Realization: Richard Denniss Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects under construction. If all goes as planned, an additional 1.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases will be released annually into the atmosphere by 2030. To put this in perspective, Australia’s total domestic greenhouse gas emissions in 2021–2022 were 490 million tonnes. Thus, annual … Read more
The extent to which current and future generations will experience a warmer world depends on the choices made now and in the years to come. The scenarios show expected differences in temperature depending on how high emissions continue. Credit: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Reading the latest international climate report can be overwhelming. It describes how … Read more
The compact radio jet at the center of the Teacup Galaxy blows a lateral turbulent wind into the cold dense gas, as predicted by the simulations. Credit: HST/ ALMA/ VLA/ M. Meenakshi/ D. Mukherjee/ A. Audibert When matter falls into supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, it releases enormous amounts of energy and … Read more
Credit: Public Domain Pixabay/CC0 The UN’s International Day of Forests on 21 March is the perfect opportunity to showcase some of the important forest research being done at EPFL. For example, a recent study found that changes in relative humidity caused by warmer temperatures have a significant impact on trees. “The data clearly show that … Read more
University of Arizona Mohammed Hassan Assistant Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences. Credit: Muhammad Hassan Imagine a home computer running 1 million times faster than the most expensive hardware on the market. Now imagine this level of computing power as the industry standard. University of Arizona researchers hope to pave the way for that reality … Read more
One of the most important skills in woodworking is learning how to properly mill wood. If you don’t have milling tools or you’re working with boards that are too wide, you don’t have to give up, and you certainly don’t have to cut a beautiful slab down to a more manageable size. Instead, build a … Read more
Water is key to life here on Earth, and it will be key to humans traveling around the solar system as well. It’s a heavy resource to get on a spaceship, so it’s best to get it from your destination when possible. Luckily, there’s already some water on the moon—and astronomers just got a better … Read more
Credit: Public Domain Pixabay/CC0 The virus responsible for E. coli infection has a secret weapon: teamwork. Ever relentless in its quest for survival, the virus drops into an unsuspecting host cell and grips the surface with the business end of its tubular tail. The proteins in the tail then contract together, flattening its structure like … Read more
Tribal Treaties and Parks Added to the Minneapolis Park System, 1910-1955. From 1910 to 1955, during which time tribal compacts were added to deeds in Minneapolis, 73% of new parkland acres were located within a city block (0.1 mile) of a parcel with a tribal compact. Credit: Covenant data: Mapping Prejudice, cartography: Rebecca Walker. A … Read more
Credit: Duke University When some lucky graduate students took the first picture with their built-in microscope, it turned out better than they expected. Sure enough, there was a hole in one section and another was upside down — but they could still find Waldo. The next day, the duo fixed the software issues and presented … Read more
