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Yosemite Valley’s Rockfall Climbers scaling Yosemite came across a new crack in the rock last week. After an investigation, park officials found that it was actively occurring and so they have taken steps to close sections of the park as a safety precaution. The new crack has partially detached a large pillar of rock near…

Nlebinding socks are on display in London’s Victoria & Albert Socks and sandals may be as divisive in the modern era as pineapple on pizza, but according to a handmade pair made 1,600 years ago, we’ve been rocking the look for eons. The pair of socks are Coptic socks, which originated from Egypt and date…

Tire-derived Fuels (TDFs) Carol Etheridge is shocked when she hears that a company is planning to burn tires to fuel cryptocurrency mining in her neighborhood. She lives in the state of Pennsylvania, near the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning. Other residents of the area oppose the plan, claiming it will lead to health hazards.…

Marrakesh’s High Atlas Mountains At least 632 people are dead and 329 injured after a strong earthquake hits Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. The interior ministry has confirmed that the earthquake is the deadliest one to strike Morocco since 2004, when a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the northern coastal city of Al…

Protein Metabolism by Carbon Nanoparticles Using a new technique, Griffith University and Queensland Health scientists have developed a new way to study metabolism. They can use specific carbon atoms in amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, to discover signs of the metabolism of different species. These fingerprints reveal how different creatures meet…

Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) Sophistication of space-based solar power has been around since the late 1960s, but the concept has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological hurdles. Can some of these problems now be solved? If so, SBSP could become a vital part of the world’s transition away from fossil fuels to…

Ultra-low velocity zones (UVLZs) Using seismic imaging, scientists have discovered that an ancient ocean floor may encroach upon the Earth’s core, possibly dating back millions of years. The team investigates how this buried layer of material came to be and finds it sits at the core-mantle boundary (CMB) between the outer core and the silicate…

CryptoPunk #3983 CryptoPunk #3983 CryptoPunk #398 Vitalik Buterin’s Twitter account has reportedly been hacked. His father announces the hack on September 9, but this is a missed opportunity to warn him of shared linked accounts. A few days later, his X twitter account is deleted, and it appears that the same hack also took down…

Bitcoin Mining Governor Ted Cruz vs. Bitcoin Mining Governor Ted Cruz Ted Cruz once again voices support for the Bitcoin mining industry on Fox News Radio, arguing that it enhances the resiliency of the energy grid. In late June, Bitcoin miners in Texas halve operations due to a heat wave and subsequent surge in electricity…

Google Photos: The Google Photos App (Google Photos App) In order to further improve your photos and videos, you can edit them in Google Photos. The web version has a slew of image editing tools that let you spruce up and enhance your pictures before sharing them with the world. We’ve outlined some of the…