Well-designed urban street plantings provide relief from summer heat
New research shows that improvements in tree, shrub and grass plantings along city streets in Queensland can substantially improve pedestrians' thermal comfort.
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Disturbance has a greater effect on giant kelp productivity than resource availability
Marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that disturbances to giant kelp forests have a major influence on their net primary productivity (NPP)—an indicator of an ecosystem's health and its ability to support its community—even more so than the availability of the
Warren Buffett excludes Gates Foundation from his annual donations of Berkshire stock
Warren Buffett omitted the Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts.
New changes to Windows 11 Start menu and search look genuinely exciting and thank the heavens that we'll be able to disable web results
Keep going in this direction, please, Microsoft.
Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ Ignites Fantasia’s 30th Edition as Hot Global Genre Titles Get Set to Stoke or Take Over the Mainstream
They’re back! The annual rampage of genre filmmakers, industry, and fans through the cinemas and social hubs of Montreal has begun, as the Fantasia International Film Festival opens its 30th edition on July 16 with Nicolas Winding Refn receiving the Cheval Noir Career
PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds
Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
Study reveals Hawaiian hotspot is getting hotter
Contrary to conventional geological thinking, the Hawaiian mantle plume has gotten hotter by about 250°C (480°F) over the past 47 million years. This discovery, led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, reverses the long-held idea that hotspots start out
Underwater microphones detect dolphins in Sea of Japan bays about once every ten days
When residents of two coastal communities along the Sea of Japan reported observing dolphins in nearby waters, it caught the attention of some scientists. The marine environment has been changing rapidly in the Sea of Japan, which is partially enclosed by the Japanese
Capitol agenda: Johnson moves to thaw House floor
House GOP leaders are discussing several options to offer hard-liners in exchange for dropping a blockade of chamber floor business.
Zelenskyy joins Macron and European leaders in Paris for Bastille Day
Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins Emmanuel Macron and European leaders at a Ukraine-focused Bastille Day parade in Paris showcasing military strength.
Spanish PM's brother banned from public office for nine years for misconduct
David Sánchez, a composer and orchestra director whose career has included training and stops in Saint Petersburg, Toulouse, Tokyo and Madrid, was tried with 10 other defendants.
Rosemary Who? Get Ready for Emma’s Baby as ‘Birth’ Seduces Tallifornia Film Fund With ‘Grotesque and Terrifying’ Take on Pregnancy (EXCLUSIVE)
Estonian director Oskar Lehemaa is ready to give “Birth” to his first English-language body horror. Presented at Frontières Co-Production Market, it follows a couple that, after years of failed attempts to conceive, decides to attend a secluded fertility retreat deep in the
Nigeria: Danladi Umar, the tribunal chairman who acquitted Tinubu, is now on trial
For 13 years, Danladi Umar sat in judgment over Nigeria’s political elite, freeing Bola Tinubu, prosecuting ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki and helping remove Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen. Now stripped of office and facing graft charges of his own, the former tribunal chief
Brussels warns dialogue with China 'will not suffice'
EU trade enforcer Denis Redonnet told MEPs on Tuesday that the European Commission will act against cheap Chinese imports by adopting "unilateral" defence measures before the October deadline set by EU trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič to make progress in the negotiation with
Shear loading reveals sixfold damage growth around stiff particles in aluminum alloy
The resistance of materials to mechanical loads is a decisive factor in component safety, such as in aircraft. Working as part of an international team, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found a previously unknown damage mechanism in metals:
Oil prices jump after Trump’s threats on Strait of Hormuz
The two sides traded more strikes as a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports was set to take effect. The president has threatened to impose hefty fees on shipping.
3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb with vivid afterlife paintings uncovered near Luxor
Dating back to Egypt’s Ramesside period - the era of powerful pharaohs such as Ramesses II - the tomb features scenes of religious rituals and the journey into the afterlife.
US, Iran trade strikes after Trump blockade threat
The U.S. and Iranian militaries exchanged fire early Tuesday following fresh threats from President Trump to take over the Strait of Hormuz. The president said Monday that the U.S military would reimpose its naval blockade in the channel and begin charging a 20 percent toll on
Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Writing in a blog post, the Google DeepMind CEO and cofounder said the US should lead the initiative, arguing that the country is the best place to set
Lower-skilled workers could earn more in an AI world, research indicates
For anyone worried about AI's effects on jobs, here's good news: New research by Stanford economist Lukas Althoff concludes that artificial intelligence is likely to reshape jobs rather than eliminate entire occupations and will ultimately increase wages for all workers—with
Space cargo costs could fall more than 90% by 2040, study suggests
The expense of launching cargo into space will plummet over the next few years, with the cost of reaching orbit forecast to more than halve between now and the end of the decade, and fall by around 93% by 2040, according to new Cambridge-led research.
