Greenland's ice sheet is melting 7 times faster than it was in the early 90s, a study shows. It has lost more than 4.2 trillion tons of ice.
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- 2019-12-10 17:09:00Z
As our planet and its oceans warm, the polar ice sheets are melting at accelerated rates. Greenland's average yearly ice loss is 262 billion tons.
As our planet and its oceans warm, the polar ice sheets are melting at accelerated rates. Greenland's average yearly ice loss is 262 billion tons.
Geologists and tourists knew that the volcano that recently erupted on New Zealand's White Island was active. It last erupted in 2016.
Orca whales and humans share a trait that's rare among mammals: Females survive long past their reproductive period and take care of grandchildren.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture says it's targeting Tuesday for the next uncrewed flight test of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, with a cargo manifest that should warm kids' hearts for the holidays. The company said in a tweet today that it'll fly thousands of postcards that have been gathered through its educational program, known as the Club for the Future. This will be Blue Origin's 12th New Shepard test mission, and it will mark the flight of the company's 100th commercial payload to space and back. Launch from Blue Origin's West Texas spaceport is set for… Read More
The retired commander of the U.S. Strategic Command says the tens of thousands of satellites that SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon are planning to put into orbit over the next few years will require a new automated system for space traffic management - and perhaps new satellite hardware requirements as well. Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton laid out his ideas for dealing with potentially catastrophic orbital traffic jams at the University of Washington on Friday, during the inaugural symposium presented by UW's Space Policy and Research Center. "We need to develop technologies that will improve space domain awareness, that will enable autonomous… Read More
Sixteen-year-told Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has encouraged students to skip school to demand action on climate change from their governments.
Sixteen-year-told Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has encouraged students to skip school to demand action on climate change from their governments.
At the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in Colorado, a massive tree-eating machine called the feller buncher is used to thin out trees
British Woman Revived by Doctors After Her Heart Stopped for 6 Hours
The honeycomb-like structure, designed by architect Thomas Heatherwick, was recently honored at the World Architecture Festival.
The honeycomb-like structure, designed by architect Thomas Heatherwick, was recently honored at the World Architecture Festival.
Here are the biggest names in tech and YouTube who donated to the TeamTrees cause, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, PewDiePie, and Jeffree Star.
A study looking at 20 years of emergency room data found that head and neck injuries have been on the rise, with a sharp increase occurring in 2007.
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Since 2014, San Francisco has operated a program called "Pit Stop" that delivers mobile public restrooms to neighborhoods with dirty streets.
Since 2014, San Francisco has operated a program called "Pit Stop" that delivers mobile public restrooms to neighborhoods with dirty streets.
LIGO can now detect gravitational waves almost every week, thanks to a new instrument that squeezes photons in a vacuum.
A fresh SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a recycled robotic Dragon cargo capsule today, carrying 5,700 pounds of supplies, satellites and science to the International Space Station. In contrast with Wednesday's planned launch attempt, which was called off due to excessively high upper-level winds,
Novartis strikes a multiyear deal with AWS to leverage artificial intelligence and data analytics to revamp the steps involved in drug manufacturing.
The Cambridge-based drugmaker posted promising trial results for the key antidepressant earlier this year.
The Cambridge-based drugmaker posted promising trial results for the key antidepressant earlier this year.
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - - A stockpile of 500,000 doses of Ebola vaccine for emergency use in outbreaks of the deadly fever is being established by the global vaccine alliance GAVI. The plan is for poor and middle-income countries to access the $178 stockpile free of charge, GAVI said on Thursday, while other countries will need to refund the costs. The stockpiling will start with Merck's newly developed Ervebo vaccine, which won regulatory approval last month.
Some 20 miles north of New York City, a team of scientists is searching for clues about how the environment is changing by studying organisms not usually found in the woods around here: corals. In the labs of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a research unit of Columbia University overlooking the Hudson River, the scientists led by Professor Braddock Linsley pore over feet-long coral cores they extracted from far-away reefs. For Linsley and his colleagues, corals are a precious repository of clues https://tmsnrt.rs/360ebeX about the past that may help predict future climate trends.
REDMOND, Wash. - Representatives of Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin put their signatures on a contract for up to $170 million worth of rocket hardware that'll be installed on Orion spacecraft heading to the moon - with dozens of employees who'll actually build that hardware watching the proceedings. "These are the things you're going to be talking to your grandchildren about," Cheryl Rehm, Aerojet Rocketdyne's senior director of Redmond programs, told company employees here at today's signing ceremony. The ceremony highlighted Redmond's role in NASA's Artemis moon landings. "For the more than 400 employees sitting here in Redmond, there's more… Read More
The Parker Solar Probe's study of the sun's corona and wind could lead to new protections for astronauts and Earth's electric grid.
