Ned’s shell spirals left, while almost all other snails have right spiraling shells. It’s a one in 40,000 genetic condition among the common corno espersum… “I was quite breathless for a moment,” says Giselle Clarkson, an author, illustrator and self-described ‘observologist’ who found Ned while digging in her garden in Read more…
They offer a self-sustaining power solution for marine regions, pioneering use in wave energy harvesting in 2014″. Ten years later, researchers have developed several structures for these “triboelectric nanogenerators” (TENGs) to “facilitate their commercial deployment.” But there’s a lack of “comprehensive summaries and performance evaluations. So the review “distills a Read more…
A U.S.-China research team has developed the world’s first one-step process to convert mixed plastic waste into gasoline and hydrochloric acid with up to 95-99% efficiency, all at room temperature and ambient pressure. “The method supports a circular economy by converting diverse plastic waste into valuable products in a single Read more…
Canada’s tech job market has collapsed from its pandemic-era boom, with postings down 19% from 2020 levels. Analysts say the decline was sharper than the overall job market and worsened after ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 fueled AI-driven shifts in workforce demand. “The Canadian tech world remains stuck in a hiring Read more…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of next-generation weather and climate satellites it plans to build and launch in the coming decades, two people familiar with the plans told CNN. This move — which comes as hurricane season ramps up with Erin Read more…
President Donald Trump says his administration will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S. From a report: “We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar,” Trump, who has complained in the past that solar takes Read more…
Global fertility rates have fallen from five children per woman in the mid-twentieth century to 2.2 today, with approximately half of countries now below the 2.1 replacement threshold, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Mexico’s rate dropped from seven children Read more…