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on 2021-07-28

The recurring shower can be seen from July 12-August 23 each year. In the northern hemisphere, the Delta Aquariids are easier to observe at lower latitudes.

on 2021-07-27

Dell’s Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop systems that feature the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor are banned in California because they consume more energy that what is allowed.

on 2021-07-27

Facebook said on Tuesday that it will temporarily halt sales of its Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset because the old foam insert caused some people to get facial rashes.

on 2021-07-27

Elon Musk confirmed Tesla’s Cybertruck will not go into production until sometime next year due to the firm struggling with shortages of its new 4680 battery cell – it needs high volumes of the battery.

on 2021-07-27

Experts said there is not a ‘single model’ that can help them understand how eruptions from supervolcanoes happen after looking at evidence of 13 supereruptions from the past 2 million years

on 2021-07-27

The ancient carving was spotted on a basalt stone. It shows king Nabonidus holding a scepter and surrounded by religions symbols: a snake, a crescent moon, the sun and a flower.

on 2021-07-27

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sniped at Apple twice on Monday, once for its use of cobalt in batteries and the other on how the tech giant does business, calling out its so-called ‘walled garden.’

on 2021-07-27

Apple’s 2022 edition of the iPhone could have titanium alloy on its chassis, investment firm JPMorgan Chase said, citing supply chain sources.

on 2021-07-27

This is the first intact brain anatomy ever to discovered. It has a similar nervous system as the modern-day horseshoe crabs that suggests it remained unchanged throughout history.

on 2021-07-27

The directed energy system would create a dome-like force field more than 30,000ft above Earth’s surface that could deflect or destroy enemy threats before they make their way to US soil.

on 2021-07-27

The highest increase in dementia prevalence is projected to be in eastern sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, report experts at the University of Washington in Seattle.

on 2021-07-27

Jordan Nelson posted a video on Twitter showing the flaw in action during an evening drive in Granite Falls, North Carolina.

on 2021-07-27

After a shorter night of sleep, employees had more self regulatory fatigue and engaged in higher levels of cyber incivility at work, according to researchers from A&M University in West Texas.

on 2021-07-27

Overheating was investigated using direct temperature monitoring and surveys in 750 households in 2010, 2017 and 2018 by researchers led from the University of Loughborough.

on 2021-07-27

The contract marks NASA’s latest vote of confidence in Elon Musk’s Hawthorne, California-based company.

on 2021-07-27

The trial, by the Oxford Vaccine Group, will see 40 healthy adults receive the vaccine, in order to assess any possible side effects and determine how well it induces protective antibodies and T cells.

on 2021-07-27

The effects of air pollution caused by ‘anthropogenic secondary organic aerosols’ has been calculated by researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

on 2021-07-27

Drinking up to 105 grams of alcohol per week is linked with a decreased risk of heart attack, stroke, angina or death among those with cardiovascular disease, report University College London experts.

on 2021-07-27

A new project will search for ‘extraterrestrial technological civilizations’ using artificial intelligence, while also looking for looking for unidentified and other interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua.

on 2021-07-26

Rising soil temperatures caused by climate change are providing an ideal breeding ground for poison ivy. A 9 degree Fahrenheit increase made the dreaded plant grow nearly 150 percent faster.

on 2021-07-26

Archaeologists have found an ancient shipwreck and funeral remains in the Mediterranean underneath the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion, off its north coast.

on 2021-07-26

NASA has confirmed that researchers have discovered the presence of water vapor on Jupiter’s icy moon, Ganymede after they analyzed data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope 20 years apart.

on 2021-07-26

Two Roman-era rooms have been found under 50 feet of soil at the site of ancient Zeugma, part of a home known as the ‘House of the Muses’ because of earlier mosaics discovered there.

on 2021-07-26

Yale researchers have discovered mammals can dream and make ‘visual sense’ of the world before they’ve opened their eyes for the first time, and neonatal mice have ‘pretty sophisticated behavior.’

on 2021-07-26

Residents in 25 states have to register with ID.me’s facial-recognition software to collect unemployment benefits, with more to come. But there are no federal laws governing biometrics.

on 2021-07-26

Analysis of radiation from stained-glass windows at Canterbury Cathedral suggest the panes date to between 1130 and 1160, at least a decade before Archbishop Thomas Becket’s murder there.

on 2021-07-26

Researchers have a 100-million-year-old weevil with a ‘monstrous trunk’ that took up nearly half of its body, encased in amber excavated in Myanmar’s Hukawng Valley.

on 2021-07-26

Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, according to Chicago-based non-profit Alzheimer’s Association.

on 2021-07-26

A model that can predict a a creature’s maximum possible running speed based on body structure has been developed by researchers led from the universities of Cologne and Stuttgart.

on 2021-07-26

Over-60s who had more virtual contact during the pandemic experienced greater loneliness than those who shunned video chats, according to researchers from Lancaster University.