The Parker Solar Probe's study of the sun's corona and wind could lead to new protections for astronauts and Earth's electric grid.
Business Insider Intelligence explores the drivers lighting a fire under the DTx market and unpacks the ways vendors reach their intended audiences.
The Crop Trust is racing to collect and preserve wild plant seeds that are relatives of domesticated crops before the plants disappear.
The Crop Trust is racing to collect and preserve wild plant seeds that are relatives of domesticated crops before the plants disappear.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, having survived its closest encounter so far with the Sun, has sent back a "spectacular trove" of data on its corona, the super-hot outer edge of its atmosphere, scientists said Wednesday. The car-sized probe, launched in August last year, will come within some four million miles (six million kilometres) of the sun's surface during a series of fly-bys at other distances and trajectories over seven years. It is hoped it will allow a better understanding of the solar wind and electromagnetic storms which can cause chaos on Earth by knocking out the power grid.
Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has put together The Top Five Trends Shaping The Future of Digital Health.
DarioHealth earned a spot on Walmart.com as part of the retail giant's move to dedicate more online and physical real estate to health services.
The US Home Healthcare Report from Business Insider Intelligence sizes the US home healthcare market and identifies the industry trends fueling the rise in home-based care.
Front-runners in the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year people's choice awards showcase bonds between pairs of mates and mothers and babies.
Front-runners in the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year people's choice awards showcase bonds between pairs of mates and mothers and babies.
In a new 2018 report, Business Insider Intelligence defines the opaque US telehealth market, forecasts the market growth potential and value, outlines the key drivers behind usage and adoption, and evaluates the opportunity telehealth solutions will afford all stakeholders.
BI Prime offers an inside look at the pitch deck that helped Devoted Health each a $1.8 billion valuation before signing up a single customer.
BI Prime offers an inside look at the pitch deck that helped Devoted Health each a $1.8 billion valuation before signing up a single customer.
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TUMXUK, China -- In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China's western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.With 1 million or more ethnic Uighurs and others from predominantly Muslim minority groups swept up in detentions across Xinjiang, officials in Tumxuk have gathered blood samples from hundreds of Uighurs -- part of a mass DNA collection effort dogged by questions about consent and how the data will be used.In Tumxuk, at least, there is a partial answer: Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to create an image of a person's face.The technology, which is also being developed in the United States and elsewhere, is in the early stages...
Women in the US are giving birth up to two weeks earlier than they should due to a spike in extremely hot days, according to a new study.
Women in the US are giving birth up to two weeks earlier than they should due to a spike in extremely hot days, according to a new study.
Women in the US are giving birth up to two weeks earlier than they should due to a spike in extremely hot days, according to a new study.
Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology says it'll collaborate with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on ways to optimize CRISPR gene-editing techniques for use in developing novel human therapeutics. CRISPR has revolutionized genetics by making it easier to modify the DNA coding in the genome, but more needs to be done to address safety concerns for human applications. Cyrus Biotech and the Broad Institute will work on ways to reduce the potential for the body to mount an immune response against CRISPR-based therapies. MIT biochemist Feng Zhang, one of the pioneers in the development of CRISPR, will be the principal investigator… Read More
This report outlines how the US' mental health crisis falls on health systems, and how they can navigate the costly dilemma with telemental health.
Business Insider Intelligence explores the healthcare ecosystem, industry trends driving digital transformation, and where the industry is headed.
One year ago, NASA announced it would send astronauts back to the moon. Since then, new spacecraft and telescopes have filled its plans for the 2020s.
One year ago, NASA announced it would send astronauts back to the moon. Since then, new spacecraft and telescopes have filled its plans for the 2020s.
Quartet Health is partnering with Cambia Health Solutions to improve mental healthcare access to Cambia's members in the Pacific Northwest.
