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Not everyone wants to be a parent, which might seem like shocking news, but it’s the truth. For some, it’s a chosen lifestyle; for others, it can be just how their life turned out. Regardless, it can be difficult for a childfree person to take on a kid suddenly due to unexpected circumstances.A woman on Reddit shared the difficult circumstances that led her to take in an 11-year-old child even though she was childfree. She provided insight into the complex situation and let people know the steps she took to look after…

Researchers at Newcastle University have made significant progress in understanding life’s origins on Earth by simulating ancient hydrothermal vent conditions. This led to the creation of key organic molecules, potentially forming the earliest cell membranes. Their findings, crucial for comprehending life’s early development, also hint at the possibility of life’s genesis under icy moons’ surfaces in our solar system.Newcastle University scientists, supported by the UK’s Natural Environmental Research Council, have been…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Candles? No. Potpourri? Not for me. Essential oils? They aren’t that essential. The only thing that can soothe my olfaction is the sweet smell of the Steam Deck vents. It’s the smell of burning plastic, the sweet and honey-like aroma of ozone, and the sense of dead brain cells. But now, here’s Valve saying I shouldn’t smell my Steam Deck vents. Steam support is saying to “please refrain from this behavior for the safety of your health.” That’s even after Steam support told Reddit user…

The shopping season is on, but for Arun Kumar Meher, this time of festivities has turned into a nightmare. Instead of celebrating with his very expensive product, the man has been left shocked as his order was switched and what he received were seeds! It so happened that Meher had ordered a premium camera lens from Amazon, but the e-commerce website delivered a box full of quinoa seeds! Not one willing to take things sitting down, Meher took to his Twitter and posted, "Ordered a 90K INR Camera lens from Amazon, they have…

Maintaining a comfortable body temperature is a perpetual challenge for runners who want to stay warm at the start of an early morning run, but not overheat as their body warms up, requiring them to stop to strip off layers. The new Nike Aerogami Jacket is designed for that conundrum, meant to both warm and cool an athlete by automatically opening vents for added breathability when they start to sweat and then closing in the absence of moisture. Tiffany & Co. Released NFTs (and They’re Ugly)It’s not only a perpetual…

The cloudy material that drifts from chimney-like vents in the ocean floor could harbor microscopic lifeforms scientists never even knew existed.The ridges of the ocean seabed are littered with fissures called hydrothermal vents that spew hot, deep-Earth fluids containing hydrogen sulfides, methane, and hydrogen out into the ocean.Around the warm periphery of these dynamic nutrient dispensers huddle a whole bunch of hungry and mysterious microbes that use the chemicals diffusing from the vent to thrive in the absence of…

Mystery silica ejected in huge quantities from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is powerful new evidence pointing to heat vents on the floor of a global ocean.According to a new analytical model, internal heating from the moon's core creates ocean currents that transport the silica particles, which are ejected from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that also release heat into the surrounding waters.It's a tantalizing finding that teases a real possibility of the existence of life, deep below an alien ocean on an alien world.When…

In the eastern South Pacific Ocean, excess DBC concentrations increase closer to the equator, and are correlated with helium-3 isotopes from hydrothermal vents. Hydrothermal vents are the primary source of excess DBC. Credit: Youhei Yamashita, Yutaro Mori, Hiroshi Ogawa, Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade3807 Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of dissolved black carbon in…

LeBron James sat alone on the end of the Lakers’ bench during a timeout Wednesday night in Miami, the retired jerseys of his former championship teammates Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade hanging above him. Two days away from turning 38, James had a lot on his mind. “I have multiple thoughts. I think about the day to day of how we get better throughout the course of the season. But how we get better from game to game,” he said. “I think about how much longer I’m going to play the game. I think about that I don’t want to finish…

Ocean Networks Canada's hydrophone and the Deep Acoustic Lander are used to monitor hydrothermal vents. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host unique life that survives without sunlight, and they play a significant role in the cycle of heat, water, and chemicals within the ocean. But long-term monitoring of these vents is difficult because of their hot and caustic characteristics.…