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As Californians brace for record-setting rain and flooding in many areas, drivers are forced to be extra cautious on flooded roadways. In what may be a first for this particular bike though, we’re getting a look at a Ryvid Anthem electric motorcycle that was ridden battery-deep through flood waters and lived to ride back out. The entire exercise underscores just how waterproof electric motorcycles can be, even riding underwater. The Ryvid Anthem is a California-produced electric motorcycle that…

A Bathymetric data showing the Northwest Sahul continental shelf with eustatic and regional sea level curves projected. Ai Coastline morphology during the Marine Isotope Stage 4 sea level lowstand (∼70 ka–61 ka), and Aii during the Marine Isotope Stage 3 sea level highstand (∼52 ka–49 ka). Aiii Coastline morphology during the Marine Isotope Stage 2 sea level lowstand (∼27 ka–17 ka), with place names shown. B Sediment cores from the Bonaparte Basin…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWonka director Paul King has opened up about just how much chocolate was consumed on set of the Roald Dahl prequel film.Last week, the first trailer for the new take on the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character was released, which will see Timothée Chalamet play the chocolatier.The film is scheduled for release in December, with director King admitting in a new interview that a…

After a wild winter of more than a dozen huge storms and record-breaking snowfall in the Sierra Nevadas, California’s big flood season is just getting started. Last week, the National Weather Service predicted that the Merced River could flood parts of Yosemite National Park, thanks to a combination of unseasonably warm temperatures and melting snowpack. Yosemite officials announced that the park would close in anticipation of the flooding. The Merced River runs through some of the park’s most popular areas. EarlyMonday…

A new Moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.​"This Moai has great potential for scientific and natural studies, it's a really unique discovery as it's the first time that that a Moai has been discovered inside a laguna in a Rano Raraku crater," said the Ma'u Henua Indigenous community in a statement on Tuesday.​The statue was found on February 21 by a team of scientific…

Cabled systems are the most reliable, but they are difficult to maintain and cover a limited operational area. And wireless internet doesn’t work well in water, because of the way water interacts with electromagnetic waves. Scientists have tried optic and acoustic waves, but light and sound aren’t efficient forms of wireless underwater communication—water temperature, salinity, waves, and noise can alter signals as they travel between devices. So Davidde teamed up with a group of engineers led by Chiara Petrioli, a…

India’s silicon valley – Bangenluru remains flooded following heavy rains. The city is suffering from submerged roads and the floods have crippled the city. While the employees including the CFO and CEO of the companies are using tractors and various other means to reach their work, there are many others who are getting rescued by the tractors. Here is one such tractor carrying a family to rescue them out of the posh colony. On the way out, we can see a number of high-end luxury cars submerged in water. The video taken…

CalWave has been working on its xWave clean power technology for many years now, and has announced the successful conclusion of an extended open-ocean test off the coast of San Diego, in which the device demonstrated over 99% system uptime.Wave energy is one of the less common renewable energy sources, and while there are many wave energy projects under development, the industry itself can be considered more or less embryonic at this stage. There's some promise in it; as CalWave points out, "ocean waves are 20-60 times…

Fishermen discovered the American-made bomb on July 25, near the northern Italian village of Borgo Virgilio, near the city of Mantua, according to Reuters.The bomb appeared to have been submerged there for more than 70 years.  However, water levels in the River Po – which stretches east-west across northern Italy and is the country's longest river – have diminished significantly this summer, following multiple heat waves that hit many parts of Europe (including Italy) with record high temperatures.According to military…

Wind speeds hit nearly 70 miles per hour, says the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service.Image: Ethan Miller (Getty Images)Las Vegas was the center of some intense flooding last night as locations across the Strip and beyond were inundated after a torrent of rain battered the city. This is the second major flooding event the U.S. experienced this week after major flooding hit St. Louis on Tuesday. Ah Sin City, a metropolis of debauchery filled to the brim with gambling, celebrity residencies and, as of this…