The Greenland ice sheet lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice between 1992 and 2018, leading to sea level rise that contributes to coastal flooding during storms
One of the world’s biggest genealogy websites has been bought by a company that provides law enforcement agencies with genomic sequencing technology for forensic DNA work
The buried town of Beta Samati in Ethiopia was once part of the Empire of Aksum, which dominated east Africa for centuries and traded with the Roman Empire
Titan’s lakes, seas and atmosphere are full of methane, and a simulation has revealed that it might come from an underground reservoir spanning the whole moon
A 3D-printed bunny contains tiny glass beads in which there are DNA-encoded instructions to replicate the rabbit, and they can still be read after nine months
Minuscule dust particles can clump together to form entire planets, and they seem to require help from static electricity so they don’t bounce off one another
A volcanic island in New Zealand has erupted, killing at least five people with dozens more missing
Machine-learning algorithms are being used to tackle the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, one of the fiendishly difficult Millennium Prize Problems
The world’s oceans have lost 2 per cent of their oxygen on average over the last 50 years, alarming scientists who warn that the trend will impact fisheries
The English founded Jamestown, Virginia in the 17th century to search for gold. They didn’t find much, but that wasn’t for lack of effort or scientific skill
Astronomers are about to get their best opportunity to observe the interstellar comet Borisov as it reaches its closest point to Earth and the sun on 8 December
Two pig-monkey chimeras were born in China but died within a week. This is the first time live pigs have been created that contain some primate cells
Samoan government employees have stopped work to administer measles vaccines in an attempt to stop an outbreak of the deadly disease sweeping the island nation
A new record has been set for the largest encryption key ever broken, but there is little threat to online data for now
White dwarfs are burnt out stars that can explode into supernovae, and this process might be kicked off by a black hole made of dark matter in the heart of the star
A review of evidence from around the world shows that reducing air pollution in homes, cities or countries has a dramatic effect on health almost immediately
Newly discovered mammal fossils reveal the crucial evolutionary step when the bones for hearing and chewing finally separated
An under-threat flagship science project that monitors an ocean current crucial to weather on both sides of the Atlantic has been given a reprieve after funding was secured for its short-term future
For the first time plants have been recorded making sounds when stressed. The sounds differed when they were injured or thirsty, a finding that could help farmers
There is real concern over how Chinese video-sharing app TikTok handles privacy. But many of the issues are the same for Silicon Valley apps too
The slaughter of half of China’s pigs due to the African swine fever virus raging across Asia and Europe has helped drive world food prices to a two year high
We thought NASA was just monitoring space junk for the US government, but it turns out it has been selling an orbital warning service to select customers
The 8 billion tonnes of plastic we have manufactured over the past century or so will break up but not biodegrade - with possible implications for our health
From domestic cats’ ecocide of small animals to the greenhouse gases they emit, owning a pet is an environmental vice we must confront, writes Graham Lawton
A productivity-driven funding culture has allowed sloppy science to flourish – but now some researchers are fighting back, says Clare Wilson
The Parker Solar Probe has got closer to the sun than any other craft, revealing where the solar wind comes from and how strange magnetic switchbacks speed it up
A giant planet almost as big as Jupiter has been found orbiting a white dwarf, which is the remnants of an exploded star
A once-a-month oral contraceptive capsule that sits in the stomach for weeks has passed its first test in pigs
A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young and offers evidence that humans have evolved to be more domesticated in a similar way to dogs
A loudspeaker made from heavy metal that works when bent brings us one step closer to audio devices that can be worn directly on the skin
Dogs can recognise subtle differences in our language, even for unfamiliar voices, which we thought only humans could do
Global carbon emissions grew this year, but continued to fall in the US despite Donald Trump’s pro-coal rhetoric and his rollback of Barack Obama’s clean power plan
An analysis of nearly 400,000 people suggests that the cholesterol levels of young adults can predict whether they’ll develop cardiovascular disease in later life
Amazon has combined three types of quantum computing processors from D-Wave Systems, IonQ, and Rigetti Computing into a cloud service to test quantum algorithms
Bear mothers who keep their cubs for longer tend to live closer to people – perhaps as a way to avoid males who would drive their offspring away
Websites that provide resources about mental health conditions such as depression track individual users and share their data with advertisers.
In September, India’s attempted moon landing ended in a crash, but the debris was lost. Now, NASA has pinpointed where the Vikram lander smashed down
A 10-year effort to collect wild relatives of major crops before they go extinct could help us grow enough food even as the world warms
Businesses could face multimillion-pound fines if they are unable to explain decisions made by artificial intelligence, under plans put forward by the UK’s data watchdog
An 18,000-year-old puppy still has its nose, fur, teeth and whiskers – but tests to determine whether it is a dog or a wolf have come up blank
IBM is using quantum computers to help generate video game scenes. The technology is still in its infancy but could result in more interesting or varied game levels
Australia wants to be a world-leader in hydrogen, but its new strategy could favour fossil fuels instead of supporting the shift to green energy
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People who are suicidal seem to have unusual patterns of activity in two parts of the brain that can be detected in a scanner
The defining feature of a crystal is that it is made from regular, repeating blocks, but a chance discovery in an old German book has turned that view on its head
A review of previous studies finds one in four teenagers have problematic level of phone use but other papers that found lower levels may have been ignored
Allowing men in the UK who have sex with men to donate blood if they abstain from sex for three months has been successful, with no rise in HIV-infected blood
A large ancient Roman shipwreck found with as many as 6000 well-preserved containers could shed light on the rise of the Roman empire
Undersea fibre-optic cables for transmitting data can also be used to detect earthquakes and find fault lines offshore
A rodent-like creature that lived 120 million years ago in Asia had an unusual ear shape that may have evolved to accommodate its unique way of chewing