This paper in the journal Science (new window) traces CO2 levels from 66 million years B.C. BC to today’s global warming with unprecedented precision. “This shows us the extent to which what we are doing is really, really unusual in Earth’s history,” lead author Baerbel Hoenisch, a researcher at Columbia University in New York, told … [Read more…]
Current levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have not been reached on Earth for 14 million years, according to a major study that highlights the inhospitable climate humanity is heading towards. This paper in the journal Science (New Window) tracks CO2 levels from 66 million years B.C. BC to today’s global warming with unprecedented … [Read more…]
The first look at the next installment in the hit Grand Theft Auto video game series surpassed 100 million views on YouTube in just 30 hours, making it the most viewed non-music video in 24 hours on the platform. However, the video did not surpass the ultimate YouTube record for the number of views in … [Read more…]
For the first time, a disk of material similar to that from which the planets in our Milky Way form is discovered around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy. Observations from the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope in Chile show the existence of a young, massive star that is … [Read more…]
The spacecraft’s second test flight ended in failure again on Saturday. The impressive unmanned spaceship from SpaceX was stopped in its flight by two explosions. The first spacecraft test seven months ago also failed. This time, the rocket successfully launched from Boca Chica, Texas, and its two stages successfully separated before catching fire. The rocket … [Read more…]
The countdown is running. One year from now, in November 2024, Jeremy Hansen will become the first Canadian to reach space: into orbit around the moon. The astronauts of the Artemis II mission, a NASA-led program, are training in preparation for this historic mission. Open in full screen mode The Artemis II mission team consists … [Read more…]
Videos that use artificial intelligence (AI) will soon be required to be labeled as such on YouTube and internet users will be able to ask the platform to remove AI-generated scams, the site recently announced. These new rules are expected to come into force in the coming months. Many fear that videos containing AI-generated elements … [Read more…]
A spiral galaxy of the same type as the Milky Way has been discovered at the edge of the universe by an international team of astronomers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Specifically, Ceers-2112 is the most distant barred spiral galaxy discovered to date. In this type of galaxy, the spiral arms do … [Read more…]
To study the past evolution of the Antarctic ice cap, scientists examined the genes of an octopus living in these polar waters and found that part of this gigantic glacier may be melting faster than expected. Estimated so far. A study published in the journal Science (New Window) (in English) shows that now isolated populations … [Read more…]
In an internal memo titled “Bobby Kotick: With Gratitude,” the Activision-Blizzard CEO announced that he is leaving the leadership of video game giant Activision-Blizzard at the end of December. His reign – 32 years – was marked by successes in the video game sector, but was also marred in recent years as he was accused … [Read more…]