heat waves. On 6 February 2020, temperatures of 18.3°C were recorded, the highest ever seen on the continent, beating the previous record of 17.5°C which had only been set a few years earlier. …

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Driving fast can be thrilling, but it can also be dangerous and costly. That’s why you need to be aware of the speed limits and the locations of speed cameras on your route. Luckily, we have some amazing apps that will help you do just that. These apps will warn you of speed cameras, and will help you avoid speeding tickets. Whether you’re traveling far or near, these apps will make your driving more responsible and secure. Ready to check them out? Here are the five apps we tested.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY…

According to Hollywood, you’ll be totally fine if you jump out of a moving car. Maybe you’ll get a few scrapes. Babies come out of the womb perfectly clean and looking three months old, and hacking into a government database only requires smashing a keyboard for a few seconds. We all know movies aren’t real life, but sometimes, they could try a little bit harder to be realistic. Reddit users have recently been discussing moments in films that cause them to seriously suspend their disbelief, so you’ll find their most…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spectacular Svalbard sits halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole and is one of the fastest warming places in the Arctic. It is also home to glaciers which are, to use the words of Dr. Will Harcourt, a glaciologist from the University of Aberdeen, "speeding up." Dr. Harcourt and his colleagues spent two…

Glenn Kumro was sitting astride his bike on the Strand in Hermosa Beach after stopping to talk to some friends when something slammed into him from behind. He tumbled over his handlebars, breaking his shoulder, fracturing his hip and losing two teeth.A speeding e-biker had hit him, Kumro said recently. The e-biker apologized and admitted to being distracted before riding off. “Just imagine if it was a kid who got hit,” said Kumro, a 58-year-old disabled veteran, who lived in Hermosa Beach at the time of the accident two…

The single-cell parasite Toxoplasma gondii is well known for triggering risky behavior in hosts, in order to facilitate easier transmission, and can cause serious mental and physical conditions. But now this tiny bug that thrives in cats (via rats and birds) has been implicated in accelerating age-related frailty.lAround 11-15% of people in the US have been knowingly, or unknowingly, infected with T. gondii during their lifetime. The parasite can live in the human host for a lengthy period, or even a lifetime. But due to…

What if our cars didn't allow us to speed? Or, at least, strongly encouraged us not to speed? We could help motorists avoid speeding—and therefore reduce emissions and fuel use, improve traffic flow, reduce crashes, lower insurance costs, make streets feel safer to walk and cycle—and totally avoid speeding fines. Reducing speeding is crucial if we are to reduce the rising road…

Reckless driving is a significant problem in India, with numerous cases where such behavior on the road has caused accidents and even claimed lives. It is not limited to car drivers or bikers; even drivers of heavy vehicles like buses and trucks have been observed driving carelessly in the past. Several videos of such incidents are available online. One such video shows three occupants in a Volkswagen Polo miraculously escaping an accident after a bus crashed head-on into the side of their car. The video was shared by…

The 16 Psyche asteroid has been one of the most shocking discoveries in recent years. One of the biggest asteroids in our solar system, 16 Psyche is made up of gold, nickel, and iron deposits. According to NASA, this asteroid could be worth more than the whole Earth's economy put together. It is worth a staggering $10 quadrillion! To study it up close, NASA is in the final stages of preparation for its Psyche Mission where the spacecraft will go on a momentous 4 billion kilometer journey to reach the asteroid. With the…