I know everything I am looking for is here, watch movies, watch series, education, games, exams, news, current events and many more.
Science
“#More than half of US students experience summer learning losses five years in a row” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Following U.S. students across five summers between grades 1 and 6, a little more than half (52 percent) experienced learning losses in all five summers, according to a large national study published today. Students in this…
“#NASA sees storms wrapping around Tropical Cyclone Cristina” On June 8 at 4:20 p.m. EDT (2020 UTC) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Cristina using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as or colder than (purple) minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53 degrees Celsius). Credit: NASA…
“#Climate change: Heavy rain after drought may cause fish kills” 1203 dead pike were found in Lake Filsø after the heavy rain. Credit: Theis Kragh/University of Southern Denmark Fish kills are a recurring phenomenon in lakes suffering from oxygen depletion. Often the kills are triggered by factors like an algae bloom, but now a new…
“#Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times” Sightings of aardvarks foraging in the daytime are becoming more common but can be a sign of food shortages brought on by drought. Credit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because they are solitary, mostly…
“#Understanding the optimal process for fabricating coupled nanocrystal solids” In the solvent-dominated regime, the dots are capped with long oleic acid molecules, which hamper the flow of electricity. After the transition, these are replaced by linker molecules, allowing the dots to conduct electricity efficiently. From left to right is the solvent-dominated regime, the transition regime…
“#New method solves old mystery: Hafnium isotopes clinch origin of high-quality Roman glass” One of the colorless Roman glass sherds from Jerash, Jordan, analyzed in this study. Purple splashes are iridescence due to weathering. Credit: Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project. Glass is an immensely interesting archaeological material: While its fragility and beauty is fascinating in…
“#The darkness at the end of the tunnel” Bjoern Penning 4,850 feet underground, in the shaft that leads to the experiment. Credit: Brandeis University The Cage, as the elevator is called, leaves at exactly 7:30 a.m. Latecomers are out of luck. Nearly two dozen people in coveralls, hard hats and thick rubber boots pack inside…
“#Black homeownership is lowest since 1968; what that means in an election year” BYU sociology professor Jacob Rugh studied home ownership for Black, White and Latino populations. Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU As the United States gears up for a general election in one of the most tumultuous years in recent history, a new BYU study by…
“#15-foot-long skeleton of extinct dolphin suggests parallel evolution among whales” This illustration shows a life restoration of a pod of Ankylorhiza tiedemani hunting. Credit: Robert W Boessenecker A report in the journal Current Biology on July 9 offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in what…
“#Image: New European rack delivered to ISS” Credit: ESA/NASA After a successful launch aboard the Japanese HTV9 cargo vehicle, a new experiment facility was recently installed in the European laboratory Columbus as part of a comprehensive upgrade of Europe’s International Space Station module. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley (imaged above) manoeuvred the fridge-sized…