Новости за 14.05.2024

An ex-U.S. Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday.

A Brazilian company focused on mining a metal used to strengthen alloys is betting that its mainstay product can also play a key role in improving electric vehicle batteries. Cia. Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração is the world’s top producer of niobium, a critical mineral that’s only mined in Brazil and Canada. Niobium is mostly used to make alloys and stainless steels, and has a range of industrial applications including use in jet engines, skyscrapers and bridges.

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Environmental officials in the nation’s No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reused of oil-industry fracking water

New figures show the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives finished last year with $1.2 million in debt and other liabilities.

GT players trust Shubman Gill, he will improve as captain: Matthew Hayden

The severe weather that moved from St. Martin Parish left one dead near Henderson.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed slightly and hit its highest since early 2023 in morning trade, as a strong rally in Hong Kong shares extended into a fourth consecutive week.

Padma Shri awardee Birubala Rabha, renowned for her fight against witch hunting, passed away at a hospital here on Monday after a long battle with cancer, doctors said.

Biden signs bipartisan bill banning Russian uranium imports  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News

A Gansevoort man was injured after a rollover crash in Washington County Monday involving a truck loaded with stone.

U.S.-based Red Lobster abruptly closed more than 50 of its seafood restaurants across the country on Monday, as the company is reported to be considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Portland Timbers were in desperate need of a win at home over their rivals, the Seattle Sounders, in their first of three derby matches on Sunday. At the start of the match, the Timbers were winless in eight games with a 2-5-4 record, the same as Seattle’s. The rivalry between these two clubs is [...]

Ulf Büntgen, Nature

It comes as no surprise that the slow production of scientific knowledge by an ever-growing international and interdisciplinary community of climate change researchers...

Amy McDermott, PNAS

In the clear shallows of Utah's Virgin River, a slimy brown glob clings to the streambed. Hannah Bonner stands shin-deep in the water, eyeing the goo. It looks like...

Riley Black, Smithsonian

Milk seems to set mammals apart. The very name of our beastly family, after all, comes from the word mammae, a term for the chest glands that produce milk....

Peter Watts, MIT Press Reader

I've known Dan Brooks for 40 years now. Somehow we're still talking to each other.

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

To drink raw milk at any time is to flirt with dangerous germs. But, amid an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in US dairy cows, the risks have ratcheted up...

Sara Reardon, Nature

The two cells that make up a one-day-old

Matthew Rozsa, Salon

Many younger people know the pain of trying to teach an older person how to print a PDF or navigate the internet. But of course, some people keep with the times and...

Professor Ruth Odgen, Science Focus

Ever get that feeling there aren't enough hours in a day? That no matter what you do, and how hard you work, it's impossible to fit everything in? You may...

Repeat car thieves may face lengthy license bans under proposed changes to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act.

Michelle Starr, Sci Alert

Most stars in the Milky Way just hang around doing pretty normal star things, but one particular star just will not.