Catastrophic Floods Strike East Africa After Historic Drought

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Devastating-Flooding-in-East-Africa-2023-373x210.gif" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Devastating Flooding in East Africa 2023" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high"><p>Heavy rainfall in the Horn of Africa submerged entire towns in floodwater. Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October...</p></div>

20 Years Ago, a Twisted Revenge Thriller Exposed a Painful Truth About Human Psychology

— Lais Borges/Inverse; CJ EntertainmentThe horrors of solitary confinement are well-documented, and yet, this punishment is still all too common in prisons around the world. In the United States alone, an estimated 122,840 people are held in such isolation, leading to known side effects including paranoia, hallucinations, and suicidal ideation. In November 2003, one movie brought them to life in shocking detail.In Park Chan-wook’s unforgettable Oldboy, a man named Dae-Su is locked up in a grim

Lost in Space: Is a Giant Void Driving the Universe Apart?

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Astrophysics-Space-Void-Concept-Art-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Astrophysics Space Void Concept Art" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>Cosmologists propose a giant void in space as a solution to the “Hubble tension,” challenging conventional models and suggesting a revision of Einstein’s gravity theory....</p></div>

With outburst, Musk puts X's survival in the balance

<div>Elon Musk's verbal assault on advertisers who have shunned X (formerly Twitter) threatens to sink the social network further, with the tycoon warning of the platform's demise, just one year after taking control.</div>

Nuclear power has role to play, atomic energy head tells AFP at COP28

<div>It would be a mistake to reject nuclear power because of problems at a handful of projects, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an interview with AFP.</div>

Montreal research hub spearheads global AI ethics debate

<div>Rapid developments in artificial intelligence—and recent turmoil at industry powerhouse OpenAI—have brought fresh attention to a key hub of ethics research related to the technology in Montreal, led by Canadian "godfather of AI" Yoshua Bengio.</div>

Solar power is growing. Now Georgia wants to store more of its energy

<div>A decade ago, the state's largest electric utility—Georgia Power—took its first, major step toward a future powered by the sun when it installed thousands of solar panels on 150 acres outside the town of Social Circle.</div>

Space Freight and Genetic Feats: ISS Crew’s Cosmic Countdown to Cargo Day

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Roscosmos-Progress-86-Cargo-Craft-Ascends-After-Launch-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Roscosmos Progress 86 Cargo Craft Ascends After Launch" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>A cargo craft is in orbit today on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) following its Friday morning launch. Meanwhile, advanced space biology...</p></div>

Revolutionizing Nerve Repair: Scientists Discover Key Protein in Mice

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Nerve-Cell-Signals-Illustration-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Nerve Cell Signals Illustration" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>Researchers at the Salk Institute have identified the protein Mitf as a key mediator in the repair processes of the peripheral nervous system in mice,...</p></div>

Progress 86 Launches to International Space Station With Essential Supplies

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Progress-86-Cargo-Craft-Launches-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Progress 86 Cargo Craft Launches" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>Roscosmos’s Progress 86 spacecraft launched successfully for the ISS, carrying nearly three tons of supplies. It’s set to dock on December 3, following successful deployment...</p></div>

Unveiling Earth’s Hidden World: Scientists Map Vast Subsurface Microbial Universe

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Magdalena-Osburn-Removes-a-Sample-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Magdalena Osburn Removes a Sample" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>A former goldmine serves as a gateway to explore microbial life deep within the Earth’s crust. If you totaled the mass of all microbes dwelling...</p></div>

Impacting Even Medical Usage – Scientists Uncover Potential Health Hazard in Cannabis

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Cannabis-Mental-Health-Effects-Concept-Art-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Cannabis Mental Health Effects Concept Art" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>A group of researchers recommends additional investigation and assessment of guidelines for the medical application. Cannabis, even when used for medical reasons, could make some...</p></div>

Vectorial Adaptive Optics: A New Horizon in Phase and Polarization Correction

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Vectorial-Adaptive-Optics-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Vectorial Adaptive Optics" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>Vectorial adaptive optics (V-AO) is an innovative approach to correct phase and polarization aberrations in optical systems. It improves resolution and vector field uniformity, impacting...</p></div>

Green Ancestors: Decoding the Secrets of 600 Million Years of Plant Life

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Plant-Evolution-Rainbow-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Plant Evolution Rainbow" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>A research team from Göttingen University leads an investigation into 10 billion RNA snippets to identify “hub genes.” The majority of the Earth’s land surface...</p></div>

65 Clever Things Under $30 on Amazon That Are Effing Dope

There are heaps of ways to spend your money on the internet, so it can be a challenge to sift through the noise to find the really cool products that actually fill a need — and it’s harder still to do it on a budget. Thankfully, the collection here is full of carefully selected products that make cooking and cleaning simpler, organization easier, and everything else just a bit more fun. And better yet, you can score all the items on this list for $30 or less.This surge protector tower with 12 ou

Disability lawsuit lands Howard Hughes Medical Institute in court

<div><p>Nature, Published online: 02 December 2023; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03848-z">doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03848-z</a></p>RNA biologist Vivian Cheung accuses the institute of discrimination after it rejected her grant-renewal bid.</div>

Mary Cleave, NASA’s Pioneering Astronaut and Scientist, Dies at 76

<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Mary-Cleave-NASA-Astronaut-Portrait-Crop-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Mary Cleave NASA Astronaut Portrait" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high"><p>Mary Cleave, a pioneering NASA astronaut who embarked on two spaceflights and later became the first woman to lead NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, has passed...</p></div>

23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry

<div><p>Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published Friday, the company said that, based on its investigation into the incident, it had determined that hackers had accessed 0.1% of its customer […]</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>

15 Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online (2023)

<div>We've spent months and years testing dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, and certified organic mattresses.</div>

Ev startup Fisker cut its 2023 production target for the fourth time

<div><p>Fisker, the California-based EV startup, cut its annual production guidance in an effort to free up $300 million in working capital, the company said in a business update Friday. Fisker said it expects to produce about 10,000 vehicles this year. The decision comes less than a month since Fisker cut its production target to between […]</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>