Comment this story Comment Explorers sneaking into cramped, pitch-black caves in South Africa claim to have uncovered evidence that a human relative with a brain a third the size of ours used fire for light and cooking. a few hundred thousand years ago. The unpublished findings – which add new wrinkles to the story of …
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| We have a glimpse of Lazarus Planet Alpha #1, the launch issue for the new Lazarus Planet event at DC Comics. With Damian Wayne in charge of the superhero response against the magic of the Lazarus volcano raining down on Earth, and a badly injured Batman delegating power, responsibility and authority to his thirteen-year-old …
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Queensland has suffered more economic damage from extreme weather disasters than any other state or territory, and more extreme weather is on the way. Key points: Disasters have cost Queensland around $30 billion since the 1970s Ex-QFES commissioner says disaster management system is under pressure Damage to public infrastructure in South East Queensland has cost …
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BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Up to 2.4 million trees would be felled as part of a project to prevent major wildfires in a federally protected New Jersey forest heralded as a unique environmental treasure. New Jersey environment officials say the plan to kill trees in a section of Bass River State Forest is designed …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Researchers around the world agree: the Earth is getting warmer and warmer, extreme weather conditions such as heat waves and long droughts increase the risk of wildfires. The Wildfires in the Anthropocene group at the Pufendorf Institute brings together researchers from across Lund University who study wildfires from different perspectives: climate …
NASA has successfully flown an inflatable heat shield into Earth’s atmosphere, part of a technology demonstration that could one day help land spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars and beyond. Since the advent of manned spaceflight, scientists and engineers have grappled with the inherent dangers of atmospheric re-entry. Without sufficient protection, the extreme aerodynamic …
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